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TWO NON-SUPER SUPERMARKET CHAINS Company WINN-DIXIE STORES GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA Ticker WINN GAP Industry Food & Staples Retailing Food & Staples Retailing TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade C D+ TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade D D TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade D D TheStreet.com Ratings Recommendation Sell Sell Recent price 9.03 4.97 Market Cap ($Mil.) 490.6 375.5 Total Assets ($Mil.) 1,775.5 3,647.9 Total Debt ($Mil.) 25.7 1,285.6 Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.) 7,281.4 6,401.1 Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.) 208.7 -35.3 Earnings Before Interest & Taxes ($Mil.) 26.6 -7.1 EPS - Latest Fiscal Year 0.24 1.37 EPS - Curr. Year Consensus 0.19 -0.28 EPS - Next Yr. Consensus 0.07 -0.37 Price/Book Ratio 0.6x 0.6x Ret'n on Equity (%) 1.3 -10.5 P/E - Current Year 47.5x Neg. EPS P/E - Next Year 129.0x Neg. EPS Dividend Yield (%) 0.00 0.00 Source: TheStreet.com Ratings (Data as of 2/20/2009). For an explanation of our ratings, click here.