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1. Barnes & Noble (BKS) Price: $12.22
Industry: Nonfood Retail-Wholesale
Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 08 17:09 EDT 2011
BKS
Barnes & Noble $12.22 Power Gauge Rating
BKS - Very Bearish
TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for BKS is very bearish due to very weak
earnings performance, very bearish price/volume activity and very negative
expert opinions. The rating also reflects attractive financial metrics.
Financial Metrics
BKS's earnings performance is very weak as a result of a relatively high
Earnings Performance projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Price/Volume Activity
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Neutral
BKS Barnes & Noble August 30, 2011 TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for BKS is neutral. Stories concerning BKS have a
balanced or neutral sentiment.
News Sentiment :Neutral
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
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2. Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
Bullish
Price to Book Value BKS's financial metrics are very good. The company may be undervalued and
has high revenue per share.
Return on Equity
The rank is based on a high long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book
value, low return on equity and low price to sales ratio.
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns
Ratio TTM Ratio TTM Ratio TTM
Current Ratio 1.09 Price/Book 0.96 Return on Invest -5.4%
LT Debt/Equity 0.38 Price/Sales 0.11 Return on Equity -7.9%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Earnings Growth
Very Bearish
Earnings Surprise BKS's earnings performance has been very weak. The company is priced
relatively high compared to next year's projected EPS and has an erratic 5 year
earnings trend.
Earnings Trend
The rank is based on worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, a
Projected P/E Ratio relatively high projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates
04/07 04/08 04/09 04/10 04/11 Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change
Revenue(M) 5,261.25 5,410.83 5,121.80 5,810.56 6,998.56 Quarterly EPS $-0.22 $0.05 +0.27
Rev % Growth 3.10% 2.84% -5.34% 13.45% 20.45% Yearly EPS $-1.31 $-0.22 +1.09
EPS $2.31 $2.13 $1.38 $0.64 $-1.31 Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change
EPS % Growth 6.45% -7.79% -35.21% -53.62% -304.69% 3-5 year EPS 6.90% 0.00% -6.90
EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results
Estimate Actual Difference % Difference FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total
Latest Qtr $-0.94 $-0.94 $0.00 0.00 04/09 $0.22 $-0.43 $1.40 $-0.58 $0.61
1 Qtr Ago $-0.97 $-1.04 $-0.07 -7.22 04/10 $-1.12 $-0.22 $1.01 $-1.04 $-1.37
2 Qtr Ago $1.13 $1.00 $-0.13 -11.50 04/11 $-0.99 - - - -
3 Qtr Ago $-0.07 $-0.22 $-0.15 -214.29 Fiscal Year End Month is April.
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3. Price Trend & Expert Opinions
Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Relative Strength vs Market Very Bearish
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for BKS is very bearish. BKS is trading on lower volume
than its 90 day average volume and is experiencing sustained selling.
Price Trend
The rank for BKS is based on its price strength versus the market, negative
Price Trend ROC
Chaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend ROC and a decreasing
volume trend.
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether BKS is performing better or worse than the market. Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity
Factor Value Factor Value Factor Value
52 Week High 20.41 % Change Price - 4 Weeks -19.17% Average Volume 20 Days 1,186,310
52 Week Low 8.77 % Change Price - 24 Weeks 34.40% Average Volume 90 Days 1,463,646
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 -11.35% % Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P -24.42% Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 39%
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P 45.49%
Expert Opinions
Expert Opinions
Earnings Estimate Revisions Very Bearish
Short Interest Expert opinions about BKS are very negative. Analysts are lowering their EPS
estimates for BKS and short interest in BKS is high.
Insider Activity
The rank for BKS is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, a
high short interest ratio, insiders purchasing stock, optimistic analyst opinions and
Analyst Opinions
relative weakness of the stock versus the Nonfood Retail-Wholesale industry
group.
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary
Current 7 Days Ago % Change Factor Value Last Week Last 4 Weeks
Current Qtr 0.05 0.05 0.00% Mean this Week Hold Up Down Up Down
Next Qtr 1.47 1.47 0.00% Mean Last Week Hold Curr Qtr 0 0 2 1
Curr Yr 0 0 1 2
Current 30 Days Ago % Change Change 0.00
Next Qtr 0 0 1 2
Current FY -0.22 -0.13 -0.09 Mean 5 Weeks Ago Hold
Next Yr 0 0 0 2
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4. The Company & Its Competitors
BKS's Competitors in Nonfood Retail-Wholesale News Headlines for BKS
Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M) Judge OKs Books-A-Million, Borders deal - Aug
Gauge growth growth 30, 2011
BKS 6.90% - -0.97% - - 6,999 Judge OKs Books-A-Million, Borders deal - Aug
BBBY 8.63% 13.62% 9.33% 1.16 17.75 8,758
30, 2011
Liberty Media Buys $204 Million Stake in Barnes
DKS 13.39% 16.34% 4.30% 1.07 19.06 4,871
& Noble - Aug 19, 2011
PETM 8.68% 15.10% 4.55% 1.13 18.28 5,694 Liberty Media Buys $204 Million Stake in Barnes
& Noble - Aug 19, 2011
SPLS 9.01% 13.50% 3.76% 0.76 11.01 24,545
DealBook: Liberty Buys a Stake in Barnes &
OMX -4.68% 10.00% 0.60% 0.86 9.71 7,150
Noble for $204 Million - Aug 18, 2011
ODP -3.70% 10.00% -0.09% - 43.50 11,633
Company Details Company Profile
BARNES & NOBLE Barnes & Noble, Inc. is engaged in the retail sale of trade books (generally hardcover and
122 FIFTH AVE paperback consumer titles, excluding educational textbooks and specialized religious
NEW YORK, NY 10011 titles), mass market paperbacks (such as mystery, romance, science fiction and other
USA popular fiction), children's books, off-price bargain books and magazines. These
Phone: 2126333300 collectively account for substantially all of the company's bookstore sales. Bestsellers
Fax: 212-352-3660 represent only a small portion of the Barnes & Noble store sales.
Website:
http://http://www.barnesandnobleinc
.com
Full Time Employees: 30,000
Sector: Retail/Wholesale
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