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TRU KEEPS ’06 NUMBERS NORTH OF NEGATIVE
WAYNE, N.J. —By most measures, things are improving at Toys “R” Us—even if only slightly.
After being acquired in July 2005 by a consortium of private equity firms and REITS, the nation’s largest vertical toy retailer revealed its first full-year figures as a semiprivate firm, with net sales for the period ended Feb. 3 topping out at $13.1 billion, buoyed by more than $1.6 billion from the consolidation of Toys-Japan. (Excluding the consolidation of Toys-Japan, sales for the year rose roughly 0.5%.) Operating income was approximately $553 million (excluding gains on the sales of properties) compared to approximately $326 million in 2005 (excluding merger-related and other charges).
Perhaps the brightest note is that comps for TRU’s U.S. division increased 0.6% in fiscal 2006, marking the division’s first comps increase in six years.
| 34.95% | |||
| 15.41 | |||
| 15.01 | |||
| 11.45 | |||
| 9.40 | |||
| (9.44%) | |||
| (5.87) | |||
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| (4.77) | |||
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| Close 1/17/07 | Close 1/31/07 | Net Change | %Change |
| 1448.23 | 1495.42 | 47.19 | 3.26% |
| 12573.12 | 13089.89 | 516.77 | 4.11 |
| 2477.76 | 2547.89 | 70.13 | 2.83 |
| 9468.71 | 9746.57 | 277.86 | 2.93 |
| 3242.04 | 3304.01 | 61.97 | 1.91 |
INSIDER TRADES
STOCKS BOUGHT
REX STORES: Mervyn Alphonso, director, bought 1,000 shares on April 18 at $16.48, now owns 1,000 shares.
STOCKS SOLD
EBAY: Eskander Kazim, officer, sold 79,988 shares on April 23 at $33.86, now owns 175,924 shares.
SAKS: Charles Hansen, officer, sold 35,061 shares on April 20 at $20.54, now owns zero shares.
FAMILY DOLLAR: Charles Gibson Jr., officer, sold 49,152 shares on April 18 at $31.64, now owns 15,490 shares.
FEDERATED: Janet Grove, officer, sold 523 shares on April 18 at $44.95, now owns 50,500 shares.