Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: DIS, MDLZ, CUK, VLO

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Jul 14, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Walt Disney Co (DIS, Financial), Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ, Financial), Carnival PLC (CUK, Financial) and Valero Energy Corp (VLO, Financial) have all reached their 52-week highs.

Walt Disney Co reached the 52-week high of $117.43

Walt Disney Co is a diversified entertainment company with operations in five business segments: Media Networks, Parks and Resorts, Studio Entertainment, Consumer Products and Interactive Media. Walt Disney Co has a market cap of $197.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $116.44 with a P/E ratio of 25.10 and P/S ratio of 3.97. The dividend yield of Walt Disney Co stocks is 1.55%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.10% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Walt Disney Co the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Walt Disney has released its second quarter 2015 results. Earnings for the period were $2.1 billion, and diluted EPS increased 14% year-over-year to $1.23. Revenue was up 7% to $12.46 billion, and free-cash-flow improved 10% to $2.01 billion.

Mondelez International Inc reached the 52-week high of $41.89

Mondelez International Inc was formerly known as Kraft Foods Inc. It has a market cap of $67.36 billion; its shares were traded at around $41.41 with a P/E ratio of 30.10 and P/S ratio of 2.10. The dividend yield of Mondelez International Inc stocks is 1.45%.

For its first quarter of 2015, the company reported organic net revenue growth of 3.8% and diluted EPS up 111.1% to $0.19. Adjusted EPS was $0.41, up 25.6% on a constant-currency basis. The company expects to report second quarter 2015 results on July 30.

Carnival PLC reached the 52-week high of $52.58

Carnival PLC has a market cap of $42.57 billion; its shares were traded at around $52.58 with a P/E ratio of 30.70 and P/S ratio of 2.65. The dividend yield of Carnival Plc stocks is 1.90%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 1.90% over the past 10 years.

Carnival has recently released its second quarter 2015 results. Revenues for this period ended May 31, 2015 were $3.59 billion, which compares to $3.633 billion in the prior year quarter. Second quarter 2015 net income was $222 million, which compares to $98 million a year ago. Adjusted for currency, comprehensive income was $82 million compared to $68 million last year.

Valero Energy Corp reached the 52-week high of $65.85

Valero Energy Corp has a market cap of $33.49 billion; its shares were traded at around $65.85 with a P/E ratio of 9.20 and P/S ratio of 0.29. The dividend yield of Valero Energy Corp stocks is 2.05%. Valero Energy Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 1.80% over the past 10 years.

The company reported first quarter 2015 earnings per share of $1.87, compared to $1.55 in the year-ago quarter. Dividends per common share were $0.40.

Director Stephen M Waters sold 5,000 shares of VLO stock on 06/19/2015 at the average price of $60.47.

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