GuruStocks at 52-week highs: ITW, ADI, CTXS, PSO, CPL

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May 23, 2011
According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Illinois Tool Works (ITW, Financial), Analog Devices Inc. (ADI, Financial), Citrix System Inc. (CTXS, Financial), Pearson PLC (PSO, Financial), and CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL, Financial).


Illinois Tool Works. (ITW) Reached the 52-Week High of $57.09


Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and markets a variety of products and systems that provide specific, problem-solving solutions for a diverse customer base worldwide. Illinois Tool Works Inc. has a market cap of $28.47 billion; its shares were traded at around $57.09 with a P/E ratio of 17 and P/S ratio of 1.8. The dividend yield of Illinois Tool Works Inc. stocks is 2.4%. Illinois Tool Works Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 8.2% over the past 10 years.


On April 26, Illinois Tool Works Inc. reported first quarter 2011 diluted net income per share of $1.24, an 88% increase compared to the 2010 first quarter. Excluding a one-time tax benefit of $0.33 associated with the settlement of an Australian tax case in the 2011 first quarter, earnings of $0.91 per share would have been 30% higher than the year-ago adjusted period. As previously announced, the Company eliminated the one month lag for the reporting of its international operations effective Jan. 1, 2011.


Last month, Sell: Director Robert C Mccormack, Sell: Vice Chairman Ernest Scott Santi, Sell: Sr VP General Counsel & Secy James H Wooten Jr, Sell: Executive Vice President Timothy J Gardner, and


Sell: VP & Controller, Ops Eugene A Osterkorn sold shares of ITW stock.


Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) Reached the 52-Week High of $41.8


Analog Devices, Inc. is one of the world leaders in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in signal processing applications. Analog Devices Inc. has a market cap of $12.52 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.8 with a P/E ratio of 16.2 and P/S ratio of 4.6. The dividend yield of Analog Devices Inc. stocks is 2.1%. Analog Devices Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 8.8% over the past 10 years.


Citrix Systems Inc. (CTXS) Reached the 52-Week High of $84.28


Citrix Systems, Inc. is one of the suppliers of application delivery and management software and services that enable the effective and efficient enterprise-wide deployment and management of applications. Citrix Systems Inc. has a market cap of $15.81 billion; its shares were traded at around $84.28 with a P/E ratio of 48.6 and P/S ratio of 8.3. Citrix Systems Inc. had an annual average earnings growth of 5.8% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Citrix Systems Inc. the business predictability rank of 4-star.


In the first quarter of fiscal 2011, Citrix achieved revenue of $491 million, compared to $414 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, representing 18% revenue growth. Net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $74 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to $47 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2010. Non-GAAP net income in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was $97 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, compared to $75 million, or $0.40 per diluted share, in the comparable period last year.


Last month, Sell: CEO & President Mark B Templeton, Sell: General Counsel & SVP, HR David R Friedman, Sell: Director Godfrey Sullivan, Sell: Director Thomas F Bogan, Sell: Director Nanci Caldwell, and Sell: SVP, Online Services Division Brett Caine sold shares of CTXS stock.


Pearson Plc (PSO) Reached the 52-Week High of $18.71


Pearson is a global media conglomerate. They publish books, periodicals, reports and screen-based services for professional communities worldwide, under brand names which include the Financial Times, Pitman Publishing and Churchill Livingstone. Pearson Plc has a market cap of $15.22 billion; its shares were traded at around $18.71 with and P/S ratio of 1.7. The dividend yield of Pearson Plc stocks is 3.4%.


CPFL Energia S.A. (CPL) Reached the 52-Week High of $89.39


CPFL Energia S.A. is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, distributes, commercializes and generates energy in Brazil, standing as the largest private group in the Brazilian electric sector. Cpfl Energia S.a. has a market cap of $14.34 billion; its shares were traded at around $89.39 with a P/E ratio of 15.9 and P/S ratio of 2.7. The dividend yield of CPFL Energia S.a. stocks is 5.3%.


Results for the first quarter of 2011 for CPFL Energia S.A. include an increase of 5.4% in sales within the concession area; disregarding the effect of CAT 97, sales would have grown 8.2% and annual Tariff Adjustments for CPFL Paulista (6.11%), effective as of April 8, 2011, and for CPFL Santa Cruz (8.01%), CPFL Leste Paulista (6.42%), CPFL Jaguari (5.22%), CPFL Sul Paulista (6.57%) and CPFL Mococa (6.84%), effective as of Feb. 3, 2011.