http://stockvaluefinder.com Seeking value in the modern marketplace Thu, 29 May 2008 04:02:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Companies have many options for financing operating activities, issue debt, issue stock, and using cash flow from operations among other things. One stock I have been following for a while now is E*Trade (NYSE:ETFC), which has been engaging in something called a debt for equity swap recently. I ... http://stockvaluefinder.com/2008/05/29/debt-for-equity-swap/ In this post I want to explore the idea of software companies having moats. For our terms I'm going to define an economic moat as an advantage one company has over competitors. A moat can take many forms including product differentiation perceived product differentiation driving costs down locking in customers locking out competitors. An ... http://stockvaluefinder.com/2008/02/25/do-software-companies-have-moats/ I posted about Genesee and Wyoming Railroad back in July of 2007.  At that point in time I really liked the management outlook on the company and highlighted the insider purchases. I kept my eye on GWR for the following few months but never made a purchase.  After looking at the ... http://stockvaluefinder.com/2008/02/25/nice-gain-on-gwr-since-last-post/ To any shareholders of Bowl America (AMEX: BWL.A) who were wondering why two dividends were paid out on January 22nd I found the answer in the latest 8-k filed.  The 'extra' dividend was a 50th anniversary present to the owners of the company.  I previously wrote about Bowl America and ... http://stockvaluefinder.com/2008/01/25/bowl-america-special-dividend/ This item will be a little different than posts in the past. In this post I wish to talk about, and give my fair value for a company that owns bowling lanes along the east coast, Bowl America. Bowl America (AMEX: BWL.A) is a closely held company that owns ... http://stockvaluefinder.com/2007/12/17/bowl-america-rolls-a-strike/