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MATTHEW GALGANI08:15 AM ET 12/18/2019
As the top-ranked industry leader in the heavy duty trucks industry, emergency-vehicle maker Spartan Motors (SPAR) is looking to set off the breakout alarms. On Tuesday, it was added to the IBD Breakout Stocks Index.

In addition to posting 106% earnings growth in Q3, analysts expect Spartan Motors to deliver 260% growth in the current quarter. The Michigan-based company has already wheeled in two straight quarters of accelerating EPS gains.

Over the last five quarters, Spartan's revenue gains have been solid and steady, ranging from 20% to 35%.

For the full year, earnings are expected to grow 88%, but then slow to an 11% increase in 2020. Market watchers have recently revised estimates for both years higher.

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Spartan Motors Revs Up 182% After Long Slide
Spartan Motors makes a range of specialty vehicles, including fire trucks, tankers and RVs. The company also manufactures chassis for shuttle buses and drill rigs.

After reaching a 52-week high in May 2018, the stock stalled out and began a long slide. It saw several weeks of heavy selling in October and November 2018, but then finally found a bottom.

Like first responders coming in to save the day, Spartan Motors then launched a successful rescue mission, lifting the share price 182% from its low on Halloween 2018 to a new high hit a year later.

Spartan Motors is now working on a flat base showing a 19.41 buy point. The stock has been holding above its 10-week moving average, which has been trending higher.

With revenue solid and EPS estimates pointing to continued growth, you may want to add Spartan Motors to your list of stocks to watch.


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new 200 million contract, biggest in Company's history

Core Portfolio Additions

Spartan Motors (NASDAQ:SPAR) - We added an initial 6% position this quarter, which we later increased to 8%, in a fantastic manufacturer of "last mile" delivery vans, emergency vehicles (think firetrucks!) and chassis for large scale Recreational Vehicles (RVs). Spartan, a $300 million market capitalization company with no debt, has a leading position in a duopoly delivery van market, which should continue to grow above historical trends with ecommerce and package delivery set to grow in double digits in the near future.
While the high ROIC van business segment is arguably the jewel of the empire, with expanding 10% EBITDA margins, and at current relative valuation levels accounts for the entire value of the company, we believe the real opportunity lies in the turnaround of bigger emergency vehicles segment by the reputable CEO Daryl Adams. When Adams joined the company two years ago, he found a historically mismanaged and culturally inefficient enterprise. Since then, Adams, who recently bought $3 million worth of SPAR stock on the open market to add to his $2 million holding, has made great strides in improving operations in every segment. In our experience of investing in turnarounds of small industrial manufacturers, we believe the company's problems are easily fixable under Adams' leadership and should drive company-wide EBITDA margins from 4% today to above industry averages of 10% in the next two to three years. Included among some of the easy fixes are consolidating facilities and purchasing departments, investing in hereto non-existent Enterprise Resource Planning software, implementing a culture of lean manufacturing, and compensating the new slate of impressive managers on ROIC enhancing metrics, such as operating income growth and working capital improvements.
We expect SPAR's EBITDA to grow from $30 million in 2016 to over $90 million by 2019 and with low additional capital investment requirements and a substantial portion of those profits to convert to Free Cash Flow. As the company improves its Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFRA) and ROIC from low single digits to potentially 20% or higher, we expect the valuation multiples to expand from 8x to over 10x and for the potential return on this investment to exceed 200% from our initial $8.55 per share purchase levels. In the meantime, the Sum Of The Parts valuation of at least 100% higher than today's stock price and a CEO willing to monetize the company assets for the right price, provide the right margin of safety for this investment.

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SPAR is l00king good

Spartans' Shields UP PPS UP .....looking good

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So what is this poison pill well it is no more then paying down the debt where now someone looking to take over the company must come up with more debt of there own to finance the deal.


I love a company that pays down there debt giving equity for what is owed.

Good earnings report

Spar chart looking awesome

SPAR: Zacks rank upgraded to #2 Buy

Low fuel prices should help Spartan Chassis

SPAR ~Target Price $7.00

SPAR should go to $7+

SPAR BULLISH WEEKLY CHART

SPAR In Breakout Mode

SPAR Turning North

$$ SPAR ~ Looks Thin

I think we are moving on up from here

Huge 45,682 share BUY after hours

Wow that was a strong Friday close.

Spartan declares dividend

SPAR Nice Close ~ Up 2.1% with good volume

$$~SPAR~ News Out - 670 Unit Order For REACH Commercial Vans

$$ SPAR ~ Nice Uptrend Forming

good value here in SPAR had to buy in

Fourth Quarter Results out Feb. 11 per news today

Spar Zacks Rank #2 Buy Rating

Still Expecting News Anytime

SPAR Expecting News This Week

Fed-Ex purchases Vans From Spartan Motors Read

http://news.van.fedex.com/fedex-adds-1900-new-lightweight-fuel-efficient-vehicles-fleet

Diesel Prices Expected to Tumble in 2014 Read

http://www.overdriveonline.com/diesel-price-still-projected-to-fall-in-2013-plummet-in-2014/

Surge in Recreational Vehicle Sales to Continue in 2014 Read

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2013/12/03/surge-in-recreational-vehicle-sales-expected-to-continue-in-2014/

Spartan Video - Firetrucks, Military, Vans, etc.

Expecting news late December or early January

SPAR UP 3.5% TODAY ON LOW VOLUME

SPAR Increased Volume Could Get This to Mid Sevens

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Back on track!!

Hi News, if you don't own this stock,

why is it important for you to post on the SPAR board?

Some people may think that you have an agenda if you

don't post useful information.

Again up....you think it`s temporary or?

I don't know you tell me, I'm wondering, too

Did you knew for following fraud case, Spartan Motors and its subsidiary, Spartan Chassis, of Charlotte, Mich., recently agreed to pay the United States $6 million in fines and penalties to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to an employee of Force Protection to receive a subcontract to make chassis for armored vehicles for the Army, Justice reported.

Seems like that, and that's nothing strange, people are aware SPAR and it's dark side

Period/Moving Average/Price Change/Percent Change/Average Volume

Year to Date 5.42 -1.35 -22.17% 177,708



-22.17%? Ouch!

Also, I don`t see many people active on this board. No interest in their stock?

Long Term Indicators Average: 67% Sell

Wake up investors time to get out of this sinking ship.

I'm not sure why are people buying this POS stock anyway, it's bad bushiness everybody need to get the hell out.

SPARTANS WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION? FRAUDS FRAUDS FRAUDS
No financials, no news, seems that only movements this company have when it's CEO WHO EVER IT IS, buy some and then sell some, nothing but classing money laundry

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