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"I see no catalyst to buy it. I'm not a big believer in the group. I wouldn't buy Fortune Brands (FO), either." ("Mad Money Lightning Round," 6-8-09)

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PE of 15.1 and a PEG of 1.40 The company pays a yield of 2%.

From a recent Mad Money show:

"I don't know about this one. Golf may be a declining industry, there's just not enough momentum in the business."

Outperform/Aggressive - Price 16.42 on Feb. 12
by Barrington Research

Callaway reported 4Q net sales of $174.4 million, versus [year-ago] $179.9 million, in line with management...full-year '07 sales were $1.125 billion (+10.5%), in line with preliminary guidance, [versus] $1.018 billion in 2006...Excluding...charges, 4Q pro forma loss was 24 cents, versus a 13-cent loss a year ago...[In 2007, Callaway showed] strong recovery since the new CEO took over. Its full-year '08 guidance is [for net sales of] $1.145 billion to $1.165 billion and pro forma diluted EPS of $1.08 to $1.18 (+21% to +33%), exclud[ing] 8 cents [est.] restructuring charges...Even with the consumer-spending environment...management still expects good opportunities for gross margin through '10...Target: 22. Market-cap: $1.05 billion.

"Callaway Golf is on the trader radar. Shares of the company traded four times its average daily volume Thursday."

Callaway Golf (ELY) was upgraded to Outperform, Wachovia said. Company is seeing clean retail sell-through, and should also gain market share in 2008 with its new driver.

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