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ALCO STORES INC

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Signs1 good3 warning1 severedetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY14FY13FY12FY11
Revenue$474.1M$481.8M$113.8M$112.4M
Operating income
Net income−$26.4M$1.3M−$1.3M−$1.5M
Total assets$235.1M$243.9M$220.4M$212.7M
Total liabilities$159.0M$141.7M$116.0M$108.4M
Equity$76.1M$102.2M$104.4M$102.7M
EPS (diluted)$-8.11$0.36$-0.34$-0.40
Shares out.3.3M3.3M3.8M3.8M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2014
Operating margin
Net margin
−5.6%
Return on equity
−34.7%
Return on assets
−11.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
Liabilities / assets
67.6%
Debt / equity
2.09×
Book value / share
$23.37
Revenue growth (YoY)
−1.6%
Net income growth (YoY)
−2121.8%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2014
Accruals / assets
3.5%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.77normal
Piotroski F-Score
4/8mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
33
/ 100
Profitability 0Growth 0Catalyst 33Earnings quality 67Financial strength 67

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe3 warning1 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Reported a net loss
  • Revenue declined year-over-year
  • Negative operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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