OfficeMax
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold?: Analysts think investors should stand pat on OfficeMax with five out of nine analysts rating it hold. Although analysts still rate the stock a hold, they are a bit more wary about it compared to three months ago.
- Revenue forecasts: On average, analysts predict $1.8 billion in revenue this quarter. That would represent a rise of 1.7% from the year-ago quarter.
- Wall Street earnings expectations: The average analyst estimate is earnings of $0.16 per share. Estimates range from $0.14 to $0.18.
What our community says:
Most CAPS All-Stars (63.3%) are assigning OfficeMax an outperform rating. The majority of the Fools agree with the All-Stars, with 58.4% giving it an outperform rating. OfficeMax's bearish CAPS rating of one out of five stars falls short of the Fool community sentiment.
Management:
Revenue has fallen for the past three quarters.
Quarter | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 |
Gross Margin | 25.9% | 25.8% | 25.5% | 25.3% |
Operating Margin | 2.3% | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
Net Margin | 1.2% | (0.1%) | 0.6% | 0.7% |
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