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A company that operates as a catalog mail, order retailer under the trade name Value Village is Value Village Inc. (Nasdaq: VLVE).

VLVE, formerly Trans World Entertainment Corporation, specializes in off-price apparel and home goods. It operates through two segments: Thrift Stores and Retail.

Value Village Inc. (VLVE) key Executives are:

Jim Gibson,

Kenneth R. Hall,

BenJ amin L. Smith, III

R. Timothy S. J illick,

Pamela H. Patsley,

Brian J. Sullivan,

John A. Swygert.

The headquarters of Value Village (VLVE) is at 5300 Columbia River Road, Ridgefield, WA 98642 United States.

Financials

Data as of 11:52 AM ET, May 3, 2000.

VLVE closed at USD 39.63, which is 2.35 (6.10%)

The stock's market capitalization is $837.915 million.

For the six months ended 1/31/00, Value Village's (VLVE) revenues increased 29% to USD 430.4 million. Net income increased 10% to USD 16.2 million. Results were driven by strong comparable store sales growth and the acquisition of the Savers, Inc. thrift store chain, which was completed in August of 1999. Net income increased 14% to USD 1.31 per share.

Comparable Store Sales Data

For the 13 weeks ending April 29, 2000, sales for stores that have been open at least a year increased by 8%. For the 13 weeks ending April 29, 2000, new and expanded stores contributed 11% to total sales growth.

According to the company, the results were a little disappointing. In a recorded message to investors, the company indicated that inclement weather in the Pacific Northwest and Midwest regions of the US may have had an unfavorable effect on sales. Weather aside, the figures suggest that the business's current expansion strategies are paying off. A spokesperson, said that 14 additional stores, which have total retail square footage of 1.2 million square feet, are expected to open during the third and fourth quarter of fiscal 2000. This is significantly higher than the 0.9 million square feet added in the same period a year ago. VLVE has beat consensus EPS estimates in three of the previous four quarters and topped revenue estimates in three of the previous four quarters.

Investor Sentiment

According to ZACKS, Value Village's (VLVE) present market sentiment is neutral. They used an ABR (Average Broker Recommendation) of 3.71 based on a descending scale where 1 is a "strong buy" and 5 is a "strong sell." The stock's average broker recommendation rating fell from 4.11 a week earlier. From 8 brokers, ZACKS recorded 6 buy and 2 sell recommendations. On Value Village's (VLVE) equity, stock commentators have given it 11 advice ratings, ranging from a strong buy to a strong sell, in the last three months.

Value Village (VLVE) has outperformed the industry it belongs to over the previous 3 months, and Wall Street analysts have given it an average rating of 0.50, which suggests the industry is more favorable than the industry.

Some of the strengths of Value Village (VLVE) are:

Revenue Growth: Value Village (VLVE) revenue growth of 21.24% in the last 12 months (all amounts expressed as percentages) outpaced the industry's -0.04% growth. This shows that revenue growth is accelerating.

net income increase: Value Village's net income saw a growth rate of 9.15% in the final 12 months, outpacing the 7.29% rate of the sector. Profitability is rising.

Superior to Industry Average Revenue Growth: Value Village's 1-year revenue growth rate outperforms 89.68% of the businesses in the sector.

Superior to Industry Average Net Income Growth: The net income growth rate of Value Village outperforms 93.55% of the businesses in the sector.

Earnings per Share EPS increase: VLVE's net income growth of 9.15% exceeded industry growth by 1.95 percentage points.

Some of the weaknesses of Value Village (VLVE) are:

Valuations: After a 14% rise in the previous three months, Value Village (VLVE) stock is currently trading at 28.54 times its earnings. Likewise, stocks in the same industry are trading at a price slightly higher than their earnings compared to peers.

Over the last four quarters, Value Village's (VLVE) stock price has underperformed the value of 3.26% and the sector by -4.77%.

Over the next five years, Value Village (VLVE) is anticipated to grow its earnings per share at a rate of 10.65%, slower than 64.26% of the companies in the same sector.

To sum up, Value Village (VLVE) has strengths like revenue increase, rising profitability, rising net profit per share, and rising net income.