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Set The Record Straight - Pep Boys

The traders are putting Pep Boys on the radar after the company reported a profit last quarter when most analysts were expecting a loss.

For the fourth quarter, the company reported net income of $2.3 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a loss of $33.3 million, or 63 cents a share, a year ago.

Analysts on average were expecting the company to post a loss of 3 cents a share, before special items, on revenue of $476.4 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

"A portion of that sales increase will come from our growth strategy of opening new service and tire centers," the company said in a statement.

"First quarter 2010 sales have rebounded across all lines of business and, quarter to date, we are running a 3 percent comparable store sales increase," the company said.

With Pep Boys already up 15% ytd, how should you game this stock? Don’t make a move until you check out our exclusive interview with CEO Michael Odell!



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