Retail Stocks to Buy for 2009 (Brian Nagel)

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Consolidation -- its the key theme and word for U.S. Retailers, but there are a few stocks worth looking at that should survive 2009.

Analysis and Discussion with Brian Nagel of UBS Securities, he likes Wal-Mart, Best Buy, but his best pick may be Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY).

Name Symbol Last price Mkt cap Avg vol 52wk high 52wk low EPS P/E Fw P/E Beta
Best Buy Co., Inc. BBY 25.98 10.72B 9.66M 53 16.42 2.74 9.47 13.63 1.51
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. BBBY 24.15 6.27B 6.25M 34.73 16.2336 1.94 12.44 1.06
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT 54.61 214.25B 25.37M 63.85 43.11 3.41 16.00 14.54 0.15

Nagel also goes to bat for AutoZone (AZO), their stock has held up in 2009, up 9% but really just came back in November.  AZO shares are trading at $130 today.

Here's the Brian Nagel interview with Bloomberg


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