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To: richardred who wrote (30211)	3/3/2008 12:32:01 PM
From: Paul Senior	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74474

Upped my few shares of BMS today, fwiw. This diversified packaging company is kind of a steady Eddy. S&P has a 12-mo. target of $27 (Stock at $24.73): "Our risk assessment reflects the possibility of softer global economic conditions, higher raw material prices, and difficulty in integrating acquisitions. However, BMS has an S&P Quality Ranking of A, which indicates historically stable earnings and dividend growth." S&P rates the stock as "hold". Perhaps they'll be right. Looks like a buy to me for me though. Stock has traded every year for past ten at least at 16x earnings. Using S&P's '08 earning est. of $1.85, the stock sometime in next 9-12 months will hit at least $30 (if past ten years results can be counted on again in the this, the 11th year). If not, a buyer is still holding a stock in a decent quality company which has increased its dividend every year for at least the past ten, and currently yields 3.4%.