Chico's FAS - CHS Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chico's FAS in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" CHS shares. 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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1 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Chico's FAS's shares. Their CHS share price forecasts range from $6.00 to $6.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $6.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.3% from the stock's current price.
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Chico's FAS's stock was trading at $4.92 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, CHS shares have increased by 15.9% and is now trading at $5.70.
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Chico's FAS saw a increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 12,390,000 shares, an increase of 22.1% from the January 31st total of 10,150,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.2 days. Approximately 10.3% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 6th 2023.
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Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 30th. The specialty retailer reported $0.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.03) by $0.18. The specialty retailer earned $453.64 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $426.10 million. Chico's FAS had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 36.01% and a net margin of 5.09%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted ($0.42) earnings per share.

ETFs with the largest weight of Chico's FAS (NYSE:CHS) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Dow Jones Select Microcap Index Fund (FDM), Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF (CALF), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X Shares (RETL), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), Distillate Small/Mid Cash Flow ETF (DSMC) and Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV).

Chico's FAS issued an update on its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 28th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $0.26-$0.30 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.30. The company issued revenue guidance of $535.00 million-$550.00 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $541.00 million.

23 employees have rated Chico's FAS Chief Executive Officer Molly Langenstein on Glassdoor.com. Molly Langenstein has an approval rating of 84% among the company's employees.

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

Chico's FAS's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Renaissance Technologies LLC (3.84%), Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (3.83%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (3.67%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (3.63%), Marshall Wace LLP (3.60%) and Pacer Advisors Inc. (2.38%). Insiders that own company stock include Bonnie R Brooks, David F Walker, David M Oliver, Gregory S Baker, Kristin Gwinner and Molly Langenstein.
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Shares of CHS stock 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.
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One share of CHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $5.70.

Chico's FAS (NYSE:CHS) has a market capitalization of $712.90 million and generates $2.14 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $109 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.88 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 14,238 workers across the globe.

Chico's FAS's mailing address is 11215 METRO PKWY, FT MYERS FL, 33966. The official website for the company is www.chicosfas.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (239) 277-6200, via email at cfo@chicos.com, or via fax at 239-277-5237.