Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: Motorola Solutions, TRW Automotive Holdings, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Vulcan Materials

A look at companies who have recently reached the 52-week high stock prices

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Sep 09, 2015
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According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI, Financial), TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (TRW, Financial), Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL, Financial) and Vulcan Materials Co. (VMC, Financial) have all reached their 52-week highs.

Motorola Solutions Inc. reached the 52-week high of $70.26

Motorola Solutions has a market cap of $14.07 billion, and its shares were traded at around $69.61 with a P/E ratio of 28.03 and P/S ratio of 2.69. The dividend yield of Motorola Solutions' stock is 1.95%.

The company reported second quarter 2015 sales down 2% to $1.4 billion. GAAP EPS from continuing operations were $0.72, which was a 140% increase over the $0.30 reported in the prior year quarter. GAAP operating margin was 18.6% of sales for this quarter, compared with 9.9% in the second quarter of 2014. Free cash flow was $92 million.

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. reached the 52-week high of $107.25

TRW Automotive Holdings has a market cap of $12.23 billion; its shares were traded at around $105.46 with a P/E ratio of 27.80 and P/S ratio of 0.72. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.00% over the past 10 years.

TRW Automotive Holdings has released its first quarter 2015 results for the period ended April 3. In this quarter, the company generated sales of $4.1 billion, which was 7% higher compared to the first quarter of 2014 excluding currency effects. GAAP net earnings were $366 million for the first quarter of 2015, or $3.13 per diluted share, which compares to net earnings of $199 million, or $1.68 per diluted share in the prior year quarter. First quarter 2015 results included a $186 million pretax gain from the sale of TRW’s engine valve business.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. reached the 52-week high of $92.68

Royal Caribbean Cruises has a market cap of $20.05 billion, and its shares were traded at around $91.54 with a P/E ratio of 24.60 and P/S ratio of 2.52. The company has a dividend yield of 1.32%. Royal Caribbean Cruises had an annual average earnings growth of 2.40% over the past 10 years.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has released its second quarter 2015 results. Adjusted net income for this period was $185 million, or $0.84 per share, versus $146.7 million, or $0.66 per share for the prior year quarter. Net yields were up 4.2% on a constant-currency basis.

President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises Lisa Lutoff-Perlo sold 205 shares of RCL stock on Aug. 12 at the average price of $89.

Vulcan Materials Co. reached the 52-week high of $98.51

Vulcan Materials has a market cap of $12.89 billion; its shares were traded at around $98.51 with a P/E ratio of 116.71 and P/S ratio of 4.19. The dividend yield of Vulcan Materials stocks is 0.37%, and the company had an annual average earnings growth of 6.80% over the past five years.

Vulcan Materials reported second quarter 2015 total revenues of $895 million, up 13% over the same quarter last year. Gross profit increased 34% to $234 million, and adjusted earnings from continuing operations went up to $0.66 per diluted share compared to $0.36 last year.

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