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

Chico's FAS's stock was trading at $2.56 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CHS shares have decreased by 32.4% and is now trading at $1.73. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Chico's FAS in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Chico's FAS.

Chico's FAS is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 9th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Chico's FAS.

Chico's FAS, Inc. (NYSE:CHS) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 27th. The specialty retailer reported ($0.03) EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of ($0.06) by $0.03. The specialty retailer earned $527.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $524.68 million. Chico's FAS had a negative return on equity of 0.48% and a negative net margin of 0.63%. The business's revenue was up .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned ($0.07) earnings per share. View Chico's FAS's earnings history.

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 20.81%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 13th. This is a positive change from Chico's FAS's previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. View Chico's FAS's dividend history.

5 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Chico's FAS's stock. Their forecasts range from $2.00 to $5.00. On average, they expect Chico's FAS's share price to reach $3.56 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 105.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Chico's FAS.

Press coverage about CHS stock has been trending positive on Saturday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Chico's FAS earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutChico's FAS.

Chico's FAS saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 12,019,900 shares, a drop of 12.7% from the February 27th total of 13,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.7 days. Currently, 10.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Chico's FAS's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Chico's FAS include TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), GAP (GPS), Foot Locker (FL), Urban Outfitters (URBN), American Eagle Outfitters (AEO), Buckle (BKE), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Guess? (GES), Zumiez (ZUMZ), Designer Brands (DBI), Shoe Carnival (SCVL), Childrens Place (PLCE), Cato (CATO) and Caleres (CAL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Chico's FAS investors own include Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), Ford Motor (F), Macy's (M), AT&T (T), Starbucks (SBUX), General Motors (GM), Intel (INTC), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), GAP (GPS) and Kohl's (KSS).

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Renaissance Technologies LLC (7.52%), Contrarius Investment Management Ltd (4.83%), State Street Corp (4.00%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (2.20%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (1.67%) and Divisar Capital Management LLC (1.51%). Company insiders that own Chico's FAS stock include Bonnie R Brooks, Gregory S Baker and Kimberly Roy Tofalli. View institutional ownership trends for Chico's FAS.

CHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Contrarius Investment Management Ltd, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Biechele Royce Advisors, Prudential Financial Inc., Royce & Associates LP, Smith Graham & Co. Investment Advisors LP, and KBC Group NV. View insider buying and selling activity for Chico's FAS.

CHS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Divisar Capital Management LLC, Norges Bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, UBS Group AG, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, and Sei Investments Co.. Company insiders that have bought Chico's FAS stock in the last two years include Bonnie R Brooks, Gregory S Baker, and Kimberly Roy Tofalli. View insider buying and selling activity for Chico's FAS.

Shares of CHS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1.73.

Chico's FAS has a market capitalization of $208.08 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. View additional information about Chico's FAS.

The official website for Chico's FAS is http://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]