Boasting a healthy balance sheet, viable strategy and improving operating efficiencies, Cabela’s (CAB) offers investors a strong growth profile. Cabela’s remains on course to achieve its targeted long-term return on invested capital of 12%-14%.
Next generation store format, multi-channel strategy and seasonal product assortments enable CAB to focus on increasing stores productivity and sales per square foot, and lowering labor costs. Retail operating income margin expanded 240 basis points to 11.6% in third-quarter 2009.
Another growth engine is Cabela’s Club Visa credit card, which is enhancing brand name and increasing merchandise revenue. We have recently upgraded our recommendation on CAB to Outperform, and set our 6-month target price to $16.00 per share.Zacks Investment Research
