Armstrong World (AWI)
Price: $35.92
Industry: Building Products Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 22 16:08 EDT 2011 AWI Armstrong World
$35.92
Power Gauge Rating
AWI - Very Bearish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for AWI is very bearish due to very weak earnings performance, poor financial metrics and negative expert opinions. AWI's earnings performance is very weak as a result of poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years and a relatively poor trend in earnings this year.
Financial Metrics
Earnings Performance
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Bearish AWI Armstrong Wor..
August 31, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for AWI is bearish. There is currently a significant negative sentiment within news stories concerning AWI.
News Sentiment :Negative
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bearish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
AWI's financial metrics are poor. The company is carrying too much long term debt and yields a relatively low return on shareholder's equity.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio and low return on equity.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
2.90
Price/Book
1.78
Return on Invest
5.9%
LT Debt/Equity
0.77
Price/Sales
0.76
Return on Equity
9.2%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Very Bearish
Earnings Growth
AWI's earnings performance has been very weak. The company has a history of weak earnings growth and experienced relatively poor earnings growth in the past 12 months.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on poor EPS growth over the past 3-5 years, a relatively poor trend in earnings this year and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
Revenue(M)
-
3,549.70
3,393.00
2,780.00
2,766.40
Rev % Growth
-
-
-4.41%
-18.07%
-0.49%
EPS
-
$2.60
$1.44
$1.36
$0.19
EPS % Growth
-
-
-44.62%
-5.56%
-86.03%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$0.43
$0.83
+0.40
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$0.19
$2.46
+2.27
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
-7.66%
21.45%
+29.11
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
Latest Qtr
$0.71
$0.70
$-0.01
-1.41
1 Qtr Ago
$0.37
$0.51
$0.14
37.84
2 Qtr Ago
$0.17
$0.11
$-0.06
-35.29
3 Qtr Ago
$0.64
$0.77
$0.13
20.31
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
12/09
$-0.20
$0.50
$1.13
$-0.07
$1.36
12/10
$-0.34
$0.47
$0.43
$-0.36
$0.20
12/11
$0.23
$0.64
-
-
-
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Neutral
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for AWI is neutral. AWI has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks and has underperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.
Price Trend
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether AWI is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Volume Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
53.55
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-5.07%
Average Volume 20 Days
245,794
52 Week Low
32.80
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-24.40%
Average Volume 90 Days
324,307
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-6.82%
Expert Opinions
Value
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-4.19%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
-13.47%
Factor
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
43%
Expert Opinions
Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about AWI are negative. Analysts's opinions on AWI have been more negative recently and analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for AWI.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for AWI is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, insiders purchasing stock and pessimistic analyst opinions.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.84 0.40 Current
Current FY
2.46
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.84 0.41
0.00% -2.44%
30 Days Ago % Change 2.47
-0.01
EPS Estimates Revision Summary
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
Value
Strong Buy 0.00
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
1
0
1
Curr Yr
0
1
0
1
Next Qtr
0
2
0
2
Next Yr
0
1
0
1
Strong Buy
Change Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Last Week Up
Strong Buy
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for AWI
AWI's Competitors in Building Products Company
Power Gauge
Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
AWI
-7.66%
21.45%
1.95%
0.68
17.12
2,766
CRH
6.60%
24.44%
-
0.55
-
22,806
OC
1.21%
25.25%
0.99%
0.42
16.83
4,997
USG
-9.55%
-
-13.49%
-
-
2,939
URI
-8.15%
12.00%
0.38%
0.96
26.06
2,237
MAS
-9.33%
15.00%
-14.39%
6.56
239.67
7,592
Armstrong, union file charges against each other - Aug 3, 2011 Work begins on Armstrong Superfund site - Apr 21, 2011 Armstrong World Industries shares rise on upgrade - Mar 21, 2011 Armstrong World Industries Establishes a $100 Million Receivables Securitization Program - Dec 14, 2010 Profits plummet, investment returns on rise at Armstrong - Nov 6, 2010
Company Details
Company Profile
ARMSTRONG WORLD 2500 COLUMBIA AVE LANCASTER, PA 17603 USA Phone: 7173970611 Fax: 717-396-6133 Website: http://http://www.armstrong.com Full Time Employees: 9,800 Sector: Construction
ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES INC is a global leader in the design and manufacture of floors, ceilings and cabinets. Armstrongs consolidated net sales totaled approximately $3.5 billion. Based in Lancaster,Armstrong operates Forty plants in ten countries.
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