52-Week High Companies: Allergan Inc., America Movil S.A.B. de C.V., Waste Management Inc., and Public Storage Inc.

52-Week High Companies: AGN, AMX, WM, PSA

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Aug 08, 2010
According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-Week Highs: Allergan Inc. (AGN, Financial), America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX, Financial), Waste Management Inc. (WM, Financial), and Public Storage Inc. (PSA, Financial).

Allergan Inc. (AGN) Reached the 52-Week High of $64.76

Allergan Inc. is a provider of eye care and specialty pharmaceutical products throughout the world with products in the eye care pharmaceutical, ophthalmic surgical device, over-the-counter contact lens care, movement disorder, and dermatological markets. Allergan Inc. has a market cap of $19.91 billion; its shares were traded at around $64.76 with a P/E ratio of 22.6 and P/S ratio of 4.3. The dividend yield of Allergan Inc. stocks is 0.3%. Allergan Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 19.3% over the past 5 years.

On August 2, Allergan Inc. reported results for the second quarter of 2010. Allergan reported $0.78 diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders compared to $0.58 diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders for the second quarter of 2009. Results included $0.85 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders compared to $0.75 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share attributable to stockholders for the second quarter of 2009, a 13.3 percent increase.



Allergan Inc. is in the portfolios of Eric Mindich, Stanley Druckenmiller, Pioneer Investments, Steven Cohen, Jeremy Grantham, and Dodge & Cox.

In July, Sell: EVP, Fin & Bus. Dev., CFO Jeffrey L Edwards sold 43,596 shares of AGN stock.



America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) Reached the 52-Week High of $50.82

American Movil is the provider of wireless communications services in Mexico. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. has a market cap of $72.16 billion; its shares were traded at around $50.82 with a P/E ratio of 15.6 and P/S ratio of 2.5. The dividend yield of America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. stocks is 0.5%. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. had an annual average earning growth of 32.7% over the past 10 years.



On July 22, American Movil S.A.B. de C.V. reported results for the second quarter of 2010. In the second quarter of 2010 América Móvil added 4.9 million subscrib­ers—30.7% more than last year—bringing the total for the semester to 10.3 mil­lion. Brazilian operations gained 1.3 million subscribers in the quarter, fol­lowed by Mexico with one million, Argentina with 501 thousand and Tracfone with 460 thousand. Second quarter revenues were up 11.9% year-on-year to 100.9 billion pesos with service revenues rising 10.8% annually helped along by data revenue growth of 41.6%. Revenues



America Movil S.A.B. de C.V. is in the portfolios of David Williams, Sarah Ketterer, Kenneth Fisher, Bill Gates, Jeremy Grantham, Bruce Koyner, John Buckingham, Pioneer Investments, Chris Davis, Steven Cohen, George Soros, and Charles Brandes.



Waste Management Inc. (WM) Reached the 52-Week High of $34.57



Waste Management Inc. provides integrated waste management services in North America and internationally. Waste Management Inc. has a market cap of $16.7 billion; its shares were traded at around $34.57 with a P/E ratio of 17.2 and P/S ratio of 1.4. The dividend yield of Waste Management Inc. stocks is 3.7%. Waste Management Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 4.4% over the past 10 years.



On July 29, Waste Management, Inc. announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2010. Revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $3.16 billion compared with $2.95 billion for the same 2009 period, an increase of $206 million, or 7.0%. Net income for the quarter was $246 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, compared with $247 million, or $0.50 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2009.



Waste Management Inc. is in the portfolios of Bill Gates, Richard Aster Jr, Manning & Naper Advisors, Inc., John Buckingham, Columbia Wanger, Steven Cohen, Bruce Koyner, and George Soros.



Last week, Sell: VP, Chief Accounting Officer Greg A Robertson sold 15,858 shares of WM stock.In July, Sell: Director Thomas H Weidemeyer, Sell: Director Pastora San Juan Cafferty, Sell: Director Frank M Clark, and Sell: Director John C Pope sold shares. Sell: SVP, CFO Robert G Simpson sold 1,172 shares in February.



Public Storage, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that primarily acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities. Public Storage Inc. has a market cap of $16.85 billion; its shares were traded at around $99.34 with a P/E ratio of 20 and P/S ratio of 10.4. The dividend yield of Public Storage Inc. stocks is 3.2%. Public Storage Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 6.3% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Public Storage Inc. the business predictability rank of 5-star.



On August 5, Public Storage Inc. reported results for the second quarter of 2010. For the three months ended June 30, 2010, net income allocable to common shareholders was $60.8 million or $0.36 per diluted common share, compared to $135.5 million or $0.80 per diluted common share, for the same period in 2009, representing a decrease of $74.7 million or $0.44 per common share. This decrease is primarily due to a foreign currency exchange loss of $49.2 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2010 as compared to a foreign currency exchange gain of $33.2 million during the same period in 2009.



Public Storage Inc. is in the portfolios of Ken Heebner, Pioneer Investments, Bruce Koyner, Stanley Druckenmiller, Richard Aster Jr, Steven Cohen, Jim Simons, Jeremy Grantham, and Kenneth Fisher.

In June, Sell: Director Uri P Harkham and Sell: SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT / CFO John Reyes sold shares of PSA stock. Sell: Director, 10% Owner Tamara Hughes Gustavson and Sell: VICE CHAIRMAN & CEO Ronald L Jr Havner sold shares in May, and Sell: Director Dann V Angeloff sold 5,000 shares in March.

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