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Don’t be fooled by the recent near-100% moves in Office Depot and Office Max, Cramer said during Tuesday’s Stop Trading!. These stocks are pure speculation, and they’re not even good speculation at that.
Office Max [OMX
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At least that’s how Cramer sees it. Staples beats the two Offices on every key metric: operating margins, same-store sales, number of outlets, expected growth of these outlets – you name it.
And don’t think that just because Office Max and Office Depot are single-digit stocks that there’s any change they’ll get a takeover offer. If you look a little deeper into the balance sheets, you’ll see that both companies have debt that far exceeds their market capitalizations. Potential suitors will take note, most likely disqualifying them from a buyout, so you should, too.
Meanwhile, Staples is doing the acquiring, picking up Corporate Express to boost international growth, and, as we said, opening more stores within the U.S. at a faster rate, and with greater efficiency, than its competitors.
So if you’re thinking of buying a stock in this business, Cramer thinks it should be Staples.
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