Based on the latest information, investors are looking at U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTS)’s short data and trying to figure out market sentiment on which way the market thinks the stock is moving. The firm has 0.89% of total shares float short, yielding a short ratio of 1.93.

When investors engage in short selling or “shorting a stock”, they actually borrow shares from an existing owner, sell the borrowed shares at market price, and take the cash.  The short sellers then promise to replace the stock in the future and makes dividend payments out of their own pockets to cover the dividend income that is no longer exists on the original, now borrowed and sold, shares.

They hope that the stock price will fall or that the company will fail and go bankrupt, leading the equity holders to ruin.  The short sellers will then buy the stock back at a much lower price and replace the borrowed shares, pocketing the difference.

FUNDAMENTAL DATA

Fundamental analysis examines the financial elements of a company, for example; sales, cash flow, profit and balance sheet.  These numbers are then crunched to create theoretical valuations of companies.

Earnings Per Share (EPS) is the earnings made by a company divided by their number of shares.  EPS enables the earnings of a company to easily be compared to their competitors. The higher the number, the more profit per dollar is being made on investor capital.  U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTS)’s EPS is {{m:9|n:3|id:50|s:EPS (ttm)}}.  Their EPS should be compared to other companies in the Services sector.

Price-to-Earnings Ratio is the current share price divided by annual earnings per share.  P/E provides a number that details how many years of earnings it will take a stock to recoup the value of one share at current price levels.  Easy to calculate and understand, P/E is an extremely common ratio that is used to compare valuations of stocks against each other relatively.  U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.’s  P/E ratio is 90.00.

Projected Earnings Growth (PEG) is a forward looking ratio based on anticipated earnings growth.  PEG is created by dividing P/E by the projected rate of earnings growth.  U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.’s  PEG is 6.00.