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Will Radioshack go bankrupt?
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kjones5159
 

Registered: Aug 2012
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08-25-12 11:49 PM

Operating income has declined steadily, debt/equity increased steadily, they're getting wasted by Amazon and Wal-Mart, same as Circuit City and Best Buy.

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billyjoerob
 

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08-26-12 02:27 AM

Does anyone walk into a Radio Shack and think, "Oh yeah - this is a good business model." They made their money selling all the little $3 doohickeys that cost 5c to make. Now that business has moved to the net.

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smilingsynic
 

Registered: Jun 2005
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08-26-12 03:48 AM

What's amazing is that they didn't go out of business years ago.

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smilingsynic
 

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08-26-12 03:50 AM

Here is an old analysis that seems right on track:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/ev...till-in-b,2190/

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clacy
 

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08-26-12 04:20 AM

Its name had the words radio and shack in it, so ya I think it will go BK

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kjones5159
 

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08-26-12 04:53 AM

I read their most recent 10-Q and they're just inching into the red now, though they've obviously been in decline a while.

They have a pretty decent cash pile and new credit line and some convertables also to burn through before they're empty, though it will invariably end that way IMO.

They might be able to hold out another 2-3 years.

Though equity in such an operation would be worth next to nothing long before they actually fold.

Good short for the forseeable future, I don't think anybody would pay money to take that over either, the model is done not the company itself.

Do your own due diligence of course, but long dated puts seem sensible.

No strategic acquisition, unless Schulze of Best Buy wants a bigger ship to go down with or something crazy like that.

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