DXYN - Dixie Group Inc-The Stock Price, Fair Value and News

0.52USD+0.01 (+1.96%)Market Closed

Market Summary

USD0.52+0.01

Market Closed

1.96%

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DXYN Valuation

Market Cap

7.7M

Price/Earnings (Trailing)

-2.83

Price/Sales (Trailing)

0.03

EV/EBITDA

6.71

Price/Free Cashflow

2.38

DXYN Price/Sales (Trailing)

DXYN Profitability

EBT Margin

-0.63%

Return on Equity

-9.28%

Return on Assets

-1.42%

Free Cashflow Yield

42.07%

DXYN Fundamentals

DXYN Revenue

Revenue (TTM)

276.3M

Rev. Growth (Yr)

-5.47%

Rev. Growth (Qtr)

-2.77%

DXYN Earnings

Earnings (TTM)

-2.7M

Earnings Growth (Yr)

117.12%

Earnings Growth (Qtr)

232%

Breaking Down DXYN Revenue

Last 30 days

-3.8%

Last 90 days

-19.0%

Trailing 12 Months

-29.2%

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DXYN Financial Health

Current Ratio

2.84

Debt/Equity

2.67

Debt/Cashflow

0.05

DXYN Investor Care

Buy Backs (1Y)

2.24%

Diluted EPS (TTM)

-0.18

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Net sales

Year	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2023	293.1M	283.4M	280.2M	276.3M
2022	346.1M	339.8M	322.3M	303.6M
2021	261.1M	290.2M	309.5M	341.2M
2020	366.6M	327.0M	301.6M	268.9M
2019	394.8M	388.7M	382.6M	374.6M
2018	413.8M	413.0M	411.9M	405.0M
2017	405.8M	407.6M	410.0M	412.5M
2016	415.9M	411.2M	402.6M	397.5M
2015	417.4M	419.4M	419.3M	422.5M
2014	354.0M	378.3M	397.1M	406.6M
2013	279.0M	296.0M	320.4M	344.4M
2012	267.0M	264.4M	260.6M	266.4M
2011	246.8M	257.0M	269.9M	270.1M
2010	0	212.8M	222.0M	231.3M
2009	0	0	0	203.5M

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Tracking the Latest Insider Buys and Sells of Dixie Group Inc-The

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Datesorted ascending	Name	Buy/Sell	$ Value	Avg. Price	# Shares	Title
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k	acquired	-	-	-	chairman of the board & ceo
Mar 12, 2024	nuckols thomas martin	acquired	30,950	0.61	50,738	executive vice president
Mar 12, 2024	danzey allen l	acquired	23,094	0.61	37,860	chief financial officer
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k jr.	acquired	43,176	0.61	70,781	vp-chief operating officer
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k jr.	acquired	3,647	0.61	5,980	vp-chief operating officer
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k jr.	acquired	-	-	-	vp-chief operating officer
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k	sold (taxes)	-15,136	0.61	-24,814	chairman of the board & ceo
Mar 12, 2024	frierson daniel k jr.	acquired	1,799	0.61	2,950	vp-chief operating officer
Mar 12, 2024	danzey allen l	sold (taxes)	-3,058	0.61	-5,014	chief financial officer

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Datesorted ascending	Fund Name	Type	% Chg	$ Change	$ Held	% Portfolio
Apr 24, 2024	Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.	unchanged	-	-4,000	11,000	-%
Apr 16, 2024	Hodges Capital Management Inc.	reduced	-96.2	-1,040,000	31,000	-%
Apr 05, 2024	CWM, LLC	unchanged	-	-	1,000	-%
Mar 11, 2024	VANGUARD GROUP INC	unchanged	-	30,450	408,475	-%
Feb 26, 2024	Virtu Financial LLC	new	-	9,000	9,000	-%
Feb 14, 2024	TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC	sold off	-100	-20,084	-	-%
Feb 14, 2024	CITADEL ADVISORS LLC	reduced	-69.68	-19,033	9,272	-%
Feb 14, 2024	Royal Bank of Canada	reduced	-82.72	-	-	-%
Feb 14, 2024	GENDELL JEFFREY L	unchanged	-	77,227	1,035,950	0.06%
Feb 14, 2024	BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	reduced	-15.6	-9,199	95,370	-%

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Unveiling Dixie Group Inc-The's Major ShareHolders

Date Filed	Name of Filer	Percent of Class	No. of Shares	Form Type
Mar 19, 2024	dixie group inc	8.89%	1,411,703	SC 13D
Feb 13, 2024	gendell jeffrey l	9.65%	1,391,473	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2024	dixie group inc	7.6%	1,125,000	SC 13G/A
Jul 12, 2023	dixie group inc	8.2%	1,245,479	SC 13D
Jan 31, 2023	royce & associates lp	0.%	0	SC 13G/A
Jan 25, 2023	dixie group inc	7.6%	1,125,000	SC 13G/A
Apr 19, 2022	dixie group inc	2.5%	1,319,666	SC 13D
Feb 11, 2022	gendell jeffrey l	9.46%	1,399,547	SC 13G/A
Feb 08, 2022	dixie group inc	7.6%	1,125,000	SC 13G/A
Jan 14, 2022	royce & associates lp	5.99%	886,131	SC 13G/A

Recent SEC filings of Dixie Group Inc-The

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Date Filed	Form Type	Document
Mar 28, 2024	8-K	Current Report
Mar 22, 2024	DEF 14A	DEF 14A
Mar 20, 2024	10-K	Annual Report
Mar 19, 2024	SC 13D	13D - Major Acquisition
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 14, 2024	4	Insider Trading
Mar 13, 2024	8-K	Current Report

Peers (Alternatives to Dixie Group Inc-The)

Name	Mkt Capsorted ascending	Revenue	Price %, 1M	Returns, 1Y	P/E	P/S	Rev 1-Yr	Inc 1-Yr
LARGE-CAP
TJX	109.1B	54.2B	-2.88%	24.50%	24.39	2.01	8.57%	27.90%
ROST	44.8B	20.4B	-8.60%	26.21%	23.89	2.2	8.99%	23.97%
LULU	44.1B	9.6B	-6.79%	-3.49%	28.44	4.58	18.60%	81.35%
RL	10.9B	6.6B	-8.71%	49.08%	18.55	1.65	2.78%	14.20%
MID-CAP
GPS	8.0B	14.9B	-27.06%	116.49%	15.89	0.54	-4.66%	348.51%
PVH	6.4B	9.2B	-19.13%	33.29%	9.65	0.69	2.14%	231.14%
VFC	4.9B	10.8B	-11.57%	-43.35%	-6.42	0.45	-7.50%	-284.75%
FL	2.1B	8.2B	-18.38%	-45.96%	-6.29	0.25	-6.75%	-196.49%
BKE	1.9B	1.3B	-4.70%	9.04%	8.68	1.51	-6.25%	-13.63%
SMALL-CAP
HBI	1.6B	5.6B	-16.60%	-7.07%	-88.93	0.28	-9.58%	86.06%
CTRN	191.5M	747.9M	-18.74%	21.67%	-15.98	0.26	-5.92%	-120.34%
LAKE	121.5M	124.7M	6.27%	43.52%	22.39	0.97	10.49%	189.67%
CULP	57.4M	237.2M	-2.37%	-15.14%	-4.21	0.24	2.94%	58.51%
CHS	1.2M	2.1B	-50.00%	-80.00%	0.01	6e-4	-0.25%	-0.44%

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Income Statement (Last 12 Months)

(In null)

Income Statement (Quarterly)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Revenue	-2.8%	66,674	68,576	74,009	67,084	70,536	71,762	83,698	77,575	89,225	89,294	89,982	72,747	57,474	70,035	60,824	80,578	90,135	95,447	100,394	88,606	98,175
Gross Profit	-1.1%	18,031	18,235	19,780	17,833	9,856	12,537	16,056	15,176	12,889	24,929	22,566	16,873	14,266	17,125	12,244	18,993	22,719	21,074	23,493	18,919	18,380
S&GA Expenses	6.4%	19,942	18,743	19,042	16,409	22,083	18,606	18,855	17,413	17,098	18,132	16,894	15,803	10,955	15,247	16,523	20,397	20,015	21,036	21,114	21,660	22,519
EBITDA Margin	244.2%	0.05*	-0.03*	-0.06*	-0.06*	-0.07*	-0.03*	0.02*	0.04*	0.05*	0.07*	0.06*	0.02*	0.02*	0.10*	0.09*	0.10*	0.09*	-0.02*	-0.02*	-0.02*	-0.01*
Interest Expenses	-4.5%	1,715	1,795	1,849	1,858	1,842	1,302	1,081	1,116	992	1,179	1,242	1,329	1,600	1,561	1,357	1,285	1,359	1,648	1,717	1,720	1,652
Income Taxes	-56.0%	55.00	125	21.00	13.00	7.00	-78.00	3.00	-19.00	-492	62.00	563	-28.00	-623	-293	-	-4.00	-682	-109	34.00	100	-721
Earnings Before Taxes	267.1%	3,485	-2,086	-1,599	-1,538	-17,674	-8,450	-4,016	-3,362	-4,441	5,659	4,326	-285	-904	-118	-6,979	-2,617	25,336	-2,686	-1,147	-6,541	-14,421
EBT Margin	92.3%	-0.01*	-0.08*	-0.10*	-0.11*	-0.11*	-0.06*	-0.02*	0.01*	0.02*	0.03*	0.01*	-0.03*	-0.04*	0.05*	0.04*	0.05*	0.04*	-0.06*	-0.06*	-0.07*	-0.06*
Net Income	232.0%	3,160	-2,394	-1,726	-1,758	-18,455	-8,780	-4,487	-3,357	-6,138	6,433	3,349	-2,028	-318	860	-7,060	-2,689	25,713	-2,554	-1,216	-6,672	-13,699
Net Income Margin	88.7%	-0.01*	-0.09*	-0.11*	-0.11*	-0.12*	-0.07*	-0.02*	0.00*	0.00*	0.02*	0.01*	-0.03*	-0.03*	0.06*	0.04*	0.05*	0.04*	-0.06*	-0.06*	-0.06*	-0.05*
Free Cashflow	-222.3%	-1,043	853	7,168	-3,744	-4,394	-8,797	-5,848	-3,036	-12,306	-2,095	-1,341	4,727	-2,736	-1,185	14,912	-4,850	2,572	3,297	5,765	-4,182	12,335

Balance Sheet

(In Millions)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Millions)
Balance Sheet																					(In Millions)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Assets	-3.0%	191	197	201	208	203	226	227	229	235	235	246	235	234	231	232	247	248	254	264	262	253
Current Assets	-6.9%	112	121	122	128	120	139	139	138	140	143	151	139	134	131	129	145	140	151	158	154	153
Cash Equivalents	-54.3%	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Inventory	-4.7%	76.00	80.00	79.00	84.00	84.00	94.00	87.00	86.00	83.00	83.00	91.00	90.00	68.00	87.00	90.00	98.00	96.00	99.00	104	104	105
Net PPE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	49.00	55.00	56.00	53.00	60.00	62.00	63.00	65.00	79.00	80.00	82.00	84.00
Liabilities	-5.4%	162	171	173	178	171	176	168	166	169	163	180	173	170	167	169	178	174	206	214	210	194
Current Liabilities	-12.4%	40.00	45.00	47.00	44.00	42.00	49.00	48.00	49.00	54.00	66.00	67.00	62.00	55.00	58.00	56.00	56.00	51.00	64.00	67.00	58.00	56.00
Long Term Debt	-15.5%	78.00	93.00	92.00	100	95.00	92.00	83.00	78.00	74.00	58.00	73.00	71.00	72.00	68.00	73.00	84.00	82.00	117	121	126	120
LT Debt, Current	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	6.00	-	-	-	7.00	-	-	-	8.00
LT Debt, Non Current	-15.5%	78.00	93.00	92.00	100	95.00	92.00	83.00	78.00	74.00	58.00	73.00	71.00	72.00	68.00	73.00	84.00	82.00	117	121	126	120
Shareholder's Equity	13.0%	29.00	26.00	28.00	30.00	32.00	50.00	59.00	63.00	66.00	72.00	66.00	62.00	64.00	64.00	63.00	69.00	73.00	48.00	50.00	52.00	59.00
Retained Earnings	1.8%	-176	-179	-177	-175	-173	-155	-146	-142	-138	-132	-139	-142	-140	-140	-140	-133	-131	-156	-154	-153	-146
Additional Paid-In Capital	0.1%	159	159	159	159	158	157	157	157	158	158	157	157	158	158	158	158	158	157	157	157	156
Shares Outstanding	-0.3%	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00
Float	-	-	-	18.00	-	-	-	21.00	-	-	-	11.00	-	-	-	11.00	-	-	-	8.00	-	-

Cashflow (Last 12 Months)

(In Thousands)

(*) denotes actual numbers (not divided by Thousands)
Cashflow (Quarterly)																					(In Thousands)
Description	(%) Q/Q	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4	2022Q3	2022Q2	2022Q1	2021Q4	2021Q3	2021Q2	2021Q1	2020Q4	2020Q3	2020Q2	2020Q1	2019Q4	2019Q3	2019Q2	2019Q1	2018Q4
Cashflow From Operations	-181.1%	-826	1,019	7,406	-3,385	-3,776	-7,830	-3,199	-2,691	-11,240	-585	95.00	5,091	-2,429	-1,112	15,241	-4,200	3,687	4,374	6,798	-3,172	13,487
Share Based Compensation	-24.7%	137	182	171	197	207	208	197	154	138	135	132	72.00	185	73.00	80.00	93.00	96.00	100	130	157	-718
Cashflow From Investing	10710.1%	15,809	-149	-230	-355	380	-1,927	-2,649	-345	-41.00	16,940	-1,436	-364	-303	-73.00	-329	-610	36,081	-1,072	-1,033	-1,006	-969
Cashflow From Financing	-3084.3%	-14,648	-460	-7,415	4,537	3,158	9,437	3,472	3,805	17,908	-17,424	900	-1,664	4,575	-4,769	-14,548	4,060	-39,018	-3,303	-5,757	4,172	-12,514
Buy Backs	-Infinity%	-1.00	-	-	44.00	508	133	-	95.00	-	12.00	1.00	56.00	714	-	3.00	204	815	-	-	12.00	-

DXYN Income Statement

2023-12-30

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Income Statement [Abstract]
NET SALES	$ 276,343	$ 303,570
Cost of sales	202,464	249,946
GROSS PROFIT	73,879	53,624
Selling and administrative expenses	74,136	76,957
Other operating (income) expense, net	(9,172)	239
Facility consolidation and severance expenses, net	3,867	4,584
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)	5,048	(28,156)
Interest expense	7,217	5,340
Other (income) expense, net	(431)	6
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES	(1,738)	(33,502)
Income tax provision (benefit)	214	(87)
LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	(1,952)	(33,415)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(766)	(1,664)
NET LOSS	$ (2,718)	$ (35,079)
BASIC EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ (2.21)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.05)	(0.11)
Net loss (in dollars per share)	$ (0.18)	$ (2.32)
BASIC SHARES OUTSTANDING (in shares)	14,783	15,121
DILUTED EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE:
Continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.13)	$ (2.21)
Discontinued operations (in dollars per share)	(0.05)	(0.11)
Net loss (in dollars per share)	$ (0.18)	$ (2.32)
DILUTED SHARES OUTSTANDING (in shares)	14,783	15,121
DIVIDENDS PER SHARE:
Common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0
Class B Common Stock (in dollars per share)	$ 0	$ 0

DXYN Balance Sheet

2023-12-30

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 79	$ 363
Receivables, net	23,686	25,009
Inventories, net	76,211	83,699
Prepaid expenses	12,154	10,167
Current assets of discontinued operations	265	641
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS	112,395	119,879
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET	31,368	44,916
OPERATING LEASE RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS	28,962	20,617
OTHER ASSETS	17,130	15,982
LONG-TERM ASSETS OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	1,314	1,552
TOTAL ASSETS	191,169	202,946
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	13,935	14,205
Accrued expenses	16,598	17,667
Current portion of long-term debt	4,230	4,573
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	3,654	2,774
Current liabilities of discontinued operations	1,137	2,447
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES	39,554	41,666
LONG-TERM DEBT, NET	78,290	94,725
OPERATING LEASE LIABILITIES	25,907	18,802
OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES	14,591	12,480
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS	3,536	3,759
TOTAL LIABILITIES	161,878	171,432
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (See Note 17)
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Additional paid-in capital	159,132	158,331
Accumulated deficit	(176,700)	(173,784)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	268	219
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	29,291	31,514
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY	191,169	202,946
Common Class A
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock issued	43,228	43,360
Common Class B
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common stock issued	$ 3,363	$ 3,388

About Dixie Group Inc-The

The Dixie Group, Inc. manufactures, markets, and sells floorcovering products to residential customers in North America and internationally. The company offers residential carpets, custom rugs, and engineered wood products under the Fabrica brand for interior decorators and designers, selected retailers and furniture stores, luxury home builders, and manufacturers of luxury motor coaches and yachts; and specialty carpets and rugs for the high-end residential marketplace, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products and broadloom carpet products under the Masland Residential brand name through the interior design community and specialty floorcovering retailers. It also provides residential tufted broadloom carpets and rugs to selected retailers and home centers under the Dixie Home and private label brands, as well as luxury vinyl flooring products to the marketplace it serves. The Dixie Group, Inc. was founded in 1920 and is based in Dalton, Georgia.

CEO	Mr. Daniel K. Frierson
WEBSITE	thedixiegroup.com
INDUSTRY	Apparel Retail
EMPLOYEES	1138

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What is the fair value of DXYN stock?

You can check DXYN's fair value in chart for subscribers. The fair value of Dixie Group Inc-The is provided for various growth and macro-economic scenarios from very pessimiatic to very optimistic assumptions. These fair values are estimates from Grufity's Fair Value model based on company's past performance. However, past performance of Dixie Group Inc-The is no guarantee of future performance. These fairvalue estimates should only be used as one of the inputs in your stock analysis. We provide model's historical fair value estimates for DXYN so that you know how good or bad the model has been in the past so you can discard it if needed. There are others that provide fair values of stocks such as wallmine, finbox, gurufocus and finviz. Most provide point in time estimates. We provide a history of our models fair value estimates so that you can get a sense of it's usefulness. Otherwise this data point is of little use.

Is Dixie Group Inc-The a good stock to buy?

The fair value guage provides a quick view whether DXYN is over valued or under valued. Whether Dixie Group Inc-The is cheap or expensive depends on the assumptions which impact Dixie Group Inc-The's fair value. We provide several scenarios of inflation and growth to encompass these range of assumptions for DXYN.

What is Dixie Group Inc-The's Price to Earnings (PE) and Price to sales (PS) ratio?

As of Thu Apr 25 2024, DXYN's PE ratio (Price to Earnings) is -2.77 and Price to Sales (PS) ratio is 0.03. The price to earnings and price to sales ratio are two most important valuation metrics for any company. PE ratio tell us the number of years of earnings investors are ready to pay for owning the company. Historically, S&P500 price to earnings ratio has fallen below 12 during periods of gloom and gone past 30 during periods of euphoria. DXYN PE ratio will change depending on the future growth rate expectations of investors.

What is 5 year return on Dixie Group Inc-The's stock?

In the past 10 years, Dixie Group Inc-The has provided -0.287 (multiply by 100 for percentage) rate of return.