Francesca's Holdings Corp

Risk and opportunity
Risk:
The risk is clear with little room for error: closing of impaired stores, 14% year-over-year decline in its largest merchandise category apparel, a troubling quick ratio and a growing large short position. It also has a low $10 million cash balance with $50 million in accrued expense and negative cash flow.
Opportunity:
The current price discounts the operational and financial uncertainty. Francesca's is in an industry outperforming for historical profits and free cash flow. It is unlikely to disappear because of the soft mall traffic. The $38 million credit line, A/R from taxes, year-end inventory clearance, store closings and other changes give investors a possible asymmetric payoff.

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Francesca's' Recent Financial Performance

For the three months ended October 31st, 2018 vs October 31st, 2017, Francesca's reported revenue of $95.38MM vs $105.79MM (down 9.85%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share -$0.47 vs $0.01. For the twelve months ended January 31st, 2018 vs January 31st, 2017, Francesca's reported revenue of $471.68MM vs $487.19MM (down 3.18%) and analysts estimated basic earnings per share $0.43 vs $1.09 (down 60.55%). Analysts expect earnings to be released on March 26th, 2019. The report will be for the fiscal period ending January 31st, 2019. The reported EPS for the same quarter last year was $0.20.

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