Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: GIS, AAP, BCR, TEVA

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Jul 28, 2015

According to GuruFocus' list of 52-week highs, General Mills Inc (GIS, Financial), Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP, Financial), CR Bard Inc (BCR, Financial) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Inc. (TEVA, Financial) have all reached their 52-week highs.

General Mills Inc reached the 52-week high of $57.98

General Mills Inc has a market cap of $34.13 billion; its shares were traded at around $57.00 with a P/E ratio of 28.85 and P/S ratio of 2.01. The dividend yield of General Mills Inc stocks is 2.99% and it had an annual average earnings growth of 5.00% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated General Mills Inc the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.

General Mills has reported its first quarter 2015 results. Net sales for the quarter were $4.3 billion, up 6% over the prior year quarter on a constant currency basis. Adjusted diluted EPS were $0.75, up 12% over the year-ago quarter.

Executive Vice President John R Church sold 3,600 shares of GIS stock on 07/21/2015 at the average price of $57.13. Executive Vice President Donal L Mulligan sold 12,000 shares of GIS stock on 07/21/2015 at the average price of $57.38.

Advance Auto Parts Inc reached the 52-week high of $171.09

Advance Auto Parts Inc has a market cap of $12.35 billion; its shares were traded at around $168.82 with a P/E ratio of 25.18 and P/S ratio of 1.26. The dividend yield of Advance Auto Parts Inc stocks is 0.14%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 14.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Advance Auto Parts Inc the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

For its first quarter of 2015, the company generated sales of $3.04 billion, which compares to $2.97 billion in the year-ago period. Comparable cash EPS were $2.39, an increase of 6.2% versus the prior year quarter. Gross profit was $1.39 billion compared to $1.35 billion last year.

CR Bard Inc reached the 52-week high of $190.14

CR Bard Inc has a market cap of $14.12 billion; its shares were traded at around $190.14 with a P/E ratio of 51.84 and P/S ratio of 4.32. The dividend yield of CR Bard Inc stocks is 0.48%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 11.20% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

CR Bard Inc. has recently released its second quarter 2015 results. For this period, net sales were $859.8 million, an increase of 4% over the prior year quarter. Adjusted net income was $154.3 million, up 8% compared to the second quarter of 2014. Adjusted diluted EPS were $2.27, an increase of 10% year-over-year.

Chairman and CEO Timothy M Ring sold 20,000 shares of BCR stock on 07/13/2015 at the average price of $176.04. Group President John P Groetelaars sold 2,456 shares of BCR stock on 07/13/2015 at the average price of $175.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd reached the 52-week high of $72.00

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd was incorporated in Israel on February 13, 1944. The company has a market cap of $61.06 billion; its shares were traded at around $72.00 with a P/E ratio of 22.47 and P/S ratio of 3.05. Its dividend yield is 1.89%. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd had an annual average earnings growth of 14.60% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated the company the business predictability rank of 3-star.

Teva Pharmaceutical reported first quarter 2015 revenues of $5.0 billion, flat versus the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP diluted EPS were $1.36, an increase of 11%. GAAP diluted EPS was down 40% at $0.52. Cash flow from operations increased 50% to $1.4 billion, and free cash flow increased 80% to $1.2 billion.

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