Sally Beauty Holdings Inc (SBH): Today's Featured Specialty Retail Laggard
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Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution and retail of professional beauty supplies primarily in North America, South America, and Europe. The company operates in two segments, Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group. Sally Beauty Holdings has a market cap of $4.51 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 18, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are seven analysts that rate Sally Beauty Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Sally Beauty Holdings as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that we feel that the company's cash flow from its operations has been weak overall.
- You can view the full Sally Beauty Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 16.3%,
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), up 3.4%, and
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), up 3.3%, were all gainers within the specialty retail industry with
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) being today's featured specialty retail industry leader.
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