Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: Campbell Soup, Activision Blizzard, Martin Marietta Materials, Constellation Brands

Campbell receives 5-star business predictability ranking

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Sep 16, 2015
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According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, Campbell Soup Co. (CPB, Financial), Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI, Financial), Martin Marietta Materials Inc. (MLM, Financial) and Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ, Financial) have all reached their 52-week highs.

Campbell Soup Co. reached the 52-week high of $50.80

Campbell Soup has a market cap of $15.61 billion, and its shares were traded at around $50.27 with a P/E ratio of 20.85 and P/S ratio of 1.91. The company has a dividend yield of 2.49% and had an annual average earnings growth of 3.90% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Campbell Soup the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Campbell Soup recently released its quarterly results for its fiscal fourth quarter 2015. For this period, the company generated net sales of $1.7 billion, representing a decrease of 9% over the same quarter of 2014. On an organic basis, sales increased 1% year over year. Diluted GAAP EPS were down 49% to $0.22, while adjusted EPS went up by 5% to $0.43. Adjusted EPS ignored a restructuring charge from cost-reduction initiatives which amounted to $0.21 per share for the period.

Director Sara Mathew and Senior Vice President Carlos Barroso have recently sold shares of CPB stock.

Activision Blizzard Inc. reached the 52-week high of $30.00

Activision Blizzard is a worldwide developer of entertainment software with a market cap of $21.72 billion. Its shares were traded at around $29.80 with a P/E ratio of 23.18 and P/S ratio of 4.69. The dividend yield of Activision Blizzard Inc. stocks is 0.78%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 17.70% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 3-star.

Activision Blizzard recently released its second quarter 2015 results. Net revenues for this period were $1.04 billion, which compares to $970 million for the year-ago quarter. Second quarter 2015 non-GAAP EPS were $0.13, versus $0.06 for the prior-year quarter. The company reported monthly active user growth of 35% year over year.

Martin Marietta Materials Inc. reached the 52-week high of $177.59

Martin Marietta Materials serves as the materials group of the organization that is now Lockheed Martin Corporation. The company has a market cap of $11.73 billion, and its shares were traded at around $175.09 with a P/E ratio of 57.87 and P/S ratio of 3.39. The company has a dividend yield of 0.92% and had an annual average earnings growth of 2.0% over the past five years.

Martin Marietta Materials recently released its second quarter 2015 results ended June 30. Consolidated net sales were $850.2 million, 41% higher than the $601.9 million reported for the prior-year period. Consolidated earnings from operations were $137.0 million compared with $96.2 million last year. EPS were $1.22 compared with $1.27 last year, with rainfall lowering second quarter 2015 EPS by what the company estimated was $0.32-$0.36 per share.

Constellation Brands Inc. reached the 52-week high of $130.42

Constellation Brands Inc. has a market cap of $25.11 billion; its shares were traded at around $128.54 with a P/E ratio of 29.78 and P/S ratio of 4.23. The dividend yield of Constellation Brands Inc stocks is 0.48%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 16.60% over the past 10 years.

Constellation Brands has released its fiscal first quarter 2016 results. Comparable net sales were $1.63 billion, 7% higher than the prior-year quarter. Operating income went up 12% to $454 million, and diluted net income per share was up 18% to $1.26.

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