Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: GILD, XL, STJ, NKE

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Jun 20, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Gilead Sciences Inc, XL Group PLC, St Jude Medical Inc, and Nike Inc. have all reached their 52-week highs.

Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $121.78

Gilead Sciences Inc has a market cap of $176.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $119.80 with a P/E ratio of 13.74 and P/S ratio of 7.06. The dividend yield of Gilead Sciences Inc stocks is 0.36%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 27.20% over the past 5 years.

For its first quarter of 2015, Gilead Sciences Inc. reported total revenues of $7.6 billion, which compares to revenues of $5.0 billion for the same period in 2014. Product sales increased to $7.4 billion compared to $4.9 billion a year ago, and net income was $4.3 billion versus $2.2 billion in the prior year quarter. Diluted EPS were $2.76 compared to $1.33 a year ago.

Chairman and CEO John C Martin sold 150,000 shares of GILD stock on 06/01/2015 at the average price of $113.95. EVP, R&D and CSO Norbert W Bischofberger sold 70,000 shares of GILD stock on 06/15/2015 at the average price of $117.67. President and COO John F Milligan and multiple other insiders have also recently sold GILD stock.

XL Group PLC (XL, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $38.71

XL Group PLC is an insurance company that provides property, casualty and specialty products to industrial, commercial and professional firms. XL Group Plc has a market cap of $11.76 billion; its shares were traded at around $38.35 with a P/S ratio of 1.64. The dividend yield of XL Group Plc stocks is 1.67%.

The company has released its first quarter 2015 results. Operating net income for the quarter was $194.4 million, or $0.75 per share compared to $238.6 million, or $0.85 per share in the same quarter of 2014.

St Jude Medical Inc (STJ, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $75.96

St Jude Medical Inc has a market cap of $21.27 billion; its shares were traded at around $75.66 with a P/E ratio of 21.56 and P/S ratio of 3.90. The dividend yield of St Jude Medical Inc stocks is 1.45%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

St Jude Medical Inc. reported first quarter 2015 net sales increase of 5% year-over-year on a constant currency basis. Reported net earnings for the first quarter were $262 million or $0.91 per share, compared to net earnings of $249 million, or $0.86 per share for the prior year quarter.

Nike Inc (NKE, Financial) Reached the 52-Week High of $106.53

Nike Inc is engaged in designing, development and worldwide marketing of footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products. The company has a market cap of $91.59 billion; its shares were traded at around $106.53 with a P/E ratio of 30.25 and P/S ratio of 3.13. The dividend yield of Nike Inc stocks is 1.01% and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 9.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Nike Inc the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

For its fiscal third quarter 2015 ended February 28, 2015, Nike Inc. reported revenues up 7% to $7.5 billion. The company also reported diluted EPS of $0.89, which was 19% higher than the prior year quarter and inventories up 12%. Net income was up 16% to $791 million and the company repurchased $612 million of shares.

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