Nordstrom Company Profile 8.28.2012

Fundamentals

Forward PE

14.60

Price-to-earnings-growth

1.52

Price-to-sales

1.06

 Long Term Chart

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10 year weekly chart has been a very strong stock since the market bottom in 2008. From the closing price on 11/17/2008 ($7.13) to the closing price of today 8/27/2012 ($57.68) this stock has returned over 700%.

Short Term Chart

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 Price is currently in an uptrend approaching the 50% median line around $60. Price is trending above the exponential moving averages (8, 34, 50, 100, and 200). Watch over today’s high at $58.37

  Options Flow

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89% of today’s option volume was on the call side.

A large amount of $57.5 calls where traded today, open interested in that strike is currently 5,703 contracts.

Additional Comments

  • Trading within .86% of an all-time high
  • 3.35% of the float is currently short
  • A recent analysis downgrade with a target of $59