Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) Weak On High Volume

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) as a weak on high relative volume candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Buffalo Wild Wings

(

BWLD

) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Buffalo Wild Wings as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • BWLD has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $69.4 million.
  • BWLD has traded 235,343 shares today.
  • BWLD is trading at 5.23 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
  • BWLD is trading at a new low 4.03% below yesterday's close.

'Weak on High Relative Volume' stocks are worth watching because major volume moves tend to indicate underlying activity such as material stock news, analyst downgrades, insider selling, selling from 'superinvestors,' or that hedge funds and traders are piling out of a stock ahead of a catalyst. Regardless of the impetus behind the price and volume action, when a stock moves with strength and volume it can indicate the start of a new trend on which early investors can capitalize (or avoid losses by trimming weak positions). In the event of a well-timed trading opportunity, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends and a disciplined trading methodology should help you take the first steps towards investment success.

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More details on BWLD:

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. engages in the ownership, operation, and franchise of restaurants worldwide. The company's restaurants provide various food products and alcoholic beverages. BWLD has a PE ratio of 27. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Buffalo Wild Wings a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

The average volume for Buffalo Wild Wings has been 596,100 shares per day over the past 30 days. Buffalo Wild Wings has a market cap of $2.7 billion and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. The stock has a beta of 0.56 and a short float of 16.2% with 4.30 days to cover. Shares are down 11.3% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Buffalo Wild Wings as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, growth in earnings per share, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • BWLD's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 11.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 15.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
  • BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC has improved earnings per share by 13.8% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Stable earnings per share over the past year indicate the company has sound management over its earnings and share float. We anticipate these figures will begin to experience more growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, BUFFALO WILD WINGS INC increased its bottom line by earning $4.96 versus $4.95 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($5.72 versus $4.96).
  • Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 62.79% to $77.10 million when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 14.82%.
  • BWLD's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.07 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Even though the company has a strong debt-to-equity ratio, the quick ratio of 0.30 is very weak and demonstrates a lack of ability to pay short-term obligations.
  • The company, on the basis of net income growth from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed compared to the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry average, but is greater than that of the S&P 500. The net income increased by 12.8% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $29.06 million to $32.77 million.

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