1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.11 EPS

1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The specialty retailer reported $1.08 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.19 by ($0.11), Zacks reports. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM had a positive return on equity of 2.10% and a negative net margin of 0.50%.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Stock Performance

Shares of FLWS stock opened at $8.16 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $523.71 million, a P/E ratio of -58.25, a P/E/G ratio of 3.46 and a beta of 1.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 0.41. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $7.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $8.31. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a one year low of $6.56 and a one year high of $11.42.

Insider Buying and Selling at 1-800-FLOWERS.COM

In other news, major shareholder Fund 1 Investments, Llc purchased 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, January 10th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $7.18 per share, for a total transaction of $359,000.00. Following the completion of the purchase, the insider now directly owns 4,224,364 shares in the company, valued at $30,330,933.52. The trade was a 1.20 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders bought a total of 803,405 shares of company stock worth $6,292,721 over the last quarter. 51.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on FLWS. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $7.50 target price on shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com cut shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, November 9th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (e+)” rating on shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM in a report on Saturday, January 18th.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Company Profile

1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc provides gifts for various occasions in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Consumer Floral & Gifts, Gourmet Foods & Gift Baskets, and BloomNet. The company offers a range of products, including fresh-cut flowers, floral and fruit arrangements, plants, gifts, personalized products, dipped berries, popcorns, gourmet foods and gift baskets, cookies, chocolates, candies, wines, and gift-quality fruits.