Home furnishing stock Kirkland’s Inc. (KIRK - Free Report) has been suffering losses for quite some time now due to significantly lower revenues. The company carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Moreover, the company has had a poor run in the last three months with its share price declining around 13.10%. Over the past 30 days, estimates for fiscal 2016 dropped around 30%, while that for fiscal 2017 fell 24.8%. Hence, we feel that the stock should be offloaded now.
Second-Quarter Results: Kirkland’s reported second-quarter fiscal 2016 adjusted loss of 22 cents per share, which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate loss of 21 cents. The loss was also wider than a loss of 13 cents per share incurred a year ago due to lower margins in the quarter. Although net sales increased 6.7% year over year, it missed the consensus mark by 2.4% due to lower comps. Further, Kirkland's has missed estimates in three of the last four quarter with an average surprise of a negative 59.25%.
Traffic Trends: Kirkland’s has been experiencing low traffic over the past few months and expects the trend to persist in fiscal 2016 as more consumers are resorting to online shopping. The company even lowered its fiscal guidance anticipating strained traffic in the second half of fiscal 2016.
Operating Expenses: Kirkland’s has been incurring higher operating expenses for several quarters now due to an increase in store occupancy costs. The higher costs resulted from increased shipping and packaging expenses, which have put margins under pressure. The company’s aggressive expansion of store locations is expected to raise store occupancy costs. Also, the company’s plans to increase supply chain capabilities would boost costs.
Stocks to Consider
Some better-ranked stocks in the retail wholesale industry are Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. , Haverty Furniture Companies Inc. (HVT - Free Report) and Tempur Sealy International Inc. (TPX - Free Report) . While Tempur sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), both Haverty Furniture and Fortune Brands carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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Home furnishing stock Kirkland’s Inc. (KIRK - Free Report) has been suffering losses for quite some time now due to significantly lower revenues. The company carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Moreover, the company has had a poor run in the last three months with its share price declining around 13.10%. Over the past 30 days, estimates for fiscal 2016 dropped around 30%, while that for fiscal 2017 fell 24.8%. Hence, we feel that the stock should be offloaded now.
Second-Quarter Results: Kirkland’s reported second-quarter fiscal 2016 adjusted loss of 22 cents per share, which was wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate loss of 21 cents. The loss was also wider than a loss of 13 cents per share incurred a year ago due to lower margins in the quarter. Although net sales increased 6.7% year over year, it missed the consensus mark by 2.4% due to lower comps. Further, Kirkland's has missed estimates in three of the last four quarter with an average surprise of a negative 59.25%.
Traffic Trends: Kirkland’s has been experiencing low traffic over the past few months and expects the trend to persist in fiscal 2016 as more consumers are resorting to online shopping. The company even lowered its fiscal guidance anticipating strained traffic in the second half of fiscal 2016.
Operating Expenses: Kirkland’s has been incurring higher operating expenses for several quarters now due to an increase in store occupancy costs. The higher costs resulted from increased shipping and packaging expenses, which have put margins under pressure. The company’s aggressive expansion of store locations is expected to raise store occupancy costs. Also, the company’s plans to increase supply chain capabilities would boost costs.
Stocks to Consider
Some better-ranked stocks in the retail wholesale industry are Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. , Haverty Furniture Companies Inc. (HVT - Free Report) and Tempur Sealy International Inc. (TPX - Free Report) . While Tempur sports a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), both Haverty Furniture and Fortune Brands carry a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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