On the stock market since 2006, it operates in the world of consumer spending. It has 20,386 employees. Now — the numbers.
The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.
That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.
An average decline of 12% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.
Buys and sells are dead even — no clear signal either way.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 97% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
Nothing in the current numbers stands out as a strong positive. That, by itself, is worth knowing.
A loss of $0 against $8.3B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.
The stock sits at $0.36. Under exchange rules, stocks that stay below $1 for too long risk being removed from the market.
This stock swings about 2.6 times as much as the market average. Big rallies — and big drops — can both happen fast.
On our five-subject report card, QRTEA sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”
The takeaway: QRTEA has solid sales but closed last year at a loss. The road back to profit runs through spending discipline.