This latest survey was conducted between December 20 and January 8 and questioned some 65 economists and others who use economics in the workplace regarding the conditions at their industries or firms. It found out that in the next six months, 34 per cent of the firms now expect to expand their payrolls, this is the highest percentage since April of last year.

On the other hand 2 per cent said that they expect their companies to cut payrolls through layoff, while 14 per cent said that they expect trimming of payrolls through attrition. According to a quarter of respondents, in the fourth quarter, employment grew at their firms, which can be compared with the levels seen in the first half of 2012.

The same percentage of people also mentioned an increase in wages in their firms in the final three months of the year, an increase of 10 percentage points as compared to the previous survey. In the fourth quarter, the overall sales growth remained stable with mixed results across the industries. For example, slowed down growth was recorded in finance, services, real estate and insurance sectors, however an increase in the utilities, transportation, communication and information sectors.

Corporations that have a higher institutional ownership percentage are thought to have better prospects for long term earnings expansion.

High proportion of institutional ownership may result in comparatively big changes in a security’s price, as institutions tend to acquire and sell the same security at the same time. In this article we will discuss top five industrial goods stocks with market volume over two million and intuitional ownership of higher in this sector.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) institutional ownership was 103%. The Los Angeles, California based company has the market capitalization of 1.43 billion while its 77.22 million shares were outstanding. The price to sale ratio was 0.92. Net profit margin of the homebuilder was -3.78% while operating profit margin as -1.40%. Stock volatility for the month was 3.44% while for the week was 5.02%.

Republic Services, Inc (NYSE:RSG) has the market capitalization of 11.35 billion while its 364.70 million shares were outstanding. The company offers 21.69% sales in previous five years. Net profit margin of corporation was 7.84%. Shares of company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 7.54% while 200 days simple moving average with 12.85%.

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc (NYSE:SPR) institutional ownership was 81% while inside ownership was 0.03%. The company has the market capitalization of 2.32 billion. Its EPS was 0.24 while outstanding shares of the company were 143.68 million. Company’s Net profit margin was 0.68% while gross profit margin was 2.50%. The company earned $34 million in pervious twelve months on revenue of $5.19 billion.

Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) has the market capitalization of 6.56 billion while 357.10 million shares were outstanding. Beta factor, which is used to measure risk associated with the stock, was 2.23. Return on equity was booked as -56.86% while return on assets was -6.02%.

McDermott International (NYSE:MDR), which has 3 billion market capitalization, was also among highly institutional owned stocks, its institutional ownership was 90%. The company has price to earnings ratio of 17.58 while its price to book ratio was 1.62. Net profit margin of the company was 5.16% while its operating profit margin was 7.90%. ROE was booked as 9.87% while ROI was 8.90%. Stock volatility was 3.38% and 3.10% for week and month respectively.

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If Beta value is higher than one, so it shows that stock price movement tops market movement. Numerous fast growing, mid and small-capitalization stocks have beta over one. These securities have a tendency to offer superior return for high-risk taken, but some of them are less suitable for long-term investing. Investors also remember that very high beta value may show low liquidity causing lift in volatility.

Beta value knowledge is necessary from a trader’s perspective as numerous experts think that more than 70% of stock price movements are with respect to market changes. In this article we will discuss top five stocks of consumer goods sectors with higher beta value. We also used filter of market capitalization over two million in order to focus on high volume stocks.

Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE:DAN) leads the group of most volatile stocks among consumer goods sector. The corporation has the market capitalization of 2.45 billion while 148.10 million shares were outstanding. Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the security, was recorded as 4.24. Net profit margin of the company was 3.84% while operating profit margin was 5.05%.

Quiksilver, Inc (NYSE:ZQK) has the market capitalization of 1.06 billion. The company has 165.93 million shares outstanding and 54% shares of the company were owned by institutional investors. ZQK has 0.53 value in price to sale ratio while price to book ratio was recorded as 1.83. The company earned $-10.76 million in previous year on revenue of $2.01 billion.

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) has the market capitalization of 3.40 billion while its EPS was booked as 0.77. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has 244.96 million shares outstanding while 80% shares of the company were owned by institutions investors. In the profitability analysis, the company has operating profit margin of 1.92% while net profit margin was 1.25%. Beta value of the company was 2.63; beta is used to measure riskiness of the security.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) was offering 2.92% dividend yield per annum. The auto maker has the market capitalization of 52.16 billion while 3.81 billion shares were outstanding. Ford offered Net profit margin of 13.36% while its operating profit margin was 4.85%. ROE was recorded as 142.46% while beta factor was 2.28.

International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) has beta value of 2.19. The company has the market capitalization of 18.67 billion. Return on assets ratio of the company was 2.54% while its return on equity ratio was 11.17%. ATR value of company was 0.67 while stock volatility for week was 1.14% while for month was 1.63%. Debt to equity ratio of the company was 1.49 and its current ratio was 1.80.

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Profitability ratios are a set of financial metrics that are used to assess a firm’s ability to produce earnings as evaluated against its outlays and other relevant expenses incurred during a specific period of time.
Higher value of the profitability ratios are mostly considered as good. Few examples of profitability ratios are net profit margin, gross profit margin, return on equity and return on assets. It is important to note that background knowledge is necessary to make relevant comparisons when analyzing these ratios. In this article we will discuss top five S&P 500 healthcare stocks with impressive profitability.

Intuitive Surgical, Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) has the market capitalization of 23.10 billion. The healthcare stock has P/B ratio of 7.02 while EPS was 15.96. Institutional ownership of the company was 91% while 39.76 million shares were outstanding. Net profit margin of the ISRG was 30.63% while its operating profit margin was 40.14%. Share of the company moving ahead of SMA 50 with 11.96%. ROE ratio was 22.35% while ROI was 21.71%. Intuitive Surgical is the best healthcare stock according to net profit margin ratio in S&P 500 index.

Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) has return on equity ratio of 28.29% while its beta factor was 0.63. The company has 41.24 billion in market capitalization. Net Profit margin was 30.01% while operating profit margin was 34.25%. Earnings per share of the company were 3.60 while 422.99 million shares were outstanding. The company earned $1.60 billion in previous twelve months.

Amgen, Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) has 83% institutional ownership while its EPS ratio was 5.52. The company has 756 million shares were outstanding while market capitalization of the company was 62.46 billion. PEG ratio of Amgen was 1.34 while Price to book ratio was 3.19. Net profit margin of the corporation was 26.71% while operating profit margin was 33.60%. Stock volatility for the month was booked as 1.65% while for the week was recorded as 1.99%.

Gilead Sciences, Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) has market capitalization of 59.40 billion while its Price to book ratio was 6.91. The company offered EPS of 3.20 while its 757.65 million shares were outstanding. Net profit margin of the company was 26.59% while its operating profit margin was 40.40%. The Foster City, California based company earned $2.49 billion in previous 12 months. ROE ratio was 33.89% while ROA was 14.74%.

Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) offered EPS of 5.76. The healthcare stock has market capitalization of 34.64 billion. The company has 5.20 prices to book ratio while P/E ratio was 25.42. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 20 days simple moving average with 0.62% while lagging behind its SMA 50 with -0.44%. Net Profit margin was 25.62% while gross profit margin was 89.84%.

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The corporation in calculating EPS often uses a weighted average of shares outstanding regarding the reporting term. The one-year earnings per share growth rate is measured as the percentage change in earnings per share.

The probable earnings per share growth rate is measured as the percentage change in this year’s earnings and the median forecast earnings for coming year. In this article we will discuss top five services sector stocks with higher EPS growth in previous five years with market volume over two million.

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd (NYSE:KORS) has the market capitalization of 11.11 billion and the security offered highest EPS growth in earlier five years according to FINVIZ data and its EPS growth ratio in past five years was 43.94%. The return on assets ratio of KORS was 31.16% while its return on investment ratio was 41.59%. The company marked the first rank in services sector by offering highest EPS in past 5 years. Price to sales ratio was 6.53 while 72% of stock was owned by Institutional investors. Michael Kors Holdings earned $242.08 million in previous twelve months.

Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS) offered 93.56% EPS in previous five years and marked the second best place. The Jacksonville, Florida based company has 7.83% return on equity value while its ROI ratio was 4.37%. The company has 11.06 billion market capitalizations and the institutional ownership was 77%. Its price to book ratio was 1.66 while PEG ratio was 1.83. Volatility of the stock was 1.32% for the week while for the month booked as 1.60%.

Another services sector stock of the similar group offering highest past EPS growth is eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY). The company has market capitalization of 69.07 billion. The San Jose, California based online platform has 1.29 billion shares outstanding while EPS ratio in next five years was 14.37% while EPS growth in past 5 year were 51.01%.Company’s price to sale ratio was 4.91 while price to book ratio was 3.47. EBay follows Michael Kors Holdings and Fidelity National in offering high EPS growth in previous 5 years.

Netflix, Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) has market capitalization of 5.74 billion while its P/E ratio was 130.70. The company has the institutional ownership of 97% while the Beta factor, which is used riskiness of the security, was 0.56. The company EPS growth in earlier 5 years was 42.53%. In the liquidity ratio analysis; current ratio was 1.39 while debt to equity ratio was 0.56.

Dollar General Corp (NYSE:DG) has the market capitalization of 14.81 billion and the security offered EPS growth in earlier 5 years of 38.24%. The return on assets (ROA) ratio of DG was 9.27% while its return on investment (ROI) ratio was 11.04%. Price to sales ratio was 0.93 while 110% of shares were owned by Institutional investors. The company earned $927.75 million in earlier 12 months on revenue of $16 billion.

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The company having a problem to meet its short-term debt obligations is at a higher risk of bankruptcy, liquidity ratios are a good indicator of whether a corporation will be able to comfortably continue as a going concern.

Current ratio is the primary ratio and most important in all 3 financial ratios that investor consider. As described earlier, liquidity ratios indicate a firm’s ability to meet its short-term debt obligations using assets that can be easily liquidated.

The current ratio gauges a firm’s current assets against its current liabilities. Usually higher numbers are better, showing that the company has a higher amount of current assets. But at the same time, it shows that the company is not properly utilizing the current assets. Let’s have a quick look of best five Dow Jones Components with higher current ratio.

Cisco Systems, Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) has the market capitalization of 110.80 billion while its P/E ratio was 13.46. The world’s biggest chip maker has average market volume of 38.55 million. The Institutional ownership of the Cisco was 72%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 7.82% while 20 days simple moving average with 2.62%. Debt to equity ratio of Cisco Systems was booked as 0.31 while long term debt to equity ratio was .31. Current ratio of the company was 3.38.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has market capitalization of 228.51 billion. The world’s biggest software maker has price to book ratio of 3.32. The company has 8.42 billion shares outstanding while it offers EPS was $1.85. Current ratio of Redmond, Washington Company was 2.68 and quick ratio was 2.61. The company earned $15.71 billion in previous 12 months on revenue of $72.36 billion.

In liquidity analysis of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), value of debt to equity ratio was 0.26 while long term debt to equity ratio was same as 0.26. The company has market capitalization of 105.34 billion while its Price to book ratio was 2.14. Net profit margin of the Intel was 20.63% while gross profit margin was 62.15%. The stock volatility for the month was 1.77% while for the week 2.14%.

Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE:MRK) offered the $2.20 EPS while its beta factor was 0.30. The drug giant has market capitalization of 131.33 billion and its institutional ownership was 75%. Shares of the drug maker were moving ahead of its 50 days simple moving average with 0.29% while moving ahead of SMA 20 with 2.528%. Current ratio was 2.32 while quick ratio was 1.89. ROE ratio was 12.21% while ROI ratio was 7.84.

3M Co (NYSE:MMM) has market capitalization of 68.73 billion and its beta factor was 0.87. The institutional ownership of conglomerate was 68% while its P/E ratio was 15.88. Current ratio, which shows liquidity position, was 2.20 while quick ratio was booked as 1.62. Net profit margin of company was 15.14% while gross profit margin was 47.58. The company earned $4.41 billion in previous twelve months.

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Dividend yield is considered as Return on investment for income investors who don’t have any interest in capital gains or long-term earnings. Dividend yield is calculated as yearly dividend per share divided by present market value per share.

Market value of stock affect dividend yield ratio of company. In this article we will discuss best 5 dividend paying stocks of Dow Jones Industrial Average index.

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) is the highest dividend yield paying stock among Dow Jones Industrial average index with dividend yield ratio of 5.38%. The telecommunication giant has the market capitalization of 489.94 billion while 5.68 billion shares were outstanding. Beta factor, which is used to measure riskiness of the security, was recorded as 0.56 while its price to earnings ratio was 43.38. AT&T offered net profit margin of 3.68% while its gross profit margin was 51.70%.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) has the market capitalization of 121.41 billion. The telecom company offered yearly dividend yield of 4.84%, which is second best in this blue chip index. Verizon has 2.85 billion shares outstanding while its 55% shares were owned by institutional investors. The price to earnings ratio was booked as 39.66 while price to book ratio was recorded as 3.23. The company made $3.08 billion in earnings during previous 12 months on revenue of $114.24 billion.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has the market capitalization of 105.74 billion while its EPS was booked as 2.13. The world’s biggest chip maker has 4.98 billion shares outstanding while institutions investors own only 63% stake. Dividend yield per annum was 4.24% while P/S ratio was 1.98. The company has operating profit margin of 27.20% while net profit margin was 20.63%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was 2.43 while quick ratio was 2.06.

Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE:MRK) was also among high dividend yield stocks and offered 4% dividend yield per annum. The Whitehouse Station, New Jersey based drug giant has the market capitalization of 130.66 billion while 3.04 billion shares were outstanding. The company offered net profit margin of 14.41% while its gross profit margin was 76.27%. Return on equity ratio was booked as 12.21%.

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) receives the fifth rank in Dow Jones Industrial Average index by offering 3.66% dividend yield. The company has the market capitalization of 43.82 billion. ROA ratio of the company was 5.79% while its ROI ratio was 7.89%. The current ratio was 1.58 while quick ratio was 1.10. Beta factor, which is used to measure risk associated with the security, was 1.51. Shares of the company were lagging behind 50 days simple moving average with 6.42% while 20 days simple moving average with 3.03%.

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Year to date in the context of finance is often offered in financial statements detailing the performance of a business entity. Offering current YTD results, in addition to Year to date results for one or more earlier years as of the same date, allows owners, managers, investors, and other stakeholders to evaluate the firm’s present performance to that of previous periods.

Stock Year to date performance shows the return so far current year. Like fit the year to date return for the security is 8% so it means from the stock hiked 8% from January 1 to current year to date. In this article we will discuss best five year to date performers of financial sector with average market volume over two million.

Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE:GNW) is the best YTD performer with 21.84% value among services sector with market volume over 2 million in financial sector. The Richmond, Virginia based company has the market capitalization of $4.50 billion while its P/B ratio was 0.27. Institutional investors own 76% stake in the company while beta factor, which is used to measure riskiness of the security, was 3.08. Net profit margin of GNW was 4.29% while its operating profit margin was 5.46%.

Second best YTD performer among financial sector is Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS). The year to date performance of financial giants was booked as 17.05% while its market capitalization was 44.19 billion. The institutional ownership of the bank was 61% while its debt to equity ratio was 2.88%. Return on equity was -1.41% while return on assets was booked as -0.03%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of SMA 20 with 14.07% and head off SMA 50 with 24.16%.

Janus Capital Group Inc (NYSE:JNS) has market capitalization of 1.84 billion. Its current ratio was 6.10 while its shares were moving ahead of its 50 days simple moving average with 15.72%. The company offered earning per share of 0.58 while its 187.21 million shares were outstanding. YTD performance of the financial company was 15.38%. Stock volatility for the week was 2.50% while for the month was booked as 2.51%.

Another stock from the similar group Newcastle Investment Corp (NYSE:NCT) has the market capitalization of 1.73 billion. The company EPS was 2.71 while its 172.52 million shares were outstanding. Its institutional ownership was 37%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 20 days simple moving average with 9.06% while its YTD performance was 15.21%. The company earned $391.38 million in previous 12 months.

The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) is the fifth best company according to the YTD performance. Blackstone has market capitalization of 22.01 billion while its P/E ratio was 109.02. Net profit margin of company was 31.13% while its operating profit margin was 12.67%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of SMA 50 average with 16.29% and 20 days simple moving average with 9.73% while YTD performance was 13.73%.

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The Relative Strength Index is an oscillator that gauges present price strength in relation to earlier prices. When relative strength index value goes more than 70 or lower than 30 so it shows that a security is overbought or oversold and vulnerable to a trend reversal.

An investor using relative strength index value should be aware that big boosts and declines in the stock price will affect the RSI by creating false buy or sell signals. In this article we will discuss five technology stocks with higher RSI value and average market volume over two million.

Comverse Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:CMVT) offered -8.67% return on equity while its return on assets was -0.13. The company has the market capitalization of 987.07 million while its beta factor was 1.09, beta factor is used to measure risk linked with stock. The Institutional investors held 88% stock of the New York based company while its 219.35 million shares were outstanding. RSI value for 14 days was booked as 88.13 and higher according to our criteria.

Applied Materials, Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) has market capitalization of 15.15 billion while offered 0.84% Return on assets. The company’s institutional ownership was 79% and its EPS was recorded as 0.06. Its RSI was recorded as 82.10. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 14.08% and head off SMA 20 with 8.79%. Net profit margin of AMAT was 1.25% while gross profit margin was 38%.

Micron Technology, Inc (NASDAQ:MU) has RSI value of 81.86. The technology company has market capitalization of 8.06 billion while its price to sale ratio was 1.01. Micron Technology offered earning per share of -1.12 while its 1.02 billion shares were outstanding. The institutional investors own 85% shares of the company. MU has return on equity ratio of -14.23% while ROA was -5.99%.

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) has return on equity ratio of 6.96% while its return on investment ratio was 5.66%. The company offered 4.81% as return on assets. SNDK has market capitalization of $11.72 billion while its EPS was 1.97. Its RSI value was 80.46 while stock volatility for the month was 2.51%. The company earned $485.08 million in previous twelve months on revenue of $5.09 billion.

Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) has market capitalization of 11.94 billion while offered P/E ratio of 4.68. The Beta factor, which is used as a measure of a company’s volatility in relation to the market, was 2.40 while the PEG ratio of the stock was 0.92. RSI of the world’s biggest hard disk maker was booked as 78.92. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 21.56% while 200 days simple moving average with 25.99%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was booked as 2.09 while quick ratio was 1.78.

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Simple moving average is perhaps the most commonly used variable in technical analysis. Simple moving average data is used to make charts that indicate whether a security’s price is trending up or down.

Simple moving average can be used to track daily, weekly, or monthly patterns. Generally the shorter the time frame used, the more volatile the prices will appear for example, SMA 20 day lines tend to move up and down more than SMA 200 day moving average lines. In this article we will discuss top five basic materials stocks with average market volume over two million and moving ahead of SMA 50.

Hercules Offshore, Inc (NASDAQ:HERO) has market capitalization of 1.07 billion. Shares price of company moving ahead of its 20 days moving average with 7.11% and remote positively to its 50 days moving average with 23.74%. Shares of the company were ahead of SMA 200 with 49.13%. Total outstanding shares were 158.59 million.  Institutional investors own 76% stock of the company. The company earned -$152.08 million in previous 12 months.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc (USA) (NYSE:TC) has the market capitalization of 705.28 million. Its 168.73 million shares were outstanding. Shares of the company were moving ahead of its 50 days moving average with 21.11% and remote positively to its 200 days moving average with 17.18%. Price to book ratio of the company was 0.37 while its price to cash ratio was 1.96. Beta, which measures the risk associated with the stock, was 2.69.

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC) is the thirds best stock in basic materials sector who’s shares moving ahead of SMA 50. SWC has the market capitalization of 1.64 billion while its EPS was $0.49. Total outstanding shares were 116.81 million while institutions own 73% stock. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 17.97% and remote positively to its 200 days moving average with 33.71%. ROE ratio of the company was 7.06% and ROA ratio was 4.53%.

Cheniere Energy, Inc (NYSEAMEX:LNG) has 4.54 billion market capitalizations while 223.34 million shares were outstanding. The beta factor for the stock was 0.93 and ATR value was 0.50. Institutional investors own 76.60% stake in the LNG. The company shares were ahead of SMA 50 with 17.21% while head off SMA 200 with 29.50%. Stock volatility for the week was booked as 1.63% while for the month was 2.67%.

Finally let’s have a quick look on last stock of the group LyondellBasell Industries NV (NYSE:LYB). Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 17.09% while SMA 200 with 39.20%. ROE ratio of the company was 17% while ROI was 10.365%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was 2.78 while quick ratio was 1.69. The company earned $2.24 billion in previous twelve months on revenue of $45.24 billion. The company will report financial results for current quarter on Feb 01.

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For most of profitability ratios, having a superior value relative to a rival’s ratio or the similar ratio from an earlier quarter is indicative that the firm is doing well.

Few examples of profitability ratios are profit margin, return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). It is vital to note that a little bit of background knowledge is essential in order to make relevant evaluation when analyzing these ratios. In this article we will discuss profitability ratios of top five services sector stocks with higher average market volume.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc (NYSE:WMT) offered net profit margin of 3.73% and return on equity ratio of 23.52%. The world’s biggest retail store chain has return on assets ratio of 8.64%. The Bentonville, Arkansas based company has the market capitalization of 231.52 billion while its P/E ratio of 14.24. Institutional ownership of the security was 31% while its 3.35 billion shares were outstanding.

Visa Inc (NYSE:V) has market capitalization of 106.56 billion and offered 5.73% return on assets. The financial services company has institutional ownership of 84.08% and its price to earnings ratio was 85.67. PEG ratio, which measures growth also, was 4.57. Net profit margin of the company was 20.55% while gross profit margin was 82.24%.

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has market capitalization of 131.81 billion while its Price to earnings ratio was 3594.36. The world’s biggest online retail store company offered earning per share of 0.07 and its 452.96 million shares were outstanding while the 68% stock of the company was held by institutional investors. The company has return on equity ratio of 0.52 while ROA was 0.76%. Net profit margin of the company was 0.28%.

In the profitability analysis of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), return on equity ratio was recorded as 12.50% while its return on investment ratio was 6.01%. The company offered 4.79% as return on assets. The company has market capitalization of $104.11 billion while its EPS was 2.19. Net profit margin was 12.39% while gross profit margin was 31.81%.

The Home Depot, Inc (NYSE:HD) has market capitalization of 95.48 billion while its Price to earnings ratio was 22.60. The company has return on equity ratio of 24.15 while ROA was 10.31%. Net profit margin of the company was 5.91% while its gross profit margin was 34.57%. Shares of the company was moving ahead of SMA 50 with 1.63% and head off SMA 200 with 14.37%.

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Generally P/E ratio is higher for a corporation with a higher growth rate. Just P/E ratio would make high-growth firms appear overvalued relative to others.

PEG is a widely used indicator of a security’s potential value. PEG ratio is favored by many over the P/E ratio as it also accounts for growth. Same like the Price to earnings ratio, a lower PEG shows that the security is more undervalued. In this article we will discuss top five undervalued stocks of S&P 500.

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) has the market capitalization of 123.16 billion while its P/E ratio was 3634.06. The Institutional ownership of world’s biggest online retail store was 68%. The price to earning to growth ratio was recorded as 124.42 and lower among all S&P 500 stocks. The Seattle, Washington based company has net profit margin of 0.28% while its gross profit margin was 23.74%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of SMA 50 with 9.98 while head of SMA 20 with 5.11%.

Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:EA) has PEG ratio of 104.13 while its price to earnings ratio was 1493.86. The gamer maker has 305.14 million shares outstanding while offers EPS of $0.01. Beta factor which is a measure of risk was booked as 1.22. Previous week performance of stock was 6.10% while YTD performance was 0.62%. The company earned $15 million on $4.10 billion sales.

Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) has market capitalization of 22.43 billion while its price to earnings ratio was 113.49. The company has earning per share of 0.40 while its 496.45 million shares were outstanding. The PEG ratio of NEM was 90.38 while its P/S ratio was 2.19. The ROE ratio was recorded as 1.56%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was recorded as 2.07 while quick ratio was 1.50. The company earned $212 million on revenue of $10.16 billion.

Host Hotels and Resorts Inc (NYSE:HST) offered the $0.02 EPS while its beta factor was 2.30. The company has market capitalization of 12.16 billion while its institutional ownership was 106%. Host Hotels and Resorts has PEG ratio of 77.18 while price to sale ratio was 2.33. The company offered dividend yield of 2.15%. EPS growth for the last five years was booked as -27.10%.

Staples, Inc (NASDAQ:SPLS) has market capitalization of 8.33 billion while its P/E ratio was 493.61. The company has the institutional ownership of 96% while its Beta, which is used as a measure of a stock’s volatility in relation to the market, was 0.95. The PEG ratio of the company was 65.50. The company earned $32.92 million on sales of $24.27 billion. Return on equity ratio was booked as 0.49% while return on investment was 0.37%.

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These large corporations or intuitional investors invest billions of dollars after strong market research. It is incorrect to suppose that institutional investors and individual investors share same goals.

Institutions usually have performance goals to meet that push them to trade much more frequently than is usually prudent for individual investors. In this article we will discuss intuitional ownership overview of five industrial goods giants.

Institutional ownership owns 56% stake in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE). The industrial goods giant has the market capitalization of 221.47 billion while its 10.49 billion shares were outstanding. The Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the stock, was 1.60. Net profit margin of General Electric was 9.90% while operating profit margin as 11.38%. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 50 days simple moving average with 0.95% while SMA 20 with 0.23%.

Cemex SAB de CV (ADR) (NYSE:CX) has the market capitalization of 11.36 billion while its 1.09 billion shares were outstanding. The company earned -$1246.60 million in previous 12 month on sales of $15.83 billion. Net profit margin of company was -8.32% while operating profit margin was 5.94%. Shares of company were moving ahead of SMA 20 with 4.19% while ahead of SMA 50 with 11.17. Intuitional investors own 47% stake in the company.

PulteGroup, Inc (NYSE:PHM) institutional ownership was 84% while inside ownership was 0.68%. The company has the market capitalization of 7.38 billion. Its EPS was 0.42 while outstanding shares of the company were 386.32 million. PulteGroup has net profit margin of 3.57% while operating profit margin was 2.73%. Stock volatility for the week was 2.78% while for the month was 3.10%.

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has the market capitalization of 57.72 billion while 754.08 million shares were outstanding. Beta factor, which is used to measure risk associated with the stock, was 1.21. Return on equity of the world’s biggest air plane maker was recorded as 63.62%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was recorded as 1.25 while quick ratio was 0.40.

Gafisa SA (ADR) (NYSE:GFA), which has 1.06 billion market capitalization, has institutional ownership 17%. The company has P/B ratio of 0.82 while P/S ratio was 0.69. Net profit margin of Gafisa was -32.25% while its gross profit margin was 11.21%. ROE was booked as -34.60% while ROI was -15.02%. Shares of the company showed 5.81% year to date performance while performance for the half year was recorded as 119.64%.

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Generally price volatility can be caused by factors that generate wild swings in demand and supply. One of these factors is seasonality.

The prices of few companies are highly volatile. This volatility makes the company’s stock a more risky investment. Investors demand a higher return due to the higher risk. Corporations with highly volatile stocks require grow profitably, indicating a dramatic boost in earnings and stock price over time. In this article we will discuss highly volatile five stocks of NASDAQ stock exchange with market volume over 2 million.

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) has net profit margin of -243.96% while return on assets ratio was -120.33%. The Tustin, California based has the market capitalization of 278.33 million while its P/S ratio of 17.68. Institutional ownership of the company was 11% while its 132.54 million shares were outstanding. Stock volatility for the week was booked as 20.18% while for the month was 11.43%, higher in all Nasdaq components with average market volume over two million.

OCZ Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ:OCZ) has market capitalization of 131.24 million and offered -7.77% Return on equity. The company’s institutional ownership was 50.80% and its price to sales ratio was 0.32. Stock volatility for the week was 5.82% while for the month was booked as 7.37%. Net profit margin of company was -3.66% while gross profit margin was 23.70%. The company earned -$14.83 million in previous 12 months on sales of $405.60 million. OCZ Technology was second highly volatile stock according to our selected criteria.

Star Scientific, Inc (NASDAQ:STSI) has market capitalization of 380.34 million while its Price to sales ratio was 79.53. The company offered EPS of -0.24 while its 146.28 million shares were outstanding while the 31% stock of the company was held by institutional investors. Stock volatility of STSI was recorded as 8.81% and 6.76% for week and month respectively.

NII Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:NIHD) has return on equity ratio of -2.29% while its return on investment ratio was -0.97%. The company offered -0.76% as return on assets. NIHD has market capitalization of $1.09 billion while its EPS was -0.41. Stock volatility was 4.81% for week and 6.43% for month. Shares of the company were moving ahead of SMA 50 with 2.83% while lagging behind 20 days simple moving average with -6.82%.

Finally let’s have a quick look on Pacific Ethanol Inc (NASDAQ:PEIX). The company has market capitalization of 49.91 million. The Beta factor, which is used as a measure of a stock’s volatility in relation to the market, was 1.93 while the P/S ratio of the stock was 0.06. Stock volatility was recorded as 4.74% and 6.12% for week and month respectively. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio of the company was 1.11 while quick ratio was 0.88.

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On the other hand, dividend yields can be high when a firm is facing financial trouble and the corporation may lower the dividend in the near future.

Dividend yield lifts as the price per share declines and dividend yield falls as the share price moves up. IN this article we will discuss top five dividend yield paying blue chip stocks. Blue chip stocks are the components of Dow Jones Industrial Average, a key U.S. index.

AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) is the best dividend yield paying stock among Dow Jones industrial average index with dividend yield ratio of 5.25%. Major U.S. Telecom Company has the market capitalization of 194.65 billion while 5.68 billion shares were outstanding. Beta factor, which is used to measure riskiness of the security, was recorded as 0.56 while its price to earnings ratio was 44.46. AT&T offered net profit margin of 3.68% while its gross profit margin was 51.70%.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) has the market capitalization of 123.57 billion. The company offered yearly dividend yield of 4.76%, which is second best in this index. Verizon has 2.85 billion shares outstanding while its 55% stock was held by institutional investors. The price to earnings ratio was booked as 40.37 while price to book ratio was recorded as 3.28. The corporation made $3.08 billion in earnings during previous 12 months on $114.24 billion of sales.

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) has the market capitalization of 109.47 billion while its EPS was booked as 2.29. The world’s biggest chip maker has 4.98 billion shares outstanding while institutions investors own only 63% shares. Dividend yield per annum was 4.09% while P/S ratio was 2.04. The company has operating profit margin of 29.63% while net profit margin was 22.13%. In the liquidity analysis, current ratio was 1.93 while quick ratio was 1.48.

Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE:MRK) was also among high dividend yield paying blue chip stocks and offered 3.98% dividend yield per annum. The New Jersey based company has the market capitalization of 131.42 billion while 3.04 billion shares were outstanding. The company offered net profit margin of 14.41% while its gross profit margin was 76.27%. ROE was booked as 12.21% while ROA was 6.48. Shares of the company were moving ahead of 20 days simple moving average with +1.91%.

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) gets the fifth rank in blue chip stocks by offering 3.73% dividend yield. The company has the market capitalization of 43.03 billion. ROA ratio of the company was 5.79% while its ROI ratio was 7.89%. In the liquidity analysis, the current ratio was 1.58 while quick ratio was 1.10. Beta factor, which is used to measure risk associated with the security, was 1.46.

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