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According to this post at Seeking Alpha, Whitney Tilson is short Hanesbrands (HBI). I mentioned Hanes (which was then my favorite stock) during a "roundtable" discussion on October 20, 2006:

However, there are many situations (and here is usually where you find some bargains) where the EV/EBIT measure is not the most useful. When I can predict a high free cash flow margin with confidence, I use a very long-term discounted cash flows calculation. For instance, this is what I would do with HanesBrands (HBI), which was recently spun-off from Sara Lee (SLE). On an EV/EBIT basis, it may not look

According to this post at Seeking Alpha, Whitney Tilson is short Hanesbrands (HBI). I mentioned Hanes (which was then my favorite stock) during a "roundtable" discussion on October 20, 2006:

However, there are many situations (and here is usually where you find some bargains) where the EV/EBIT measure is not the most useful. When I can predict a high free cash flow margin with confidence, I use a very long-term discounted cash flows calculation. For instance, this is what I would do with HanesBrands (HBI), which was recently spun-off from Sara Lee (SLE). On an EV/EBIT basis, it may not look

After a singular career as a financial journalist focused on discovering ticking time bombs in public-company financial statements, Herb Greenberg has teamed with Debbie Meritz to start independent research firm Greenberg Meritz Research & Analytics. In the firm’s very first report (made available here with permission), Greenberg and Meritz raise several questions about the performance and prospects at apparel company Hanesbrands – so many, in fact, that after doing our own work, we shorted the stock.

The entire 14-page report is available here. 

According to this post at Seeking Alpha, Whitney Tilson is short Hanesbrands (HBI). I mentioned Hanes (which was then my favorite stock) during a "roundtable" discussion on October 20, 2006:

However, there are many situations (and here is usually where you find some bargains) where the EV/EBIT measure is not the most useful. When I can predict a high free cash flow margin with confidence, I use a very long-term discounted cash flows calculation. For instance, this is what I would do with HanesBrands (HBI), which was recently spun-off from Sara Lee (SLE). On an EV/EBIT basis, it may not look

Last week, Herb Greenberg's new firm Greenberg Meritz wrote <!---->cautionary words about Hanesbrands (HBI), which is the top holding in my portfolio. The following morning, Credit Suisse reiterated that the stock was a favorite idea in the market. Hanesbrands is the top holding within my portfolio and is my favorite stock within the consumer sector (although as I have mentioned on other occasions I continue to like stocks which are benefiting from the trade down effect while avoiding those who are prone to it).

GreenbergMeritz in their report questioned Hanesbrands' sales grow