Big Five Sporting Goods Corporation Stock Upgraded (BGFV)

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Big five Sporting Goods Corporation (Nasdaq:BGFV) has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Specialty Retail industry. The net income increased by 40.4% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $5.82 million to $8.17 million.
• BGFV's revenue growth trails the industry average of 19.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 7.3%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
• Powered by its strong earnings growth of 40.74% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 47.37% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, BGFV should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 2183.49% to $22.09 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, BIG five SPORTING GOODS CORP has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 4.72%.

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Big five Sporting Goods Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a sporting goods retailer in the western United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 26.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Big five Sporting Goods has a market cap of $287.7 million and is part of the services sector and specialty retail industry. Shares are up 23.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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-- Written by a member of TheStreet Ratings Staff

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model.

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