Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: ALTR, AIG, LUX, NVO, EXPE

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May 04, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Altera Corp, American International Group Inc, Luxottica Group SpA, Novo Nordisk A/S, and Expedia Inc. have all reached their 52-week highs.

Altera Corp (ALTR, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $45.76

Altera Corp has a market cap of $13.78 billion; its shares were traded at around $45.76 with a P/E ratio of 30.90 and P/S ratio of 7.39. The dividend yield of Altera Corp stocks is 1.51% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 10.70% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Altera Corp the business predictability rank of 3-star.

Altera Corp has recently announced first quarter sales of $435.5 million, which is down 6% from the first quarter of 2014. Net income was $94.9 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, compared with net income of $116.5 million in the year-ago period. Cash flow from operating activities was $136.6 million and the company repurchased 1.6 million shares throughout the quarter.

Sr VP, Strategy Dan Biran sold 6,969 shares of ALTR stock on 04/10/2015 at the average price of $45.

American International Group Inc (AIG, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $57.74

American International Group Inc has a market cap of $79.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $57.74 with a P/E ratio of 11.10 and P/S ratio of 1.30. The dividend yield of American International Group Inc stocks is 0.87%.

AIG reported first quarter net income of $2.5 billion, or $1.78 per share. This compares to net income of $1.6 billion, or $1.09 per share for the first quarter last year. After-tax operating income was $1.7 billion and normalized ROE was 7.8%.

Luxottica Group SpA (LUX, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $66.03

Luxottica Group SpA designs, manufactures and distributes fashion, luxury and sport/performance eyewear. The company has a market cap of $31.56 billion; its shares were traded at around $66.03 with a P/E ratio of 45.60 and P/S ratio of 3.72. The dividend yield of Luxottica Group SpA stocks is 2.42% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 6.70% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Luxottica Group SpA the business predictability rank of 4-star.

The company has reported its fourth quarter 2014 results. Adjusted net sales were Euro 1.87 billion, 7.9% higher than the prior year quarter. EPS was Euro 0.18, compared to Euro 0.05 a year ago.

Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $57.16

Novo Nordisk A/S has a market cap of $151.47 billion; its shares were traded at around $57.16 with a P/E ratio of 39.20 and P/S ratio of 11.37. Its dividend yield is 1.28%. Novo Nordisk A/S had an annual average earnings growth of 18.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 5-star.

10% Security Holder Partners Master Limit Richmond sold 2,500 shares of NVO stock on 04/13/2015 at the average price of $0.8

Expedia Inc (EXPE, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $101.69

Expedia Inc is an online travel company. It has a market cap of $12.89 billion; its shares were traded at around $101.69 with a P/E ratio of 33.90 and P/S ratio of 2.33. The dividend yield of Expedia Inc stocks is 0.68%. Expedia Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 6.50% over the past 5 years.

Expedia recently reported first quarter 2015 room night growth of 32% and revenue growth of 14% to $1.37 billion. Diluted EPS was $0.34 versus a loss of $0.11 for the first quarter of 2014. Free-cash-flow improved by 6% to $948 million.

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