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Fred's (STU:FR1A) Net Cash per Share : €-9.45 (As of Apr. 2019)


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What is Fred's Net Cash per Share?

Net Cash per Share is calculated as Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities minus Total Liabilities minus Minority Interest and then divided by Shares Outstanding (EOP). Fred's's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was €-9.45.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fred's's Net Cash per Share or its related term are showing as below:

STU:FR1A's Price-to-Net-Cash is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 6.435
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Cash only.

Fred's Net Cash per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fred's's Net Cash per Share can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fred's Net Cash per Share Chart

Fred's Annual Data
Trend Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19
Net Cash per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.23 -7.93 -8.83 -8.76 -5.96

Fred's Quarterly Data
Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Apr20
Net Cash per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.43 -8.56 -5.96 -9.45 -2.01

Competitive Comparison of Fred's's Net Cash per Share

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Fred's's Price-to-Net-Cash, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Cash data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fred's's Price-to-Net-Cash Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fred's's Price-to-Net-Cash distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fred's's Price-to-Net-Cash falls into.



Fred's Net Cash per Share Calculation

In the calculation of a company's Net Cash per Share, assets other than cash and short term investments are considered to be worth nothing. But the company has to pay its debt and other liabilities in full. This is an extremely conservative way of valuation. Most companies have negative Net Cash per Share. But sometimes a company's price may be lower than its net-cash.

Fred's's Net Cash per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2019 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (A: Jan. 2019 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(4.689-213.359-0)/34.9887
=-5.96

Fred's's Net Cash per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 is calculated as

Net Cash per Share (Q: Apr. 2019 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities-Total Liabilities-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(6.394-338.349-0)/35.1289
=-9.45

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Fred's  (STU:FR1A) Net Cash per Share Explanation

Ben Graham invested in situations where the company's stock price was lower than its net-cash. He assigned some value to the company's other current asset. The value is called Net Current Asset Value (NCAV). One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

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Fred's (STU:FR1A) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
4300 New Getwell Road, Memphis, TN, USA, 38118
Fred's Inc is a U.S.-based company that is principally engaged in operating retail stores. Most of the company's stores are self-owned stores, with a few franchised stores. The company's sales mix consists of pharmaceuticals, consumables, household goods and softlines, and franchise, with pharmaceuticals contributing a material portion of total revenue. The company owns 100% of the equity stake in Reeves-Sain Drug Store. The company generates revenue from merchandise sales and franchise fee from franchisees. It also sells gift cards. The company conducts operation primarily in the southeast of the United States.

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