Accentuating the caveat emptor perspective with critical commentary on financial disclosure. I adopt a skeptical persona and look for chinks in the teflon coating of financial disclosure. My job is to identify financial warts. Perhaps a Black Swan. Disclosure: I do not hold positions in stocks mentioned for three trading days before or after blog post.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Dollar Tree Redux (Nasdaq:DLTR)
Dollar Tree stock draws some skepticism. No wait a lot of skepticism. On Feb 2 at 9:02AM they release sales and revenues. Twenty days later on Feb 22 at 8:32AM they release their full financial quarterly results. In the mean time the stock moves from a close of $24.59 on Feb 1 to a close of $28.55 on Feb 21. This represents a 16% increase over 20 days. The stock jumps on Feb 2 to close at $26.58 on huge increases in volume. Feb 22 the stock closes at $27.60 on even larger volumes. This one scares me. Caveat emptor.