Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) currently has an Average Broker Rating of 2.3. This number is based on the 10 sell-side firms polled by Zacks. The ABR rank within the industry stands at 213. Analysts on a consensus basis are expecting that the stock will reach $11.25 within the year. The ABR is provided by Zacks which simplfies analyst ratings into an integer based number. They use a one to five scale where they translate brokerage firm Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations into an average broker rating. A low number in the 1-2 range typically indicates a Buy, 3 represents a Hold and 4-5 represents a consensus Sell rating.
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Research analysts are predicting that Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) will report earnings of $0.18 per share when the firm issues their next quarterly report. This is the consensus earnings per share number according to data from Zack’s Research.
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Most recently Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) posted quarterly earnings of $0.18 which compared to the sell-side estimates of 0.21. The stock’s 12-month trailing earnings per share stands at $0.74. Shares have moved $-14.76 over the past month and more recently, $-0.26 over the past week heading into the earnings announcement. There are 7 analyst projections that were taken into consideration from respected brokerage firms.
Chico’s FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) closed the last session at $7.68 and sees an average of 3158760.5 shares trade hands in each session. The 52-week low of the stock stands at $7.52 while the current level stands at 1.74% of the 52-week High-Low range. Looking further out we can see that the stock has moved -17.06% over the past 12 weeks and -46.63% year to date.
4 analysts rate Chico’s FAS, Inc. a Buy or Strong Buy, which is 40% of all the analyst ratings.
This article is informational purposes only and should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell the stock.
