Grubb & Ellis Co.: Warming Up or Cooling Off?

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November 16, 2009 | Comments (2)

Together, we are all trying to build our fortune by finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices. But it takes work -- scouring company earnings reports, scrutinizing key data, and assessing the competition.

Because of that, we've created a screen based on the massive data aggregated from the more than 140,000 investors competing on our Motley Fool CAPS platform. Each quarter, we check in on select companies after they file a 10-Q and track community sentiment -- so you can see how your company is doing.

Here's the community sentiment on Grubb & Ellis Co. (NYSE: GBE ) both this quarter and last (for comparison), as well as opinions on some related companies.

Metric	Grubb & Ellis Co. (NYSE: GBE )	Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: FCE-A )	E-House (China) Holdings Limited (NYSE: EJ )	Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited (ADR)(Nasdaq Oth: CHEUY.PK)
This Quarter (11/13/2009):
Price:	$1.62	$10.53	$20.27	$12.66
% of Members Rating Outperform	80%	74%	96%	98%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform	62%	68%	94%	97%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)
Last Quarter (8/15/2009):
Price:	$.62	$7.68	$21.66	$12.19
% of Members Rating Outperform	81%	75%	95%	99%
% of All-Star Members Rating Outperform	72%	75%	95%	100%
CAPS Rating (out of 5)

Source: Motley Fool CAPS. Dates given are the posting dates of Grubb & Ellis Co.'s most recent quarterly and/or annual reports to the SEC's website. Percentages are calculated from the number of members rating each company.

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Report this Comment On November 16, 2009, at 10:11 PM, rsinj wrote:

This article is entirely trash. What does the table show? Absolutely nothing as far as I can see. And absolutely no discussion as to why the stock is moving as it is. The article also loses all credibility when it talks about "well-run companies" and putting GBE in that category. This company is pretty messed up, and that's why it never gets valued at the same multiples as JLL or CBG and never will.
Lastly, the company just gave away half of itself with the stock in the pits to secure financing to stay alive.
And, what does the table show about the usefulness of the CAPS rating? MF always trumpets how the CAPS rating is such a great indicator, just as this article does - well the table shows just the opposite. The companies with the higher CAPS ratings did nothing, the two with the lower CAPS ratings moved significantly higher during the quarter.
Why is there only an option to recommend this article? Why isn't there one to not recommend or strongly disagree?
Complete rubbish.
Report this Comment On November 24, 2009, at 1:19 AM, kampot83 wrote:

I totally agree. Looks like MF is just self-promoting their CAPS (which is ridiculous since nearly all publicly traded companies are rated 95% BULLISH/positive with little insight or analysis)
Reading this article just wasted my time.

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Grubb & Ellis Co.: Warming Up or Cooling Off?

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