Chico's FAS Stock Forecast, Price & News

Chico's FAS's stock was trading at $2.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CHS stock has decreased by 14.1% and is now trading at $2.20.
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4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chico's FAS in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Chico's FAS stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CHS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6,978 employees have rated Chico's FAS CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among Chico's FAS's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Chico's FAS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 25th 2021.
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Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, November, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported ($0.48) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.15) by $0.33. The specialty retailer earned $351.42 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $381.73 million. Chico's FAS had a negative return on equity of 38.38% and a negative net margin of 19.48%.
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Chico's FAS announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.09 per share on Monday, March 30th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 16.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 13th. This is a boost from Chico's FAS's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09.
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4 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Chico's FAS's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $2.80. On average, they anticipate Chico's FAS's stock price to reach $2.27 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.0% from the stock's current price.
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Chico's FAS saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 9,950,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the December 15th total of 8,600,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.6 days. Currently, 9.0% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Chico's FAS include The TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), The Gap (GPS), Foot Locker (FL), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Urban Outfitters (URBN), The Buckle (BKE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Guess' (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), The Children's Place (PLCE), Designer Brands (DBI), Caleres (CAL), Citi Trends (CTRN) and Shoe Carnival (SCVL).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Chico's FAS investors own include Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Macy's (M), Energy Transfer (ET), AT&T (T), Ford Motor (F), Chimera Investment (CIM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Coty (COTY), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC) and ARMOUR Residential REIT (ARR).

Chico's FAS trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CHS."

Chico's FAS's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP (1.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.08%). Company insiders that own Chico's FAS stock include Bonnie R Brooks, David F Walker, David M Oliver, Gregory S Baker, Kimberly Roy Tofalli, Kristin Gwinner and Molly Langenstein.
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CHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue.
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Shares of CHS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.20.

Chico's FAS has a market capitalization of $263.82 million and generates $2.04 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $-12,750,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($0.02) on an earnings per share basis. Chico's FAS employs 17,100 workers across the globe.

The official website for Chico's FAS is www.chicosfas.com.

Chico's FAS's mailing address is 11215 METRO PKWY, FT MYERS FL, 33966. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 239-277-6200 or via email at [email protected]