Alberto Culver Co ACV:NYSE
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Latest News Headlines for Alberto Culver Co

Wednesday 11/18/2009 10:44 PM ET - Comtex SmarTrend(R)

SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called an Uptrend for Alberto-Culver (NYSE:ACV) on November 05, 2009 at $27.39.

Since then, Alberto-Culver has returned 6.2% as of today's recent price of $29.10. Want to profit from these alerts?

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Bid/Size

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Ask/Size

27.94

Price Open

28.02

Previous Close

28.05

Day High

27.80

Day Low

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Beta (5yr)

29.63/11/18/09

52wk High/Date

19.32/11/21/08

52wk Low/Date

2.7 Billion

Market Capitalization

98.2 Million

Shares Outstanding

30.19

Volatility Avg (1 Year)

550.8 Thousand

Avg Vol (10 day)

23.6x

P/E Ratio

1.19

EPS (TTM)

0.075 (11/20/09)

Declared QRTR Div explain

1.07%

Yield

11/3/2009

Ex-Date

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Alberto Culver Co vs. Peers

Company Market Cap YTD Price Performance
ACV

Alberto Culver Co

2.7B
+14.3%
AVP

Avon Products, Inc.

14.5B
+41.6%
BARE

Bare Escentuals, Inc.

1.2B
+158.5%
CHTT

Chattem Inc.

1.3B
-7.1%
CHD

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

4.1B
+3.8%

Company Background

Alberto Culver Company (New Alberto Culver) develops, manufactures, distributes and markets beauty care products, as well as food and household products in the United States and more than 100 other countries. The Company operates in two business segments: United States and International. During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 (fiscal 2008), beauty care products accounted for approximately 94% of the Company's consolidated net sales. During fiscal 2008, food and household products accounted for approximately 6% of its consolidated net sales. On October 1, 2008, the Company acquired the Noxzema skin care business in the United States, Canada and portions of Latin America, as well as the worldwide rights and trademarks to the Noxzema brand. On July 31, 2008 Cederroth Intressenter AB, a company owned by two funds controlled by CapMan, acquired Cederroth International AB.

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