Barnes & Noble (BKS)
Price: $12.22
Industry: Nonfood Retail-Wholesale Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 08 17:09 EDT 2011 BKS Barnes & Noble
$12.22
Power Gauge Rating
BKS - Very Bearish TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for BKS is very bearish due to very weak earnings performance, very bearish price/volume activity and very negative expert opinions. The rating also reflects attractive financial metrics.
Financial Metrics
BKS's earnings performance is very weak as a result of a relatively high projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Performance
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral BKS Barnes & Noble
August 30, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for BKS is neutral. Stories concerning BKS have a balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Bullish
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
BKS's financial metrics are very good. The company may be undervalued and has high revenue per share.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book value, low return on equity and low price to sales ratio.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
Current Ratio
1.09
Price/Book
0.96
Return on Invest
-5.4%
LT Debt/Equity
0.38
Price/Sales
0.11
Return on Equity
-7.9%
Earnings Performance
TTM
Earnings Performance Rating
Very Bearish
Earnings Growth
BKS's earnings performance has been very weak. The company is priced relatively high compared to next year's projected EPS and has an erratic 5 year earnings trend.
Earnings Surprise
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, a relatively high projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
04/07
04/08
04/09
04/10
04/11
5,261.25
5,410.83
5,121.80
5,810.56
6,998.56
3.10%
2.84%
-5.34%
13.45%
20.45%
$2.31
$2.13
$1.38
$0.64
$-1.31
6.45%
-7.79%
-35.21%
-53.62%
-304.69%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$-0.22
$0.05
+0.27
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$-1.31
$-0.22
+1.09
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
6.90%
0.00%
-6.90
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
Latest Qtr
$-0.94
$-0.94
$0.00
0.00
1 Qtr Ago
$-0.97
$-1.04
$-0.07
-7.22
2 Qtr Ago
$1.13
$1.00
$-0.13
-11.50
3 Qtr Ago
$-0.07
$-0.22
$-0.15
-214.29
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
04/09
$0.22
$-0.43
$1.40
$-0.58
$0.61
04/10
$-1.12
$-0.22
$1.01
$-1.04
$-1.37
04/11
$-0.99
-
-
-
-
Fiscal Year End Month is April.
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Total
Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Very Bearish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for BKS is very bearish. BKS is trading on lower volume than its 90 day average volume and is experiencing sustained selling.
Price Trend
The rank for BKS is based on its price strength versus the market, negative Chaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend ROC and a decreasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether BKS 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
20.41
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
-19.17%
Average Volume 20 Days
1,186,310
52 Week Low
8.77
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
34.40%
Average Volume 90 Days
1,463,646
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
-11.35%
Expert Opinions
Value
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-24.42%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
45.49%
Factor
Value
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
39%
Expert Opinions
Very Bearish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about BKS are very negative. Analysts are lowering their EPS estimates for BKS and short interest in BKS is high.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for BKS is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a high short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, optimistic analyst opinions and relative weakness of the stock versus the Nonfood Retail-Wholesale industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.05 1.47 Current
Current FY
-0.22
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.05 1.47
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change -0.13
-0.09
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Hold 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Hold
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
2
1
Curr Yr
0
0
1
2
Next Qtr
0
0
1
2
Next Yr
0
0
0
2
Hold
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for BKS
BKS's Competitors in Nonfood Retail-Wholesale Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
Judge OKs Books-A-Million, Borders deal - Aug 30, 2011
BKS
6.90%
-
-0.97%
-
-
6,999
BBBY
8.63%
13.62%
9.33%
1.16
17.75
8,758
Judge OKs Books-A-Million, Borders deal - Aug 30, 2011
13.39%
16.34%
4.30%
1.07
19.06
4,871
PETM
8.68%
15.10%
4.55%
1.13
18.28
5,694
SPLS
9.01%
13.50%
3.76%
0.76
11.01
24,545
OMX
-4.68%
10.00%
0.60%
0.86
9.71
7,150
ODP
-3.70%
10.00%
-0.09%
-
43.50
11,633
Company
Power Gauge
DKS
Liberty Media Buys $204 Million Stake in Barnes & Noble - Aug 19, 2011 Liberty Media Buys $204 Million Stake in Barnes & Noble - Aug 19, 2011 DealBook: Liberty Buys a Stake in Barnes & Noble for $204 Million - Aug 18, 2011
Company Details
Company Profile
BARNES & NOBLE 122 FIFTH AVE NEW YORK, NY 10011 USA Phone: 2126333300 Fax: 212-352-3660 Website: http://http://www.barnesandnobleinc .com Full Time Employees: 30,000 Sector: Retail/Wholesale
Barnes & Noble, Inc. is engaged in the retail sale of trade books (generally hardcover and paperback consumer titles, excluding educational textbooks and specialized religious titles), mass market paperbacks (such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other popular fiction), children's books, off-price bargain books and magazines. These collectively account for substantially all of the company's bookstore sales. Bestsellers represent only a small portion of the Barnes & Noble store sales.
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