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Fred's, Inc. (FRED)



$7.89
52 Week Low
$14.72
2017-04-28 15:02:37 MDT
$21.77
52 Week High

Basic Info

Services
Sector
Discount, Variety Stores
Industry
Nasdaq
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $525,350,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:2.5Analysts say: Buy-. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 1.89 Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 15.9
5 Yr Est Growth: 120.70%
Yield: 1.79%
PEG-Y Ratio: 0.13
Excellent Growth Value at a Reasonable Price! Company's growth plus yield is greater than or equal to the PE Ratio. PEGY less than 1 is Excellent!

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: 2.72%
% Above 200 DayMA: 9.36%
FRED Performance 52 Weeks: -12.36%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 13.50%
Uptrend is still intact: FRED is above both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. There is hope because 50 Day MA is still above 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High.
FRED underperforming S&P 500 by -25.86% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 1.49
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: -92.64
Unknown EV to EBITDA ratio

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders6.06% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions93.10% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float51.98% 07.02% Shorted by greater than average percent. Investors and traders do not believe in stock. But watch out for short squeezes pushing stock upwards.
Debt to Equity0.38 1.08 More Conservative Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %-3.13%-00.18% Profit Margin is less than average.
Operating Margin %-2.53%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %-17.95%-08.79% Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Return on Assets %-4.70%-01.29% Return on Assets less than average percent. Stock can do better than this?
Revenue Per Employee $440,811.26 $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 98.13 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 0.13 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Excellent PEGY (less than 1): 0.13

  2. Low Forward PE: 15.9

  3. Good 5 Yr Est Growth: 120.70%

  4. Stock is Above Short Term 50DMA: 2.72%

  5. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 9.36%

  6. Price to Book is under 5: 1.49

  7. Debt To Equity is lower than 1: 0.38

CONS:
  1. Stock underperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: -25.86%

  2. Price to Cash Ratio (98.13) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  3. Shorted more than average: 51.98%

  4. Profit Margin is negative: -3.13%

  5. Operating Margin is negative: -2.53%

  6. Return on Equity is negative: -17.95%

  7. Return on Assets is negative: -4.70%


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