Use Macys to protect against small markets fluctuations. The stock experiences moderate downward daily trend and can be a good diversifier
1 Month Beta ..........
1.95
As market goes up, the company is expected to significantly outperform it. However, if the market returns are negative, Macys will likely underperform.
The median price of Macys for the period between Thu, Apr 26, 2012 and Sat, May 26, 2012 is 37.98 with a coefficient of variation of 5.4. The daily time series for the period is distributed with a sample standard deviation of 2.08, arithmetic mean of 38.46, and mean deviation of 1.79. The Stock received substential amount of media coverage during this period.
Macys Inc. [M] is traded on American Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in Macy's, Inc.Cincinnati, OH and employs 171,000 people. The company currently falls under 'Large-Cap' category with current capitalization of 15.66 B. Macys Inc. operates under Services sector and is part of Department Stores industry. This company has 414.6 M outstanding shares of which 8.96 M shares are now sold short by investors with about 2.0 days to cover all short positions.
Macys Liquidity
MACY'S INC has accumulated about 1.89 B in cash with 2.29 B of positive cash flow from operations. This results in cash-per-share (CPS) ratio of 4.56.
The company has accumulated 6.96 B in total debt with debt to equity ratio (D/E) of 1.15 which looks OK as compared to the sector. Macys Inc. has Current Ratio of 1.45 which is considered satisfactory as compared to similar companies.