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Zale Offers Investors the Best Cash Flow in the Specialty Stores Industry (ZLC, BKS, HZO, HAST, SIG)

Written on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 4:31am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Specialty Stores industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Zale (NYSE:ZLC) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 0.9x based on a current price of $1.6 and a free cash flow per share of $1.84.
Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 2.6x based on a current price of $13.26 and a free cash flow per share of $5.05.
MarineMax (NYSE:HZO) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 3.1x based on a current price of $7.43 and a free cash flow per share of $2.37.
Hastings Entertainment (NASDAQ:HAST) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 7.8x based on a current price of $7.09 and a free cash flow per share of $0.91.
Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 14x based on a current price of $29.48 and a free cash flow per share of $2.1.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of BKS and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 05, 2010 at $20.63. The stock has fallen 35.7% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nyse:zlc Zale price to free cash

Ticker(s): ZLC BKS HZO HAST SIG

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