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Resolute Forest Products Inc. (RFP)



$3.7
52 Week Low
$6.25
2017-04-28 14:31:17 MDT
$6.2
52 Week High

Basic Info

Consumer Goods
Sector
Paper
Industry
NYSE
Stock Exchange
Canada
Country

Market Cap: $493,630,000Small Cap (Between $200M and $2B)
Analyst Recommendation:4Analysts say: Sell. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 0.88 Low Volatility Stock (beta under 1). Stock will go up less when the market goes up, and go down less when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 30.56
5 Yr Est Growth: 14.00%
Yield: 0.00%
PEG-Y Ratio: 2.18
Borderline growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio of 2 or less is acceptable.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: 26.26%
% Above 200 DayMA: 29.94%
RFP Performance 52 Weeks: -5.10%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Uptrend is still intact: RFP 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 High than 52 Week Low.
RFP underperforming S&P 500 by -17.60% the last 52 Weeks. RFP is close to 52 week high.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 0.29
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 4.39
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 Insiders7.82% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions89.20% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float1.98% 07.02% Shorted percentage less than average percent. Is stock loved? Do traders and investors believe in the stock?
Debt to Equity0.45 1.08 More Conservative Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %-2.29%-00.18% Profit Margin is less than average.
Operating Margin %2.06%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %-4.16%-08.79% Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Assets %1.07%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $426,506.02 $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 16.03 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 2.03 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. Stock is Above Short Term 50DMA: 26.26%

  2. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 29.94%

  3. Stock is closer to 52 week high.
  4. Price to Book is under 5: 0.29

  5. Better than average EV/EBITDA: 4.39

  6. Shorted less than average: 1.98%

  7. Operating Margin is positive: 2.06%

  8. Return on Assets is positive: 1.07%

  9. Debt To Equity is lower than 1: 0.45

CONS:
  1. Analysts do not like this stock: 4 (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)

  2. PEGY Ratio not ideal (greater than 2): 2.18

  3. High Forward PE: 30.56

  4. Stock underperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: -17.60%

  5. Price to Cash Ratio (16.03) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  6. Profit Margin is negative: -2.29%

  7. Return on Equity is negative: -4.16%


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