Smart & Final Stores closed at $6.23 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.16% move from the prior day. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.56%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 1.77%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.2%.
Coming into today, shares of the warehouse store operator had gained 31.22% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Staples sector gained 3.89%, while the S&P 500 gained 6.41%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from SFS as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be March 13, 2019. In that report, analysts expect SFS to post earnings of $0.12 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 20%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $1.09 billion, up 2.18% from the year-ago period.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for SFS should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. SFS currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Digging into valuation, SFS currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 13.82. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 16.9, so we one might conclude that SFS is trading at a discount comparatively.
It is also worth noting that SFS currently has a PEG ratio of 4.61. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. Food - Miscellaneous stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 2.02 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Food - Miscellaneous industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 183, which puts it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.
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Smart & Final Stores (SFS) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know
Smart & Final Stores closed at $6.23 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.16% move from the prior day. The stock lagged the S&P 500's daily gain of 1.56%. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 1.77%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq added 2.2%.
Coming into today, shares of the warehouse store operator had gained 31.22% in the past month. In that same time, the Consumer Staples sector gained 3.89%, while the S&P 500 gained 6.41%.
Investors will be hoping for strength from SFS as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be March 13, 2019. In that report, analysts expect SFS to post earnings of $0.12 per share. This would mark a year-over-year decline of 20%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $1.09 billion, up 2.18% from the year-ago period.
Any recent changes to analyst estimates for SFS should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. As a result, we can interpret positive estimate revisions as a good sign for the company's business outlook.
Research indicates that these estimate revisions are directly correlated with near-term share price momentum. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. The Zacks Consensus EPS estimate remained stagnant within the past month. SFS currently has a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).
Digging into valuation, SFS currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 13.82. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 16.9, so we one might conclude that SFS is trading at a discount comparatively.
It is also worth noting that SFS currently has a PEG ratio of 4.61. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. Food - Miscellaneous stocks are, on average, holding a PEG ratio of 2.02 based on yesterday's closing prices.
The Food - Miscellaneous industry is part of the Consumer Staples sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 183, which puts it in the bottom 29% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank includes is listed in order from best to worst in terms of the average Zacks Rank of the individual companies within each of these sectors. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
You can find more information on all of these metrics, and much more, on Zacks.com.