Shares of America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT) are showing an adjusted slope average of the past 125 and 250 days of 57.32764. The Adjusted Slope 125/250d indicator is equal to the average annualized exponential regression slope, over the past 125 and 250 trading days, multiplied by the coefficient of determination (R2). The purpose of this calculation is to provide a longer term average adjusted slope value that evens out large equity price movements by using the average. This indicator is helpful in helping find stocks that have been on a slick upward trend over the past 6 months to a year.
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Drilling down into some further key near-term indicators we note that the Capex to PPE ratio stands at for America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT). The Capex to PPE ratio points out you how capital intensive a outfit is. Stocks with an increasing (year over year) ratio may be moving to be more capital intensive and sometimes underperform the market. Higher Capex also sometimes means lower Free Cash Flow (Operating cash flow – Capex) generation and lower dividends as companies don’t have the cash to pay dividends if they are investing more in the business.
In addition to Capex to PPE we can look at Cash Flow to Capex. This ration compares a stock’s operating cash flow to its capital expenditure and can identify if a enterprise can generate enough cash to meet investment needs. Investors are surveying for a ratio greater than one, which points out that the enterprise can meet that need. Comparing to alternate firms in the same industry is relevant for this ratio. America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT)’s Cash Flow to Capex stands at .
Debt
In surveying at some Debt ratios, America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT) has a debt to equity ratio of 0.67451 and a Free Cash Flow to Debt ratio of 0.000000. This ratio provides insight as to how high the enterprise’s total debt is compared to its free cash flow generated. In terms of Net Debt to EBIT, that ratio stands at 3.06073. This ratio implies how easily a outfit is able to pay interest and capital on its net outstanding debt. The lower the ratio the better as that points out that the outfit is able to meet its interest and capital payments. Lastly we’ll take note of the Net Debt to Market Value ratio. America’s Car-Mart, Inc.’s ND to MV current stands at 0.340216. This ratio is determined as follows: Net debt (Total debt minus Cash ) / Market value of the outfit.
Investor Target Weight
America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT) has a current suggested portfolio rate of 0.01730 (as a decimal) ownership. Target weight is the volatility adjusted recommended position size for a stock in your portfolio. The maximum target weight is 7% for any given stock. The indicator is based out of kilter of the 100 day volatility reading and calculates a target weight accordingly. The more recent volatility of a stock, the lower the target weight will be. The 3-month volatility stands at 47.350400 (decimal). This is the normal returns and standard deviation of the equity price over three months annualized.
Near-Term Growth Drilldown
Now we’ll take a look at some key growth data as decimals. One year cash flow growth ratio is determined on a trailing 12 months basis and is a one year percentage growth of a enterprise’s cash flow from operations. This number stands at -1.00000 for America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT). The one year Growth EBIT ratio stands at 0.41783 and is a calculation of one year growth in earnings before interest and taxes. The one year EBITDA growth number stands at 0.36938 which is determined similarly to EBIT Growth with just the addition of amortization.
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Taking even a extra look we note that the 1 year Free Cash Flow (FCF) Growth is at -1.00000. The one year growth in Net Profit after Tax is 1.17496 and lastly sales growth was 0.10322.
America’s Car-Mart, Inc. (NasdaqGS:CRMT) of the General Retailers sector closed the recent session at 70.700000 with a market value of $482369.
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