Rock of Ages (roac)---A Peter Lynch stock?

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Rock of Ages (roac)---A Peter Lynch stock?

An SI Board Since August 1998

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Nestled in the quiet hills of Barre, Vt--is perhaps a ten bagger-- this former granite quarrier has plans to consolidate the tombstone industry-- it has @13 quarries, @13 manufacturing sites, and now @ 42 retail locations-- its plan is to consolidate the funeral monument industry by buying up local retailers, whose margins are higher than manufacturing-------------------------------------------------------------------------- As I remember , it had sales @ 50-60mil, market cap @ 100mill, no debt to speak of (so far!)--its appeal is that if the plan is executed would lead to large increases of retail profits---the prospectus notes 1 Billion of retail monument sales in 1996---------------------------it has lots of Lynch appeal, its name, its business( not very sexy), its niche--even intel could not create a new quarry--,its business is also depressing; in a no growth industry, no lack of customers dying to use it, income for the june quarter--has risen 183%; now added are the higher margin retail sales, of 5mill- do your home work and see if Peter would be a buyer--

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18	Rock of Ages Announces Granite Quarry Acquisitions CONCORD, N.H.--(BUSINESS WI	JakeStraw	-	11/5/1998
17	havnt seen any info on why the stock should be downgraded--since only a few an	lrrp	-	10/27/1998
16	Rock of Ages Corp (ROAC) downgraded by Schroder & Co from a Buy to Neutral.	JakeStraw	-	10/27/1998
15	Rock of Ages Third Quarter Net Income More Than Triples to $0.35 Per Diluted Sh	JakeStraw	-	10/26/1998
14	Of interest to ROAC shareholders? Comments welcome! canstock.com	nokomis	-	10/2/1998
13	thanks for the info; this was predicted on the yahoo thread last week; what i	lrrp	-	10/1/1998
12	Rock of Ages Acquires Three Memorial Retailers Company Signs Japanese Distribu	JakeStraw	-	10/1/1998
11	ROAC looks like a good buy to me..but am also keenly interested in a young Can	nokomis	-	9/26/1998
10	who can guess the bottom; book value is@11, receivables have been strong and th	lrrp	-	9/18/1998
9	9 Has the stock hit the bottom- or will we see 9? Anybody tracking this on le	Michael Murphree	-	9/16/1998
8	roac adds another retailer in ohio, i belive retail sales are 1million/yr at t	lrrp	-	8/21/1998
7	this stock and company has to prove consistent earnings before wall street wil	lrrp	-	8/11/1998
6	My mother-in-law took a fall foliage tour a few years ago and they toured the q	Michael Murphree	-	8/10/1998
5	sorry, Im not from that part of the country! I think if you could get the the	lrrp	-	8/7/1998
4	I live across the VT border in NY - are you a VTer? I will more thoroughly loo	Wallace Rivers	-	8/6/1998
3	Sounds like a company people are dying to do business with. Rak up a winner	rakitup	-	8/5/1998
2	there are 8mill shares outstanding now; I think insiders hold a good bit, at i	lrrp	-	8/4/1998
1	Why has the stock dropped since going public? I currently do not own any share	Michael Murphree	-	8/4/1998

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