What does the company do?
PetSmart, Inc. (PetSmart) is a specialty provider of products, services and solutions for the lifetime needs of pets. The Company offers a line of products for all the life stages of pets, and offers various pet services, including professional grooming, training, boarding and day camp. It also offers pet products through an e-commerce site, PetSmart.com, as well operates a pet community site, pets.com. As of February 1, 2009, the Company operated 1,112 retail stores and had full-service veterinary hospitals in 734 of its stores. The Company has an investment in MMI Holdings, Inc. (MMIH), a provider of veterinary and other pet-related services. MMIH, through a wholly owned subsidiary, Medical Management International, Inc., operates full-service veterinary hospitals inside 722 of PetSmart’s stores, under the trade name of Banfield, The Pet Hospital. The remaining 12 hospitals are operated by other third parties in Canada.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Petsmart one-year sales: 5.29 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: -53.63% - Petsmart one-year income: 201.68 Mil.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: -31.09%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 5.29 Bil | 11.41 Bil | | Income | 201.68 Mil | 292.67 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Petsmart one-year sales growth: 6.10%.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: 2.60 pct. pts. - Petsmart one-year income growth: 7.90%.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: -31.50 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | 6.10% | 3.50% | | Income Growth | 7.90% | 39.40% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Petsmart one-year net profit margin: 3.7%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: -0.9 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: 1.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 3.7% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 4.6% | | Industry | 2.7% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Petsmart debt/equity ratio: 0.49.
Difference from the average for the Specialty Retail, Other group: -62.88%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.49 | 1.32 |
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