Any finance geeks out there got a quick question

[go2guy]

Doing a report and looking at financials and having a brainfart. Hell haven't bought a stock in a long while or haven't had to use this shit since business school.

Is an EPS of 0.937 poor? Forgot what to use in comparison to measure when evaluating whether or not to buy a stock.

P/E of 28.06 is not good right? Too high

P/S of 1.9 is not good? The Lower, the better right?

Damn I need to sharpen up :nohead:

 

[tiznow]

historically p/e of ~15 is considered "fair value"

well that's the average p/e ratio of S&P over the last 100 years or whatever

as far as individual issues goes it kinda depends on how fast they growing

if they have massive revenue and EPS growth expectations the p/e goes up

 

[artiesliver]

The EPS of 0.937 is relative to what it was the previous quarter, the previous year, and/or comparable quarter last year (year over year). If there is growth in EPS, as well as forecasted growth for EPS it can be good (and vice versa). Also, going into earnings season it is relative to forecasts by the analysts on the Street.

As for P/E of 28.06, again it can be a relative #. Relative to the industry the company is is. However, relative to the S&P 500 it is high. As an absolute # it is somewhat high.


Price to Sales--Personally don't know.

 

[tiznow]

P/S?

price/sales or market cap/revenue or stock price/sales per share

i really don't know what's historically a average number

 

[go2guy]

historically p/e of ~15 is considered "fair value"

well that's the average p/e ratio of S&P over the last 100 years or whatever

as far as individual issues goes it kinda depends on how fast they growing

if they have massive revenue and EPS growth expectations the p/e goes up

Looking at Under Armour and trying to make head or tails of this company. Some of the financial looks decent (P/E is pretty high compared to their competitors) but wondering if this downturn they took in the last year was reality setting in or overreaction due to heavy spending on marketing & excess inventory problems.

 

[artiesliver]

Thanks tiz. Looked it up in the interim and edited my post (it's been several years since I looked at most of that stuff).

 

[artiesliver]

Looking at Under Armour and trying to make head or tails of this company. Some of the financial looks decent (P/E is pretty high compared to their competitors) but wondering if this downturn they took in the last year was reality setting in or overreaction due to heavy spending on marketing & excess inventory problems.

Why Under Armour? Any specific reason other than the financials?

 

[go2guy]

Why Under Armour? Any specific reason other than the financials?

Company chosen for the project I'm working on. comparing them right now to Nike, Columbia Sportswear and etc. to make a decision whether or not they're a good buy. Appeared to be at first glance but the more research I do, I'm not so sure.

 

[eek.]

keep it in cash or gold for the minit.

Even if you buy a stock just now the chances are it will go nowhere, assuming it doesn't plummet...

No-one is making any munney just now.

p/e btw is RETROSPECTIVE i.e. last years earnings.
the "e" bit is dogpoo at the minit.

 

[go2guy]

keep it in cash or gold for the minit.

Even if you buy a stock just now the chances are it will go nowhere, assuming it doesn't plummet...

No-one is making any munney just now.

p/e btw is RETROSPECTIVE i.e. last years earnings.
the "e" bit is dogpoo at the minit.

Report for school not buying the stock unless I like what I see.

 

[tiznow]

UA garbage going lower as the depression evolves

anything in the shit you don't need category gonna get nailed hard and continue to get nailed

by the way arena football cancelled their season for 2009

and i'm guessing we'll lose a few professional teams in many major sports before the end of everything

they do have low debt which is about the only plus i see

but at the same time they don't have much cash on hand either to weather the coming storm

companies with lots of debt right now avoid like the plague