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Pier 1 -10% as preliminary results miss, CEO steps down

(NYSE:PIR) reported its last earnings on Sep 22 AMC (BMO = before market open, AMC= after market close). (PIR) reported financial results for the first quarter ended May 28, 2016.

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For the quarter, the company now expects loss per share to be in the range of $0.06 to $0.05, excluding one-time items, if any, related to the departure of CEO.

On the company’s financial health, Pier 1 Imports Inc reported $-0.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the analyst consensus estimate by $ -0.02 based on the information available during the earnings call on Jun 29, 2016.

Many analysts are providing their Estimated Earnings analysis for Pier 1 Imports, Inc. and for the current quarter 18 analysts have projected that the stock could give an Average Earnings estimate of $-0.03/share. 3 of the brokerages firms have a buy or better rating; the 0 sells versus 4 underperforms. In its first fiscal quarter of 2016, Pier 1 lost $6 million as sales decreased by 4.3 percent. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, fifteen have given a hold rating, four have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. They are projecting Next Quarter growth of 15.4%. The 52 week high shares of Pier 1 Imports, Inc. have reached is 10.36 whilst the 52 week low for the company’s shares is 3.76. When considering if perhaps the stock is under or overvalued, the average price target is $5.27 which is 10% above where the stock closed yesterday.

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.’s (PIR), a part of Services sector and belongs to Specialty Retail, Other industry; ended its day with a gain of 3.23% and finalized at the price of $4.80.

To analyze a stock, one should look for Upgrades and Downgrades of a stock. A Principal Accounting Officer at Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

Pier 1 shares (PIR) were down 15% in premarket trading to $4.08, after closing Wednesday up 3.2% at $4.80. They now own 80.87 million shares or 10.40% more from 73.25 million shares in 2016Q1. It has twelve month low of $32.60 and twelve month high of $52.77.

The company has a 50 day moving average of 4.84 and a 200 day moving average of 5.68. Most recent session’s volume of 2.98 million shares greater than its average volume of 2.58 million shares. It has a 12.16 P/E ratio. It maintained return on assets (ROA) for the last twelve months at 48.31%. Pier 1 already was down 5.7 percent this year through the close on Wednesday.

A British native, Smith joined Pier 1 in February 2007 after spending 12 years at TJX, the parent of T.J. Maxx.

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