In this segment, we will look at the retailers and see which ones offer the best value from the cash flow perspective. The last week has been pretty brutal on retail stocks and it has hurt several retailers in particular. This survey looks at some ( not all ) retailers of interest to the author. The author has positions in some of the retailers noted below.
AEO - American Eagle Outfitters
Price to cashflow is around 9. ( taking out the cash in the balance sheet ) Price to free cash flow this year is 4.8%. Even without increasing cash flow, this company can payout dividends, buy out shares at a better rate than US treasury bonds. The company has zero debt and it is likely that it will grow free cash flow at a decent rate making it a far more interesting buy than the treasury bond over the next five years.
ANF - Abercrombie and Fitch
Also offers a low price to cashflow ratio of about 9 after taking out the cash from the balane sheet. The company carries little debt but the price to free cash flow yield is around 3.8%. The dividend yield in ANF is less than that of AEO.
GPS - Gap
Gap offers price to cashflow ratio of about 9 and a free cash flow yield of about 5.8%. This is significantly better than AEO and treasury bonds. However, Gap's cash flow hasnt altered a whole lot since 1999.
LTD - Limited
Limited's cash flow has also been stagnant for a few years and free cash flow has been somewhat low compared to other peers this year. Analysts are expecting a turn around in the coming years. However, this year, the stock has taken a hit.
CHS - Chico's Fas Inc
Chico's is cheap and the stock price has fallen off dramatically in the last two yearsbecause of declining sales. Still, JOSB and AEO offer better bargains at this moment.
JOSB - Joseph A Bank
Josb offers a very attractive price to cash flow ratio of 6.38. The company does have some debt but price to free cash flow yield is around 9%. Even taking last years figures, it yeilds a figure of about 6%. Looks like a good buy at these prices.
BBY - Best Buy
Best buy also looks interesting at these prices. However, it seems as though best buy is getting serious competition from WMT and friends.
BBBY - Bed Bath and Beyond
This is not as cheap as some of the others in this list. Also, we looked at this in some detail in this blog.
KSS - Kohl's Corporation
Kohl's is a growth story. It cant be compared to the other retailers in the same way.
WMT - Walmart
WMT offers a price to cash flow ratio of 9. The price to free cash flow yield is 2.1%. While this is hardly spectacular, the company spends a huge amount of money on capex in foreign contries.
TGT - Target
Target is somewhat more expensive than Walmart. This is mainly because of the same store sales have been doing better at Target than Walmart.
JCP - J.C Penney
Looks cheap - cheaper than WMT from a cash flow perspective at this moment. The company has spent a lot of money on Capex this year - hopefully this should show in the coming years.
M - Macy's
Macy's had a decline in cash flow and free cash flow this year. This could turn around in the coming years. In that case, this is a turn around play.
LOW - Lowes
Lowes offers price to cash flow of 7.47. It also yields 2.5% on free cash flow. Incidentally, lowes expects to increase both cash flow and free cash flow this year compared to last.
HD - Home Depot
More expensive than Lowes from a cash flow perspective but better from a free cash flow perspective. However, HD's use of capital and growth are both being questioned by share holders.
One can also play the ETF XRT to play the entire sector.
4 comments:
Any reason why Costco (COST) is left out?
no specific reason - didnt seem cheap enough.
Have you looked at DDS and SHLD?
I have looked at SHLD but not DDS. Will take a look and write about it in the next few days.
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