52-Week Company Lows

Details the 52-week company lows for Exxon Mobil, Nucor, Franklin Resources, Continental Resources, Advance Auto Parts and Noble Energy

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Feb 17, 2020
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According to GuruFocus’ list of 52-week lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week lows.

Exxon Mobil

The price of Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $60.65, which is 28.6% off the 52-week high of $83.49. The company has a market cap of $256.79 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 18.06 and a price-sales ratio of 0.99 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 5.74%. The forward dividend yield is 5.74%. GuruFocus rated Exxon Mobil’s business predictability at 3 stars.

ExxonMobil is an integrated oil and gas company that explores for, produces and refines oil around the world. The company is the world's largest refiner and one of the world's largest manufacturers of commodity and specialty chemicals.

Net income for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $5.69 billion compared to $6 billion for the prior-year quarter.

Chairman and CEO Darren W. Woods bought 2,858 shares on Feb. 10 at a price of $59.86. The price of the stock has increased by 1.32% since.

Nucor

The price of Nucor Corp. (NUE, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $47.15, which is 25.7% off the 52-week high of $62.04. The company has a market cap of $14.23 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 11.39 and a price-sales ratio of 0.64 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 3.40%. The forward dividend yield is 3.41%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 17.80% over the past 10 years.

The largest steelmaker in the United States by production volume, Nucor uses electric arc furnaces to produce a wide variety of steel products. Nucor is involved in every phase of the steelmaking value chain, from collecting and processing scrap to manufacturing value-added fabricated steel products.

Fourth quarter 2019 net earnings were $134.25 million compared to $681.07 million for the comparable period of 2018.

Franklin Resources

The price of Franklin Resources Inc. (BEN, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $24.36, which is 33.1% off the 52-week high of $35.82. The company has a market cap of $12.1 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 9.71 and a price-sales ratio of 2.11 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 4.31%. The forward dividend yield is 4.43%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 3.70% over the past 10 years.

Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional clients primarily in the U.S. At the end of January 2018, Franklin had $770.8 billion in assets under management, composed primarily of equity (44%), fixed-income (37%) and hybrid (19%) funds.

Net income for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $350.5 million compared to $275.9 million in the prior-year quarter.

Continental Resources

The price of Continental Resources Inc. (CLR, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $26.20, which is 51.0% off the 52-week high of $52.04. The company has a market cap of $9.73 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 12.54 and a price-sales ratio of 2.13 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.38%. The forward dividend yield is 0.76%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 17.80% over the past 10 years.

Continental Resources is a U.S. oil and gas producer in the Bakken Shale in North Dakota and the SCOOP/STACK plays in Oklahoma. At the end of 2017, the company reported net proved reserves of 1.3 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 243 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2017, at a ratio of 57% oil and 43% natural gas and NGLs.

Net income for the third quarter of 2019 was $158.16 million compared to $314.17 million for the prior-year period.

Advance Auto Parts

The price of Advance Auto Parts Inc. (AAP, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $133.59, which is 28.8% off the 52-week high of $182.56. The company has a market cap of $9.25 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-earnings ratio of 21.64 and a price-sales ratio of 0.99 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 0.18%. The forward dividend yield is 0.18%. The company had an annual average earnings growth of 7.60% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Advance Auto Parts’ business predictability at 2.5 stars.

Advance Auto Parts is one of the industry's largest retailers of aftermarket automotive parts, tools and accessories to do-it-yourself (DIY) customers in North America. Advance operated 5,183 stores as of the end of 2017, in addition to servicing 1,218 independently owned Carquest stores. The company's Worldpac unit is a premier distributor of imported original-equipment parts. Advance derived 58% of its 2017 sales from commercial clients, up from 30%-40% before the General Parts deal.

Net income for the third quarter of 2019 was $123.67 million compared to $115.84 million for the prior-year period.

Noble Energy

The price of Noble Energy Inc. (NBL, Financial) shares has declined to close to the 52-week low of $19.16, which is 33.5% off the 52-week high of $28.40. The company has a market cap of $9.17 billion.

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Its shares traded with a price-sales ratio of 2.07 as of Feb. 14. The trailing 12-month dividend yield is 2.51%. The forward dividend yield is 2.51%.

Noble Energy is an independent oil and gas producer with key assets in the U.S., Israel and West Africa. At the end of 2017, the company reported net proven reserves of 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Net production averaged 381,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2017, at a ratio of 51% oil and natural gas liquids and 49% natural gas.

Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2019 was $1.21 billion compared to a loss of $824 million for the prior-year quarter.

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kenneth M. Fisher sold 27,852 shares on Feb. 7 at a price of $20.24 and sold 27,852 shares the same day at a price of $23.24. The price of the stock has decreased by 17.56% since.

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Disclosure: I do not own stock in any of the companies mentioned in the article.

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