Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: CTSH, CMG, CTRX, MA

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Aug 11, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (CTSH, Financial), Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (CMG, Financial), Catamaran Corp. (CTRX, Financial) and MasterCard Inc. (MA, Financial) have all reached their 52-week highs.

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. reached the 52-week high of $69.35

Cognizant Technology Solutions began its IT development and maintenance services business in early 1994, as an in-house technology development center for The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and its operating units. The company has a market cap of $38.85 billion; its shares were traded at around $68.20 with a P/E ratio of 27.64 and P/S ratio of 3.69. Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 30.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4-star.

Cognizant Technology Solutions recently reported revenues up 22.6% year-over-year to $3.09 billion. GAAP diluted EPS was up to $0.68 from $0.61 in the year-ago quarter.

CFO Karen Mcloughlin sold 5,171 shares of CTSH stock on 08/05/2015 at the average price of $67.36. EVP, President Client Serv. Dharmendra Kumar Sinha and multiple other insiders also recently sold shares of CTSH stock.

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reached the 52-week high of $758.61

Chipotle Mexican Grill is a Delaware corporation formed in 1993. Chipotle Mexican Grill has a market cap of $23.28 billion; its shares were traded at around $754.50 with a P/E ratio of 46.23 and P/S ratio of 5.36. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc had an annual average earnings growth of 34.30% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Chipotle announced second quarter 2015 revenue increase of 14.1% to $1.2 billion, with comparable store sales improving 4.3%. Net income was $140.2 million, an increase of 27.1% year-over-year. Diluted EPS also increased 27.1% to $4.45.

Chairman & Co-CEO Steve Ells and CFO Jack Hartung have both recently sold shares of CMG stock.

Catamaran Corp. reached the 52-week high of $61.47

Catamaran is a provider of pharmacy benefit management services and healthcare IT solutions to the healthcare benefit management industry. Catamaran has a market cap of $12.79 billion; its shares were traded at around $61.47 with a P/E ratio of 42.60 and P/S ratio of 0.64. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 41.90% over the past 10 years, and GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 5-star.

For its first quarter of 2015, the company reported revenue of $6.0 billion, a 22% increase over the $4.9 billion reported in the first quarter of 2014. Gross profit increased 20% to $378.8 million, and net income improved 37% to $86.7 million, or $0.42 per diluted share.

MasterCard Inc. reached the 52-week high of $99.18

MasterCard Inc has a market cap of $111.04 billion; its shares were traded at around $98.08 with a P/E ratio of 30.09 and P/S ratio of 11.87. The dividend yield of MasterCard stocks is 0.59%. MasterCard had an annual average earnings growth of 20.40% over the past five years.

For its second quarter of 2015, MasterCard Inc. reported net income excluding a special item of $965 million, or $0.85 per diluted share. Net revenue was $2.4 billion, up 1% year-over-year.

CFO Martina Hundmejean sold 76,865 shares of MA stock on 08/06/2015 at the average price of $97.85.

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