Ellie Mae (ELLI) Marked As A Dead Cat Bounce Stock
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a "dead cat bounce" (down big yesterday but up big today) candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Ellie Mae as such a stock due to the following factors:
- ELLI has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $60.0 million.
- ELLI has traded 194,892 shares today.
- ELLI is up 3.1% today.
- ELLI was down 9.1% yesterday.
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More details on ELLI:
Ellie Mae, Inc. provides on-demand software solutions and services for the residential mortgage industry in the United States. Its mortgage management solution offers a system of record that allows banks, credit unions, and mortgage lenders to originate and fund mortgages. ELLI has a PE ratio of 74. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Ellie Mae a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Ellie Mae has been 496,900 shares per day over the past 30 days. Ellie Mae has a market cap of $2.2 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer software & services industry. The stock has a beta of 0.73 and a short float of 7.6% with 2.10 days to cover. Shares are up 64.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday.
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Analysis:
rates Ellie Mae as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and good cash flow from operations. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company is trading at a premium valuation based on our review of its current price compared to such things as earnings and book value.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- ELLI's very impressive revenue growth greatly exceeded the industry average of 18.8%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues leaped by 61.1%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- ELLI's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.00 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with this, the company maintains a quick ratio of 2.69, which clearly demonstrates the ability to cover short-term cash needs.
- ELLIE MAE INC has improved earnings per share by 17.6% 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 year. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, ELLIE MAE INC increased its bottom line by earning $0.50 versus $0.45 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($1.44 versus $0.50).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Software industry. The net income increased by 24.0% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, going from $5.02 million to $6.22 million.
- Net operating cash flow has significantly increased by 133.99% to $25.69 million when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, ELLIE MAE INC has also vastly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of -11.94%.
- You can view the full Ellie Mae Ratings Report.
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