We look at Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX) [Trend Analysis] a company in the Textile – Apparel Footwear & Accessories industry which lately stock market players have been interested in, to assess if it provides value for investors considering buying or selling it. Currently Skechers U.S.A., Inc. is trading at $31.63 after moving up 4.74% in the previous day of trading.
SKX is trading with a trailing 12 month P/E multiple of 21.66 and an estimated forward P/E multiple of 14.74. The stock has an estimated 5 year annual growth of 20.06% and a PEG multiple of 1.08.
Rather than the usual Price to Earnings (P/E) multiple method, we use a slightly different method to assess if Skechers U.S.A., Inc. is potentially a value buy for investors, the PEG ratio (P/E to growth). This PEG multiple takes into account the expected long term growth in earnings of the company rather than merely the growth for one earnings period ahead as forward P/E does.
That is to say, P/E simply doesn’t account for the long term prospects of SKX. As a rule of thumb, a stock with a PEG of between 0 and 1 is usually considered to be underpriced, between 1 and 2 to be at fair value and over 2 to be overpriced. Based on the PEG ratio of SKX being 1.08, we consider Skechers U.S.A., Inc. to likely be priced at fair value.
This analysis means that value buyers who do not currently hold Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX) should probably look for better value alternatives and investors currently holding the stock should either continue to hold or sell and look for alternatives.
The mean analyst 12 month target price for Skechers U.S.A., Inc. (NYSE:SKX) is currently $42.29 or 33.70% above the current price. Additionally, the stock has been as high as $54.53 and as low as $17.96 in the last 52 weeks. Analysts are estimating that SKX will report earnings per share of $0.52 next quarter.
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