So what the heck was I doing buying a stock like Green Mountain in the first place, which had a PE (based on trailing 12 month EPS) a little above 60 when I made my purchase?
Starbucks has developed its own single serve brewer, the Verismo, which makes it a competitor to Green Mountain.
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For those looking to get a piece of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, waiting for the stock to settle down somewhat is fairly obvious good sense.
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Einhorn highlighted increased competition in the single-serve coffee market as a threat to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which does not have the low-cost capacity of new competitors.
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Bears certainly thought they had sniffed out a nice snack in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).
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Starbucks has a distribution deal with Green Mountain Coffee, which remains under fire after hedge fund manager David Einhorn presented his case for shorting the stock.
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Einhorn, in his report, zeroed in on MBlock, the outside vendor that his witnesses said served as a warehouse for inventory Green Mountain could report as sold.
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More recently, Einhorn demonstrated the power of short-sellers, unveiling a short position on Green Mountain Coffee that sent the stock down more than 10% on that same day.
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The Keurig system has proven to be a nice employee perk and businesses are installing thousands of them, while Green Mountain also reaps a stream of pure profit from coffee roasters who pay a fee to use its K-Pack cups.
Green Mountain sold a total of 2 million brewers in the quarter, up 20% on a sequential basis.
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Originally known as Marsh Tavern, the inn was a meeting place for the Green Mountain Boys during the American Revolution.
Green Mountain is a market maven in the single-cup coffee brewing industry, but has yet to emerge as an international player.
The deal will benefit Green Mountain in a couple of ways.
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Even Green Mountain Coffee, a stock that had been under pressure lately, reported strong earnings.
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Earnings season rumbles on and claimed a major casualty last night in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).
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The majority of analysts (57.1%) rate Green Mountain Coffee as a buy.
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And magnificent, soot-stained monasteries like Haghpat and Geghard, which was carved into the side of a mountain, still preside atop green valleys.
The New York Times ran a piece about young people fleeing the Green Mountain State of Vermont for greener pastures, citing the lack of job opportunities.
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, a Vermont-based coffee company, seems to be on to something with a long list of CSR initiatives, including offering their employees up to 52 hours a year of paid time off to volunteer.
Observers had thought Green Mountain would earn 59 cents a share as sales grew 11%.
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has had a tough year amid heightened competition in the single-serve industry and intense shareholder scrutiny.
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Global comparable store sales grew 8% in the third quarter, with 6% of that coming from increased traffic and 2% coming from a higher average ticket. (Read Green Mountain Coffee Burns Shorts With Blistering Results, Forecast).
With the help of Vue brewers (which has a much higher price tag than K-cup brewers) and another espresso machine that Green Mountain plans to launch in late 2012 or early 2013, that figure could get a further boost.
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An office I worked in back in the early 2000s had a Keurig single-serve coffee maker and used Green Mountain K-cups.
Many who have it simply think they are gluttons who lack self-control, says Marsha Hudnall, a registered dietitian and co-owner of the Green Mountain at Fox Run weight loss retreat in Vermont.
Last month it made a deal to buy Austin-based renewable energy provider Green Mountain Energy.
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He noted that NRG electricity retailers Reliant and Green Mountain Energy would be natural channels for a residential solar business.
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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters will shift the duties of a top executive toward finding new business outside North America.
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