Tempur-Pedic Will Help Your Portfolio Sleep Better

By Henry Kawabe:Following the Tempur-Pedic (TPX) catastrophe, investors have little faith in the mattress making industry, and are selling stock in all companies as a result of their inability to judge its competition.

By Saj Karsan:Shares of mattress-maker Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. (TPX) fell a whopping 48% Tuesday after the company lowered its guidance for the quarter and the year. This consistent generator of high returns on both equity and capital now trades at a P/E (based on its newly-lowered expectations for the current year) of just 8!

By Patrick Fong:Tempur-Pedic (TPX) recently announced a deal to acquire Sealy at $2.20 per share, or about $230 million for the equity of the firm. The acquisition of Sealy is expected to be accretive in the first year of operations, and cost synergies are expected to be in excess of $40 million annually.

By Saj Karsan:Earlier this year, shares of premium mattress maker Tempur-Pedic (TPX) fell from a lofty $87 to just $20, at which point the stock was brought up on this site as a potential value investment. Yesterday, investors were offered the opportunity to sell these same shares for a 50% premium to the price on that day.

By Interactive Brokers: TPX - Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. - Shares in memory-foam mattress maker, Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., jumped 23% to $32.99 on Thursday after the company said it will pay $2.20 a share or $229 million for private equity-owned Sealy Corp. in a deal that combines the two largest publicly-traded mattress companies. TPX

By Alex Rasmussen:Tempur-Pedic (TPX) is a leader in the mattress and pillow market. With a history of R&D back to the 1970s, Tempur-Pedic has a proven advantage over traditional foam and air mattresses and pillows. Everyone has seen those ads with the couple jumping on the bed with a wine glass on the other end. They haven't run those ads in years, but it owns a space in your head.

By Stock Gamer:Tempur-Pedic International (TPX) designs, manufactures, and distributes sleeping mattresses, pillows, and other related products primarily through retail channels. The stock has plummeted 72% over the past 3 months, mostly attributable to the overall equity market weakness and increasingly stiff competitions among mattress manufacturers.

By Kraken:Tempur-Pedic's (TPX) stock fell more than 40% after the company reported a massive slowdown in sales. The stock was being priced for growth, however, the company's recent earnings report shows the opposite. North American sales are expected to fall 8%. Analysts were expecting earnings per share to be .86 cents, but instead the company is expecting .36 cents per share. That's quite a disappointment.