Weekly Three-Year Low Highlights

Baxter International, Leucadia National, Colfax, Rent-A-Center tumble

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Oct 06, 2015
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According to GuruFocus list of 3-year lows, Baxter International Inc. (BAX, Financial), Leucadia National (LUK, Financial) (Trades, Portfolio), Colfax Corp. (CFX, Financial) and Rent-A-Center Inc. (RCII, Financial) have all reached their three-year highs.

Baxter International reached $33.30

The prices of Baxter International shares have declined to $33.30, which is 25.9% off its three-year high of $43.44.

Baxter International has a market cap of $17.79 billion, and its shares were traded at around $33.30 with a P/E ratio of 8.32 and P/S ratio of 1.12. The dividend yield of Baxter International stocks is 5.02%. The company had annual average earnings growth of 10.90% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated the company the business predictability rank of 3.5-star.

Baxter International has released its second quarter 2015 results. For this period, Baxter posted net income of $332 million, or 60 cents per diluted share, which included special items totaling $218 million. On an adjusted basis, net income was $550 million, or $1 per diluted share, which compares of adjusted EPS of $1.16 for the same quarter last year. Total sales for the company declined 6% to $3.9 billion

Leucadia National (Trades, Portfolio) reached $20.08

The prices of Leucadia National (Trades, Portfolio) shares have declined to $20.08, which is 41.0% off their three-year high of $32.43.

Leucadia National (Trades, Portfolio) is engaged in a variety of businesses, which includes investment banking, beef processing, manufacturing and asset managing. Leucadia National (Trades, Portfolio) has a market cap of $7.58 billion; its shares were traded at around $20.08 with a P/E ratio of 17.57 and P/S ratio of 0.64. Its dividend yield is 1.24%.

Leucadia National (Trades, Portfolio) has released its second quarter results ended June 30. For this quarter, net income was $16.4 million, or 4 cents per diluted share, which compares to 17 cents per share for the same quarter of last year.

Colfax reached $29.63

The prices of Colfax shares have declined to $29.63, which is 62.3% off their three-year high of $75.37.

Colfax has a market cap of $3.71 billion; its shares were traded at around $29.63 with a P/E ratio of 14.28 and P/S ratio of 0.86. Colfax had an annual average earnings growth of 42.10% over the past five years.

For its second quarter of 2015, Colfax posted net income per diluted share of 42 cents, compared to $1.53 per share in its prior year quarter. Second quarter net sales were down 14.5% to $1.02 billion.

Director Peter John Gerald Bentley bought 20,000 shares of Colfax stock on Sept. 24 at the average price of $11.95.

Rent-A-Center reached $24.63

The prices of Rent-A-Center shares have declined to $24.63, which is 42.6% off the three-year high of $40.81.

Rent-A-Center has a market cap of $1.31 billion; its shares were traded at around $24.63 with a P/E ratio of 13.12 and P/S ratio of 0.40. The company has a dividend yield of 3.90% and an annual average earnings growth of 6.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Rent-A-Center Inc the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Rent-A-Center reported second quarter consolidated same store sales growth of 7.5% and GAAP diluted EPS up to $0.43 from $0.33 a year ago. Consolidated total revenues increased 6.1% to $815.3 million.

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