Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Specialty Retail
Bob's Discount Furniture, Inc. BOBS
$14.19 +2.23% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.85B
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is 37% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 28%
- Gross marginTop 26%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 40%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
- Interest coverTop 32%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 45%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 44%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnTop 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 38%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 8%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 28%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 19%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 50%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 46.9% | — | Top 26% | |
| Operating margin | 8.8% | — | Top 41% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.7% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 11.0% | — | Top 28% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 4.0% | — | Top 41% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.66×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.6%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.1%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.83×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 9.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -16.87%
- Shareholder yield
- -16.87%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 3
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +15.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +5.9%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 3
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $21.25
- Target vs current price
- +49.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 86%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +0.4% | -3.9% | -2.4% | -12.0% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +28.6% | +28.6% | +24.3% | +33.4% | +78.1% |
| Mar 17, 2026 | +16.7% | -6.9% | -24.1% | -27.3% | -22.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.20 | +0.4% | $619.6M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $578.1M |
| Mar 17, 2026 | $0.35 | $0.30 | +16.7% | $648.8M |
| Dec 3, 2025 | $0.29 | — | — | $616.9M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 13.8× | — | — | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 15.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | — | — | Top 28% |
| EV / Sales | 1.07× | — | — | Top 44% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.28% | — | — | Top 45% |
| Earnings yield | 7.26% | — | — | Top 22% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -13.9%
- RSI (14)
- 41.1
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 59.8%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -37.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -56.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | -56.3% | 50 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.85B
- P/E (TTM)
- 13.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.03
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.46B
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.11B | $2.01B | $2.03B | $2.37B |
| Gross profit | $853.4M | $934.7M | $948.4M | $1.08B |
| Operating income | $59.5M | $127.8M | $135.1M | $167.5M |
| Net income | $27.6M | $78.1M | $87.9M | $121.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.21 | $0.60 | $0.67 | $1.07 |
| Q4 2024 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $599.8M | $616.9M | $648.8M | $578.1M | $619.6M |
| Net income | $38.6M | $32.3M | $41.0M | $2.5M | $57.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.30 | $0.25 | $0.32 | $0.02 | $0.44 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $52.0M | $197.2M | $161.2M | $164.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$51.4M | -$29.8M | -$78.2M | -$83.0M |
| Free cash flow | $566,000 | $167.4M | $82.9M | $81.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$425.9M |
| Net share buybacks | $12.6M | -$4.0M | -$6.0M | $353,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $32.0M
- Total assets
- $1.92B
- Total liabilities
- $1.39B
- Total debt
- $821.7M
- Net debt
- $789.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $531.2M
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 6,448,242
- Days to cover
- 11.26
- Change vs previous report
- +31.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.