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Destination Maternity Corporation (DEST)



$3.18
52 Week Low
$3.42
2017-04-28 14:17:04 MDT
$8.42
52 Week High

Basic Info

Services
Sector
Apparel Stores
Industry
Nasdaq
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $47,560,000Micro Cap (Less than $200M)
Analyst Recommendation:1Analysts say: Strong Buy. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: -1.02 Unusual negative beta. Good for diversity? Stock may go up when market goes down, and down when market goes up.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: Unknown
5 Yr Est Growth: 15.00%
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: N/A
Unknown PEG-Y ratio

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: -18.76%
% Above 200 DayMA: -40.31%
DEST Performance 52 Weeks: -51.22%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Downtrend is still intact: DEST is below both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High.
DEST underperforming S&P 500 by -63.72% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 0.74
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 4.64
Great Value! A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders2.63% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions91.80% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float1.36% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to Equity0.70 1.08 More Conservative Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %-7.55%-00.18% Profit Margin is less than average.
Operating Margin %0.08%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %-42.53%-08.79% Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Return on Assets %0.11%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $333,615.38 $883,096.70 Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard.
Price to Cash 17.10 5.52 Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio N/A 2.26Unknown.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Analysts like this stock: 1 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)

  2. Good 5 Yr Est Growth: 15.00%

  3. Price to Book is under 5: 0.74

  4. Better than average EV/EBITDA: 4.64

  5. Shorted less than average: 1.36%

  6. Operating Margin is positive: 0.08%

  7. Return on Assets is positive: 0.11%

  8. Debt To Equity is lower than 1: 0.70

CONS:
  1. Stock is Below Short Term 50DMA: -18.76%

  2. Stock is Below Long Term 200DMA: -40.31%

  3. Stock underperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: -63.72%

  4. Price to Cash Ratio (17.10) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  5. Profit Margin is negative: -7.55%

  6. Return on Equity is negative: -42.53%

  7. Beta is negative. It might be good for diversity, but could also be a warning flag: -1.02


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This page updated Thu Feb 1 22:00:01 MST 2018.