NASDAQ2391.3 (+0.09%)
S&P 5001164.46 (-0.15%)

Financial News Discussion of BIG - Big Lots, Incorporated on Mad Money

Financial News for Big Lots, Incorporated (BIG)

BIG 3/18/2010 11:07AM 52 Week Price Range Market Capitalization Dividend Yield Recent Dividend
$36.86 $19.49 — $37.29 $3.1 Billion n/a n/a

Want to Sharpen Your Investing?

Learn how Ockham can help investors make informed decisions and slice through the noise. Learn more about Ockham's services.

Sign Up Now for Ockham's Stock Analysis and News Services

Explore Why Ockham?

Quality Analysis
Ockham has fundamental valuations on over 5000 companies which we distribute, to our clients via highly-focused equity reports, weekly newsletters, and analysts' daily market commentary blogs. (Learn More)
Crowd Sentiment
Through our partnership with The Motley Fool, Ockham provides the most robust data on investors' sentiment of individual stocks. This indicator, along with our valuations and our news tracking, helps our clients make informed investment decisions. (Learn More)
Financial News Slicing
With the influx of noise in our lives, it can be exceedingly difficult to separate the essential news from everything else. Ockham's RazorWire tool "slices" through business television and impactful blogs to provide you with the clearest information possible. (Learn More)
Big Lots, Inc. was discussed on Mad Money which was originally produced by CNBC on 12/23/2009
Viewers on 12/23/09 heard about Big Lots, Incorporated on Mad Money with host, Jim Cramer. It is always interesting to see how discussions of Big Lots, Incorporated affect the stock going forward.

The latest news from Mad Money on BIG is available through Ockham's news analytics platform RazorWire.

The Ockham valuation currently has a Fairly Valued stance on BIG because it trades within the price range that we would expect given current market conditions and fundamentals. In comparison to the other stocks that we follow, Big Lots, Incorporated has seen more discussion in relation to its normal ranking among the group. Be aware that the news sources we track are focusing on this stock more often these days. Interestingly, overall sentiment looks bearish according to the Motley Fool's CAPS survey, as most of their users see Big Lots, Incorporated underperforming.

“Do you see big things for BIG LOTS? > > we looked at BIG LOTS as part of our play of stocks that could do well and we rejected it. We were wrong.” Mad Money Dec 23, 2009 6:45 PM
Some important items we've observed:
  • BIG has seen an increase in price by 27.14% since this commentary appeared on CNBC's Mad Money.
  • Jim Cramer mentioned quite a few stocks, 28 individual companies to be exact. You can see the all company slices for Mad Money on the recap page.
  • As far as Mad Money on Wednesday, December 23, 2009, this is the only mention for Big Lots, Incorporated.
  • There have been 15 mentions of Big Lots, Incorporated BIG since being mentioned on Mad Money on Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Ockham details all of the news on Big Lots, Incorporated on our BIG Financial News page.
  • The most active stock on Mad Money over the last 2 weeks has been Apple, Incorporated.