Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The Sarcasm Report v.161

May 30, 2012
Sears shares see mysterious drop

Why are shares of Sears Holdings (SHLD -8.97%) down?

The stock fell nearly 9% Wednesday afternoon, but there wasn't an apparent reason.

I blame pharrisa on the Yahoo message boards. The stock's down 35% since March 19, 2012.

March 19, 2012
Fake uptrend got broken last Friday

All down hill from here!

Without that fear mongering, the stock would be trading on its strong fundamentals.

SHLD Key Statistics

Profit Margin (ttm): -6.73%
Operating Margin (ttm): -1.07%
Return on Assets (ttm): -1.20%
Return on Equity (ttm): -42.49%
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy): -2.80%
Operating Cash Flow (ttm): -67.00M
Diluted EPS (ttm): -26.16
Short % of Float (as of May 15, 2012): 47.90%

6 comments:

mab said...

Why are shares of Sears Holdings (SHLD -8.97%) down?<

I'd be asking why the shares are as high as they are, but it's not my style.

Here's a thought. Sears could award new shares to Eddie the whiz kid Lampert and immediately decrease its per share losses!

Fritz_O said...

Here's the key stat:

Return on Equity (ttm): -42.49%


It was a real estate play made at the peak of the market and we all know what happened to...

Mr Slippery said...

I thought SHLD was an acronym for Sucker's HoLD, but I am often mistaken.

Stagflationary Mark said...

mab,

Here's a thought. Sears could award new shares to Eddie the whiz kid Lampert and immediately decrease its per share losses!

Crazy talk!

Eddie could then sell the new shares and use the proceeds to shop at Sears! Win win!

Stagflationary Mark said...

Fritz_O,

Real estate never goes down. It was a sure thing!

Stagflationary Mark said...

Mr Slippery,

I thought SHLD was an acronym for...

S@#$ Hits! Lasting Depression!

I will say this. The new fans are harder to hit. On the other hand, it will be a cold day in hell before I pay $449.99 for a fan (assuming we don't hyperinflate).