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5/9/2008 9:55 AM

Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL)

CAPS Rating:
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The Company is an education provider for more than 30 years and operates through subsidiaries: The University of Phoenix, Inc., Institute for Professional Development, The College for Financial Planning Institutes Corporation and Western International.

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454 Outperforms
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Ticker Tags

Online Education (1), Arizona (9), Large Cap (467), Options Backdating (?) (115), S&P 500 (484), Phoenix (7), Training Services (17), Nasdaq 100 (99), Education & Training Services (35)
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Apollo Group, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $47.25
Last Trade Time: 5/9/2008 9:55 AM
Open: $47.49
Previous Close: $47.95
Daily Range: $47.12 - $48.52
52-Week Range: $37.92 - $81.68
Volume: 129,268
Market Cap: $8.05B
P/E Ratio: 23.98
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Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL)

Avatar TrackRonBaron (< 20) Submitted: 2/20/08 4:14 PM

Ron Baron owns 19157 shares of Apollo Group Inc.. As of September 30th, 2007 APOL was down -82.71% over the last quarter, composed 0.01% of his portfolio, and he controlled 0.01% of the company.

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Apollo Group, Inc. (APOL)

Avatar tenmiles (99.94) Submitted: 6/29/07 9:42 AM

Use today's strength in Apollo to go short. Revenue growth is modest; buyback won't push value much higher - company faces increasing competition from traditional universities with their on "on-line learnin'". Expect 5-10 tracement over next two quarters.

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Avatar SolidPick (23.85) Submitted: 5/02/08 1:01 PM : Outperform Start Price: $52.73 APOL Score: -8.36

APOL leads in their industry. I bought at $44. They put up good numbers and I think their good until $65.

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Avatar Investonerd (77.77) Submitted: 4/29/08 11:30 AM : Outperform Start Price: $48.59 APOL Score: -2.12

With risk of unemployment rising due to recession, employees are likely to seek more opportunities to advance their careers and/or maintain their job.

The stock seems to have bottomed.

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Avatar PapaShaq (95.00) Submitted: 4/20/08 11:31 PM : Outperform Start Price: $46.46 APOL Score: 1.86

Rebound

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Avatar OriginalBarnacle (74.25) Submitted: 4/15/08 8:07 AM : Underperform Start Price: $45.26 APOL Score: -0.95

Domash Doomed Stock

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Avatar littledume (43.05) Submitted: 4/14/08 3:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $45.09 APOL Score: 0.70

Point 1:
Recession --> Spike in job loss among less educated.
Less educated workers without jobs go back to school.
Apollo = Admits students with IQs less than or equal to an apple

Point 2:
Earnings miss due to overextension in hiring --> preparation for massive volume.

Point 3:
CFO just bought 10k shares.

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TrackPatDorsey 80.81 04/18/08 Outperform 5Y $47.04+0.74%+0.01%+0.73
TrackBofASec 93.95 03/03/08 Underperform NS $58.39-18.84%+4.03%+22.86
TrackDodgeCox 92.29 12/31/07 Outperform NS $70.15-32.44%-5.27%-27.17 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackRWBaird 21.46 10/23/07 Outperform NS $69.50-31.81%-8.56%-23.26
TrackRonBaron < 20 09/30/07 Outperform NS $60.15-21.21%-9.23%-11.99 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackEveillard 84.14 09/30/07 Outperform NS $60.15-21.21%-9.23%-11.99 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackStifel 87.30 09/18/07 Outperform NS $54.71-13.38%-6.94%-6.44
TrackSunTrustRH 87.55 08/24/07 Outperform NS $59.44-20.27%-5.45%-14.82
TrackLehmanBros 82.33 07/24/07 Outperform NS $65.21-27.33%-9.55%-17.78
TrackBMOCapital 94.68 06/29/07 Outperform NS $57.14-17.06%-8.45%-8.62
TrackPiperJaff 61.79 05/14/07 Outperform NS $48.83-2.95%-8.19%+5.24
TrackBarronsRoundtable 91.60 01/05/07 Outperform 1Y $40.76+16.27%-2.24%+18.50 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackJimCramer 80.92 12/06/06 Underperform 3W $38.85+21.98%-2.27%-24.25

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