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Why I Love This Stock

By:Stockpickr Staff

Date:09 30 09

"Other deals include Nokia's (NOK) pickup of social networker Plum, Amazon's acquisition of shoe retailer Zappos, and private equity firm Apax' offer to buy Bankrate (RATE)." Read more from Scott Moritz here.

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By:barrons3

Date:08 22 09

Bankrate's board approved a merger pursuant to which the company will be acquired by private-equity investment group Apax Partners for $28.50 per share, via a tender offer and merger. Coatue Management, which has a 9.5% stake, wrote to Bankrate's board to express disappointment with the board's decision, and stating that it will not tender its shares.

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By:High Dividends

Date:05 13 09

14.7

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By:barrons3

Date:04 04 09

Private-equity investor Warburg Pincus may discuss with Bankrate's management and directors the possibility of putting one or more representatives on the board. However, Warburg Pincus said it doesn't intend to pursue this unless the board supports the move. Warburg Pincus owns 1,026,300 shares (5.45%).

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By:barrons3

Date:09 18 08

First, let me say that of the ones that are overly shorted, I like Ethan Allen (ETH), Sears (SHLD), Bankrate (RATE) and Panera (PNRA), all profitable, all either doing well or could turn, and all do well if the housing market turns.

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By:barrons2

Date:07 12 08

Buy - Price $33.01 on July 7
by Merriman Curhan Ford

We are upgrading to Buy from Neutral. We believe that this morning's preannouncement and lower outlook for FY08 is more than priced into the stock. Among other reasons for our upgrade are: 1) Bankrate is among the most pure plays in online advertising, in our view; 2) the company is a leading financial portal in the sector; 3) it has diversified its revenue base away from mortgages; 4) it has a very high level of organic traffic, a valuable asset; 5) the release of the redesigned Website should optimize advertising sales; and 6) it trades below its peer group and the recent takeout multiples of online media companies... .RATE is trading at 9.2 times EV/Ebitda [enterprise value, or market value plus net debt, to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization], below the peer group average of 11.2 times. The company has an above-average Ebitda growth outlook of 32% in FY08, which could potentially command a modest premium valuation to peers. Market cap: $510 million.

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By:barrons2

Date:06 28 08

Market Outperform - Price 40.24 on June 24
by JMP Securities

[We note] some softness in site traffic in June as interest-rate volatility subsides, offset by continued strength in the [certificate of deposit/money-market] channel....We expect the 15% to 20% price increase for CD/MM rate tables to add about $2 million to revenues in 2008, offsetting the weakness in mortgages. RATE trades at 11 times 2008 enterprise value/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization...in line with the comparable group's 10.9 times....[this] strong business model is expected to generate 25%-plus organic growth in '08. Market cap: $747 million.

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By:barrons2

Date:05 24 08

Market Outperform - Price 49.60 on May 21
by JMP Securities

Target: 55. RATE is down 6.5% since announcing impressive 1Q08 results May 1. We believe this [is because] despite 1Q08 outperformance, management did not raise guidance, or discuss organic growth....We believe investor fears are overdone...demand for advertising on Bankrate remains robust, despite the difficult environment...as acquisitions scale, margin expansion should come from both top-line growth and expense optimization. Bankrate currently trades at 13.8 times our 2008 adjusted Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization] estimate of $65.6 million. Market cap: $910 million.

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By:barrons2

Date:03 22 08

Barring a deep recession, Bankrate's outlook is surprisingly strong. Bulls see its stock up 25% in a year.

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By:Pro

Date:11 30 -1

Jefferies said it is downgrading Bankrate (RATE) to Hold from Buy based on valuation. Note recent 40% surge in share price thanks to falling interest rates and expectations for strong Q4 results. Maintained $56 target.

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Why I Hate This Stock

By:Barrons

Date:03 24 07

From Barron's 3-26-07

"We are still short Bankrate [RATE]. We were painfully early on Bankrate, judging from the fact the stock went from 20 at the time we spoke two years ago to 39 now. But we actually think our original thesis is unfolding now and see Bankrate as a play on mortgage velocity, which is coming down. Organic growth has all but stopped, as you can see from the deceleration of their page-view growth, but they have made some acquisitions. They've surprised on the upside with earnings expectations because they raised prices aggressively for advertising on their site with Internet banner ads and click-throughs. We think the price increases on ad rates are unsustainable."

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