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Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation is a specialty retail business based in the US. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares (BGFV) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation employs 2,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$994.7 million.
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Latest market close | USD$12.29 |
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52-week range | USD$0.6333 - USD$12.2001 |
50-day moving average | USD$9.2447 |
200-day moving average | USD$6.3996 |
Wall St. target price | USD$15 |
PE ratio | 6.6103 |
Dividend yield | USD$0.4 (3.66%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$1.655 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $12.29 from 2021-01-11
1 week (2021-01-07) | 1.15% |
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1 month (2020-12-16) | 42.25% |
3 months (2020-10-16) | 35.80% |
6 months (2020-07-16) | 312.42% |
1 year (2020-01-16) | 209.57% |
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2 years (2019-01-16) | 246.20% |
3 years (2018-01-16) | 93.54% |
5 years (2016-01-15) | 5.77% |
Valuing Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 7x. In other words, Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares trade at around 7x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.45. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$60.4 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$994.7 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 4.47% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$312 million |
Return on assets TTM | 4% |
Return on equity TTM | 17.91% |
Profit margin | 3.55% |
Book value | $10.005 |
Market capitalisation | USD$239.7 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 4.1 million Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 19.1% down from 5.1 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares can be evaluated.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 961704). Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's SIR currently stands at 4.25. In other words for every 100,000 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4250 shares are currently held short.
However Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.18% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares in existence, roughly 180 shares are currently held short) or 0.1934% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shares, roughly 193 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation.
Find out more about how you can short Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 15.37% of net profits
Recently Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation has paid out, on average, around 15.37% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.66% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 3.66% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.4 per share.
While Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation is investing more in its future growth.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 15 December 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 November 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Over the last 12 months, Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.6333 up to $12.2001. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's is 2.5906. This would suggest that Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation operates as a sporting goods retailer in the western United States. The company's products include athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories, as well as a selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, winter and summer recreation, and roller sports. It also provides private label items, such as shoes, apparel, camping equipment, fishing supplies, and snow sport equipment. The company sells private label merchandise under its own trademarks comprising Golden Bear, Harsh, Pacifica, and Rugged Exposure. As of May 27, 2020, it operated 431 stores. The company also operates an e-commerce platform under the Big 5 Sporting Goods name. Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.
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