YCharts Pro says OfficeMax, widely considered the sick man of the three, is overpriced.
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Poor capital allocation decisions and the rise of online vendors put OfficeMax in a precarious position.
OfficeMax shares have fallen by half since Slim's holding in the retailer surpassed 5% in January 2000.
Under the terms of the all-stock deal, Office Depot will issue 2.69 shares for each OfficeMax share.
Its stable shares have routinely outperformed those of smaller rivals Office Depot ( ODP) and OfficeMax ( OMX).
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Office Depot chief Neil Austrian and his OfficeMax counterpart Ravi Saligram will be considered, along with external candidates.
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Office Depot competes mainly with Staples and OfficeMax, but also faces pressure from Target and Wal-Mart.
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The majority of analysts think investors should stand pat on OfficeMax, with five of nine analysts rating it hold.
Then make an imaginary calculation of the number of times people watched the videos created by OfficeMax and JibJab.com.
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From a broader campaign perspective, the OfficeMax elves are trotted out each year in ads touting its top sales.
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Simply put, I think OfficeMax is going to follow the same path as Circuit City and Best Buy.
Sam Duncan, who most recently was CEO of OfficeMax, will replace Sales as head of Supervalu after the deal closes.
Earlier, Honeywell, AOL, OfficeMax, Fortis, Reese Brothers and Amtrak won smaller amounts.
The most recent instance had been a merger between Office Depot and OfficeMax, which was released prematurely, as my colleague Abram Brown reported.
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Most of these write-downs have occurred over the past four years, a sign that OfficeMax has been destroying a lot of value recently.
OfficeMax (OMX) is hoping its third quarter earnings report on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 will help continue the momentum its stock price has enjoyed.
In the last few years, for example, OfficeMax, Dial, Airborne Express and Pennzoil-Quaker State were acquired at an average 120% premium to Marker's cost.
OfficeMax is at a huge disadvantage to the pure online vendors, who can offer the same selection without the cost of building and maintaining stores.
That Office Depot and OfficeMax are again working on a deal that would consolidate the industry shows how much it changed in the last decade.
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Office Depot managed only a 0.7% operating margin in the past twelve months, compared to 1.9% at OfficeMax and 6.4% to Staples, the fund estimates.
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Among the largest underlying components of XRT, in trading today Talbots Incorporated ( TLB) is up about 4.1%, and OfficeMax ( OMX) is higher by about 2.5%.
OfficeMax and its subsidiaries distribute office supplies and paper, print and document services, technology products and solutions, and office furniture to business enterprises, government offices and consumers.
Analysts are expecting OfficeMax to report earnings of 26 cents per share, up 4% from a year ago when it reported earnings of 25 cents per share.
Looks as if Office Depot is going to buy OfficeMax.
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Still, with OfficeMax, the army of elves continues to grow.
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OfficeMax and Office Depot are in advanced talks to merge, as the retailers of pens, paper and desks try to fight off tougher competition from rivals like Staples and Amazon.com.
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Clickfree products can also be found at leading outlets such as Best Buy, FRYS, OfficeMax, and Walgreens, in addition to Amazon.com, Costco.com, Newegg.com, and Walmart.com, with additional major retailers coming soon.
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OfficeMax is repositioning itself in this turbulent consumer environment.
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