Ascena Retail Group Inc (ASNA) is a publicly traded apparel retail business based in the US which employs around 13,000 staff. Ascena Retail Group is listed on the NASDAQ and traded in US dollars.
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Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Ascena Retail Group), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.
Ascena Retail Group is a major part of the NASDAQ, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Ascena Retail Group P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Ascena Retail Group's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.52. A PEG ratio below 1 can be interpreted as meaning the shares are not overvalued given the current rate of growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Ascena Retail Group's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Ascena Retail Group's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $221.8 million (£178 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Ascena Retail Group's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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