Topic: Growth Stocks

NORDSTROM INC. $53 – New York symbol JWN

NORDSTROM INC. $53 (New York symbol JWN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 195.9 million; Market cap: $10.4 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 2.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.nordstrom.com) plans to invest $240 million to expand its online operations, which supply about 10% of its sales. This cost is equal to a third of the $735 million, or $3.56 a share, that Nordstrom earned in the fiscal year ended February 2, 2013.

These upgrades will help the department-store operator handle an increase in purchases from customers using mobile devices. In the past year, mobile sales accounted for 20% of its online orders.

Nordstrom is a buy.

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