Weekly 52-Week Highs Highlight: H&R Block, Edwards Lifesciences, Amazon.com, Chubb

A summary of companies whose stocks have recently reached their yearly highs

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Nov 02, 2015
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According to GuruFocus list of 52-week highs, H&R Block Inc., Edwards Lifesciences Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Chubb Corp. have all reached their 52-week highs.

H&R Block Inc. (HRB, Financial) reached the 52-week high of $37.26

H&R Block has a market cap of $10.3 billion. Its shares were traded at around $37.26 with a P/E ratio of 21.90 and P/S ratio of 3.40. The dividend yield of H&R Block stocks is 2.15%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.80% over the past 10 years.

H&R Block has released its first quarter 2016 results ended July 31. Total revenue increased 3% to $138 million compared to $134 million last year. Net loss was $97 million versus net loss of $109 million for the prior year quarter, and loss per share was 35 cents compared to loss per share of 40 cents last year. During the quarter, H&R block closed its bank divestiture transaction and is now no longer regulated as a savings and loan holding company.

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (EW, Financial) reached the 52-week high of $159.00

Edwards Lifesciences has a market cap of $16.95 billion, and its shares were traded at around $157.15 with a P/E ratio of 37.40 and P/S ratio of 7.08. Edwards Lifesciences had an annual average earnings growth of 21.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

Edwards Lifesciences recently released its third quarter 2015 results ended Sept. 30. For this period, the company grew global sales by 1.3% to $615.5 million and diluted EPS by 23.0% to $1.07. On a non-GAAP basis, diluted EPS was up 33.8%. Free cash flow for the quarter was $176.5 million.

CVP Patrick B. Verguet sold 22,000 shares of EW stock on Oct. 30 at the average price of $155.09.

Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial) reached the 52-week high of $630.72

Amazon.com has a market cap of $293.4 billion; its shares were traded at around $625.90 with a P/E ratio of 894.10 and P/S ratio of 2.93. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 23.70% over the past 10 years, and GuruFocus rated it the business predictability rank of 5-star.

For its recently reported third quarter of 2015, Amazon.com increased operating cash flow by 72% to $9.8 billion, with free cash flow up to $5.4 billion compared with $1.1 billion for the prior year quarter. Net sales increased 23% to $25.4 billion. Net income for the quarter was $79 million, or 17 cents per diluted share, compared with net loss of $437 million, or 95 cents per share in the same quarter last year.

Chubb Corp. (CB, Financial) reached the 52-week high of $131.35

Chubb has a market cap of $29.36 billion, and its shares were traded at around $129.35 with a P/E ratio of 21.30 and P/S ratio of 2.91. The dividend yield of Chubb stocks is 1.71%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 5.60% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Chubb Corp the business predictability rank of 3-star.

For its third quarter of 2015, Chubb reported net income of $601 million, which compares to $594 million for the prior year quarter. Net income per share was $2.60 compared to $2.47 per share last year. Operating income per share was up 9% to $2.37, and book value per share ended at $72.09 for the quarter.

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