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

Written on Thu, 07/29/2010 - 5:43am
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 1x based on a current price of $1.82 and a free cash flow per share of $1.84.
MarineMax (NYSE:HZO) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 3.1x based on a current price of $7.46 and a free cash flow per share of $2.37.
Hastings Entertainment (NASDAQ:HAST) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 8.1x based on a current price of $7.35 and a free cash flow per share of $0.91.
Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 14.2x based on a current price of $29.86 and a free cash flow per share of $2.1.
Big 5 Sporting Goods (NASDAQ:BGFV) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 20.7x based on a current price of $13.8 and a free cash flow per share of $0.67.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of ZLC and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 20, 2010 at $2.47. The stock has fallen 26.3% since the alert was issued.

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