1-800 Flowers.com Inc. Class A Stock Upgraded (FLWS)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- 1-800 Flowers.com Inc. Class A (Nasdaq:FLWS) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

• Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period. Although other factors naturally played a role, the company's strong earnings growth was key. Looking ahead, unless broad bear market conditions prevail, we still see more upside potential for this stock, despite the fact that it has already risen over the past year.
• 1-800-FLOWERS.COM reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM turned its bottom line around by earning $0.08 versus -$0.03 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.15 versus $0.08).
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Internet & Catalog Retail industry. The net income increased by 96.9% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$2.68 million to -$0.08 million.
• Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 21.6%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 13.1%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.

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1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. together with its subsidiaries, operates as a florist and gift retailer in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 17.5, above the average specialty retail industry P/E ratio of 12.4 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. 1-800 Flowers.com Inc. Class A has a market cap of $83 million and is part of the services sector and specialty retail industry. Shares are up 35% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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