United Stationers (USTR)

25.01 -0.24  -0.95%  Jun 01, 8:00PM Go Pro
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United Stationers Valuation

No matter how good a company is, if the price that you pay to buy it is too high, you won't make much money. These valuation metrics should give you a sense of reasonable prices, but be careful with them. Always seek to understand why a valuation is changing over time.

Price Multiples

Price Multiples show how much you get for the price you pay. They can fluctuate drastically over time. Looking at price multiples over time and comparing to those of competitors will help to triangulate a reasonable valuation.

Price to Sales Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of sales.

USTR 0.2102
SMS 0.4285
CNR 0.8201
EDUC 0.6589

Price to Earnings Ratio

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of earnings.

USTR 10.69
SMS 19.18
CNR 0.0714
EDUC 14.70

Price to Book

Tells you how much you are paying for one dollar of net assets (net assets is total assets - total liabilities).

USTR 1.552
SMS 0.8586
CNR 0.4914
EDUC 1.198

Enterprise Valuation

Enterprise Value (EV) multiples tell you what you would get if you were to buy the whole company (including paying off all debt). Similar to price multiples, they can be compared across time and with peers.

EV / EBITDA Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Revenue Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of sales if you were buying the whole company.

EV / EBIT Pro

Tells you how much you pay for one dollar of earnings before interest and taxes if you were buying the whole company.

EV / Free Cash Flow Pro

Tells how much you are paying for one dollar of current free cash flow if you were buying the whole company.

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USTR News

$USTR New 52 Week Low - Crossed daily lows support.
about 15 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Listen to $USTR Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3TwO
about 39 days ago by earningscast
United Stationers, Inc. (USTR) Tops Q1 EPS by 4c
Apr 23, 4:47PM Street Insider
$USTR http://stks.co/2kpS long setup
about 85 days ago by stt2318
United Stationers (USTR) Approves $100M Buyback
Feb 27, 6:52AM Street Insider
Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading Monday: $CBL $DAR $FRP $HIT $TBNK $VPFG $USTR http://stks.co/2ZAf
about 96 days ago by abubnic
$USTR Volume Alert - Currently at 5 x average daily volume.
about 108 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
Listen to $USTR Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 11:00 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2OeB
about 109 days ago by earningscast
$USTR Reports Q4 EPS $0.64 vs $0.63 Est; Revenues $1.2B vs $1.21B Est
about 109 days ago by Benzinga
United Stationers, Inc. (USTR) Tops Q4 EPS by 1c
Feb 13, 4:31PM Street Insider
$avy miss could neg impact $USTR and $MLHR..21.3 level is resist
about 123 days ago by PARmonitor
2B potential (Finviz.com Double Bottom scan) $USTR http://chart.ly/bfieuuo
about 230 days ago by sharpshorts
$USTR http://chart.ly/pf36xt4 Down 10% in the last week. Still more to go: key support at 30.39
about 308 days ago by mrstochastic
United Stationers initiates quarterly dividend, announces stock split. Starting w/ 1.57% yield, 17.2% payout ratio http://goo.gl/G9ieJ $USTR
about 458 days ago by DynamicDividend
Stocks with unusually high volume: $ILMN $MERU $CVLT $CATM $JDSU $AKAM $NWS $GSIC $WYNN $OPEN $BODY $MRCY $PNRA $WMGI $USTR $EEE
about 476 days ago by longshorts
$USTR upgraded from Mkt Perform to Outperform http://bit.ly/bbuT7e #nasdaq
about 648 days ago by NASDAQ
$USTR: FBR Capital ups to Outperform
about 649 days ago by cbayna
$USTR - United Stationers an under the radar value name reporting after the close
about 674 days ago by OptionRadar
$USTR: FBR Capital starts at Mkt Perform
about 780 days ago by cbayna
movers this a/m ... up $YRCW $GNW $AIXG $LVS $MGM $WYNN $IRE $USTR $VVUS $SHGY $LYG $MBI down $nvtl $tsra $alu $mfe $mon
about 946 days ago by stockguy22
winners out of the gate this morning $IBNK $DW $OFIX $ABAX $USTR $MBHI (all up >15%)
about 1037 days ago by DickCheeseburgr
short holdings:$cub,$lll,$aci,$ustr,$gld,$bni,$csx,$db,$wmk,$iyr,$low,$gld,
about 1157 days ago by zortrades
long holdings $lvs,$s,$ms,$au,$gg,$vclk,$ttm,$wfr,$sol,$srs,$twm,$tsl,$sks,$jny,%jaso.shorts:$cub,$iyr,$lll,$bni,$csx,$db,$xray,$gld,$ustr
about 1157 days ago by zortrades
nibbling on the shortside $bni,$smk,$ustr
about 1159 days ago by zortrades

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