| Stock (Symbol) | Stock Price | |
Francescas Holdings (FRAN) |
$24 |
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| Data is as of | Expected to Report | Sector |
December 10, 2012 |
March 14 |
Retail & Travel |
| Sharek’s Take | ||
 Francescas Holdings (FRAN) is one of the best stocks to own, but you can’t tell that because FRAN isn’t at its highs. The stock’s gone from $18 to $25 in the last 52-weeks, but is well of the $37 high set in early September. This is one of my favorite stocks because it has great numbers. The stock could easily move 50% higher in 2013, and that would just get it back to the September highs. |
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| One-Year Chart | ||
 Here’s the one-year chart of the company. Profit growth has been at least 71% the last four quarters and my guess is 60% growth is coming this quarter. The stock’s estimated Long Term Growth Rate is a robust 31% yet the P/E is only 19. |
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| Earnings Table | ||
 Profits jumped 71% last quarter on a 44% rise in sales. Same store sales rose a solid 17% and that should have made the stock climb higher.FRAN has a good trend of upping estimates then beating them. There’s no red on this earnings table. Annual Profit Estimates keep climbing a little each quarter. Quarterly estimates look good and these will probably get upped and beat. 40% profit growth could be (optimistically) ahead in 2013. |
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| Fair Value | ||
 FRAN is worth 35 times earnings and has some of the most upside of any stock I own. |
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| Ten-Year Chart | ||
 Although this ten-year chart shows little progress since FRAN IPO’d in July 2011, I like the look of it. We are definitely at the bottom of the base, which makes the risk here low on a technical basis. Profits are set to rise 74% this year and few seem to notice. |
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| Power Ranking | Bottom Line | |
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Francescas Holdings is one of the top stocks to own, yet the stock seems under the radar of most small investors. This company had profit growth of 71% last quarter and the stock’s P/E is only 19. The estimated Long Term GRowth Rate is 31%. FRAN could rise 50% to 100% in one to two years. FRAN is ranked 5th overall in both the 16 stock Growth Portfolio and 9 stock Aggressive Growth Portfolio Power Rankings. |
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