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Sears

The company's head quarter is located in Hoffman Estates. Sears is mostly active in the general retailer sector. Sears is leaded by CEO Edward Lampert Sears has Robert Schriesheim as CFO financial responsible for the company. The global general retailers gained over the past 10 years on average 120 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 28 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 120 percent.

The past year was a good investment year for Sears investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a bad period for the investors. The stock lost almost 48 percent. Over the past 5 years Sears' stock lost at around 66 percent in value. Sears's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite unstable and moved between 39,85 billion dollars and 25,15 billion dollars. Sears's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile and moved between -3120 million dollars and -1128 million dollars.

The American company didn't pay out any dividends (in the past 5 years). Over the past 5 years Sears raised her dividends share each year. Because of the yearly increased dividends Sears can be called a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Sears had about 196 thousand employees at the end of 2015.

Sears' balance mostly financed with equity

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 11,34 billion dollars. The total debt was around 13,3 billion dollars. This is 117,31 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the general retailer's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around -2. So the investors valued the stock at -2 times 2015' earnings per share. Based on the classical stock valuation theories the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the general retailer equaled around 2,17 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 107 million stocks listed.

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