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

1-800-FLOWERS.COM (NASDAQ:FLWS - Get Free Report) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The specialty retailer reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.19 by ($0.11), Zacks reports. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM had a negative net margin of 0.43% and a negative return on equity of 0.77%.

1-800-FLOWERS.COM Stock Down 3.2 %

NASDAQ:FLWS traded down $0.26 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $7.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,156,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 603,253. The company has a quick ratio of 0.41, a current ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.40. The firm has a market cap of $498.99 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -70.64, a P/E/G ratio of 3.15 and a beta of 1.58. The business's 50-day simple moving average is $7.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $8.26. 1-800-FLOWERS.COM has a twelve month low of $6.56 and a twelve month high of $11.42.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on FLWS shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (e+)" rating on shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM in a research note on Saturday, January 18th. DA Davidson reissued a "neutral" rating and set a $7.50 target price on shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM in a research note on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, November 9th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other 1-800-FLOWERS.COM news, major shareholder Fund 1 Investments, Llc acquired 61,000 shares of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 13th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $7.33 per share, for a total transaction of $447,130.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 4,285,364 shares of the company's stock, valued at $31,411,718.12. This represents a 1.44 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Over the last ninety days, insiders purchased 803,405 shares of company stock worth $6,292,721. 51.00% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.