5 Companies Hit 52-Week Highs

Hilton among those achieving milestone

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Nov 07, 2017
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According to GuruFocus' list, these stocks have reached their 52-week highs.

DXC Technology reached the 52-week high of $93.02

DXC Technology Co. (DXC, Financial)Â is an independent, end-to-end IT services company. It provides information technology and consulting services and solutions to enterprise clients. DXC Technology is a vendor-independent IT services provider that started trading in April. It was created via the amalgamation of Computer Sciences Corp. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise's Services business. The combined company has enviable global scale, with annual revenue of around $25 billion, over 170,000 employees, operations across 70 countries, and broad industry exposure. In addition, the firm has roughly 6,000 clients, of which over 200 are within the Fortune 500.

The price of DXC Technology shares has reached $93.02, which is 0.4% off the 52-week high of $93.40. DXC Technology has a market cap of $26.48 billion; its shares were traded around $93.02 with a price-sales (P/S) ratio of 1.54. DXC Technology's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.69%. The forward dividend yield is 0.79%.

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Regions and Industries Michael G. Nefkens sold 35,340 shares for $92 per share on Oct. 12. The stock price has increased by 1.11% since.

Hilton Worldwide Holdings reached the 52-week high of $73.39

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (HLT, Financial)Â operates hotels and resorts. The company manages about 750,000 rooms across over 10 brands. Some of its brands include Hampton, Hilton, Home2, Curio, Canopy and Tru. Hilton is an operator of 838,000 rooms across 14 brands addressing the midscale through luxury segments. Hampton and Hilton are the two largest brands by total room count at around 30% each while Home2, Curio, Canopy and Tru represent low single digits of existing rooms but high single digits of the pipeline room base. Managed and franchised represent 90% of adjusted EBITDA. Americas represents 75% of total adjusted EBITDA, while Asia-Pacific is 10%, Europe 12%, and Africa and Middle East is 3%.

The price of Hilton Worldwide shares has reached $73.39, which is -0.1% off the 52-week high of $73.31. Hilton Worldwide Holdings has a market cap of $23.48 billion; its shares were traded around $73.39 with a price-earnings (P/E) ratio of 733.90 and P/S ratio of 1.86. Hilton Worldwide's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.90%. The forward dividend yield is 0.82%. Hilton Worldwide had an annual average earnings growth of 12.10% over the past five years.

Quintiles IMS Holdings reached the 52-week high of $108.56

Quintiles IMS Holdings Inc. (Q, Financial)Â is an information and technology-enabled health care service provider to the pharmaceutical services, biotechnology and health care industries. It helps its clients improve their clinical, scientific and commercial results. Quintiles IMS formed from the merger of the health care data and analytics of IMS Health with the global contract research organization powerhouse of Quintiles. The CRO segment focuses primarily on providing outsourced phases 2 through 4 clinical trials for pharmaceutical, device and diagnostic companies. The IMS segment provides aggregated information and technology services to clients in the health care industry, including pharmaceutical companies, providers, payers and policymakers.

The price of Quintiles shares have reached $108.56, which is 0.4% off the 52-week high of $109.00. Quintiles has a market cap of $22.94 billion; its shares were traded around $108.56 with and P/S ratio of 2.64. Quintiles had an annual average earnings growth of 13.30% over the past five years.

CEO Ari Bousbib sold 46,080 shares for $108.14 per share on Nov. 1. The stock price has increased by 0.39% since.

D.R. Horton reached the 52-week high of $44.84

D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI, Financial)Â is a residential homebuilder. It constructs for the purpose of sale, homes in the states and metropolitan markets of the U.S., under the names of D.R. Horton, America's Builder, Emerald Homes and Breland Homes. D.R. Horton is the largest and most geographically diverse homebuilder in the U.S. with operations in 78 markets across 26 states. D.R. Horton mainly builds single-family detached homes (90% of home sales revenue) and offers products to entry-level, move-up, luxury buyers and active adults. The company offers home buyers mortgage financing and title agency services through its financial services segment. D.R. Horton's headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas and it manages five regional homebuilding offices across the U.S.

The price of D.R. Horton shares has reached $44.84, which is 0.2% off the 52-week high of $44.92. D.R. Horton has a market cap of $16.78 billion; its shares were traded around $44.84 with a P/E ratio of 16.87 and P/S ratio of 1.24. D.R. Horton's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.89%. The forward dividend yield is 0.90%. D.R. Horton had an annual average earnings growth of 65.40% over the past fivve years.

D.R. Horton recently reported that net income for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30 increased 16% to $289.0 million, or 76 cents per diluted share, from $249.8 million, or 66 cents per diluted share, in the same quarter of fiscal 2016. Homebuilding revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 increased 17% to $3.7 billion from $3.1 billion in the same quarter of fiscal 2016. Homes closed in the quarter increased 16% to 12,497 homes compared to 10,739 homes in the prior year quarter.

CNA Financial reached the 52-week high of $54.92

CNA Financial Corp. (CNAF, Financial) is an insurance holding company which provides commercial property and casualty insurance. Its services include risk management, information services, warranty and claims administration. The company is operating under five segments; Specialty, Commercial and International being its core business and two segments for its non-core businesses. CNAF through its segments provides professional, financial and specialty property and casualty products to small businesses and medium scale organizations. The organization has its business spread across the U.S., U.K. and Canada. The majority of the revenues are generated from the Specialty and Commercial segment of the business.

The price of CNA Financial shares has reached $54.92, which is 0.7% off the 52-week high of $55.33. CNA Financial has a market cap of $14.89 billion; its shares were traded around $54.92 with a P/E ratio of 16.25 and P/S ratio of 1.59. CNA Financial's trailing 12-month dividend yield is 1.90%. The forward dividend yield is 2.18%.

CNA Financial recently announced third-quarter net income of $144 million, or 53 cents per share, and net operating income of $159 million, or 58 cents per share. Property & Casualty Operations' combined ratio for the third quarter was 103.7% which includes 16.5 points due to catastrophes. Net income for the nine months ended Sept. 30 was $676 million, or $2.48 per share, and net operating income was $633 million, or $2.33 per share, both above the prior year period as improved underlying underwriting results in Property & Casualty Operations, and improved results from non-core segments more than offset the increase in catastrophe losses.

Disclosure: I do not own these stocks.