While DCA does result in your average cost per share being lower than the average
price of the shares over time, in a bear market you can still suffer temporary setbacks.
Not exact matches
Combine that with a sparkling balance sheet and its history
of never cutting its dividend — the yield is now 2.5 % — and its beaten - down
share price (down by a third
over the past two years) looks like an opportunity to pick up a high - quality bargain.
One
of the outcomes
of the much ballyhooed housing summit earlier this week between Sousa, his federal counterpart Bill Morneau and Toronto mayor John Tory was a commitment to «
sharing relevant data more regularly between governments to enhance understanding,» a move that seems comically late after
prices in the region have surged double - digits
over the past few months.
The
price of Lucara
shares has been on a tear ever since, popping 150 %
over the past six months.
The
share prices of big entertainment companies have been extremely volatile
over the past year as investors try to assess the winners and losers in the changing video ecosystem.
Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) Akorn's failure to comply with FDA data integrity requirements would jeopardize Fresenius» acquisition
of Akorn; (ii) the Company lacked effective internal controls
over financial reporting; and (iii) as a result
of the foregoing, Akorn
shares traded at artificially inflated
prices during the Class Period, and class members suffered significant losses and damages.
In 2013, for example, Magnetar and several other hedge funds sued
over the acquisition by 3M (mmm)
of biometrics company Cogent, seeking about 55 % more money for their
shares in the target, which they claimed were
priced too low.
The company said in February that it planned to buy back up to $ 5 billion
of stock
over 2018 - 2020 to
share the benefits
of higher oil
prices with investors.
Apple's stock dipped at the start
of 2016 due to concerns
over a slowdown in iPhone sales, though
share prices have since rebounded into positive territory for the year amid investor optimism for the company's new line
of products.
Over the past two years, Groupon's stock
price has gone from $ 26 a
share on its first day
of trading in November 2011 to less than $ 3 a
share a year later.
Over most
of that period, producers alternated losses with profits, their capital allocation was suspect and
share prices barely budged.
Sanofi said on Monday it would pay 45 euros per
share in cash for Ablynx, a premium
of 21.2 percent
over its closing
price on Friday - and more than double the
price before Novo went public with its initial offer.
NEW YORK, April 13 - Oil
prices extended recent gains and a gauge
of global stocks eased on Friday as concern
over a broader conflict in Syria left investors nervous, while U.S. bank
shares led Wall Street lower.
However analysts point to a bounce in Teva's
shares over the past four months and a slowing in the rate
of decline
of U.S. generic drug
prices as bright spots.
Shareholders approved the sale, which paid them $ 13.65 in cash for each
share of common stock, a 37 % premium
over the recent average closing
price.
Exploration firm Red River Resources has seen its
share price jump by
over 80 per cent after it entered into a $ 6.5 million agreement with the administrators
of collapsed explorer Kagara, for the sale
of its projects in northern Queensland.
When you purchase a broad swath
of equities, say an S&P 500 index fund, the returns you can expect
over the next decade or so comprise four building blocks: the starting dividend yield, projected growth in real earnings per
share, expected inflation, and the expected change in «valuation» — that is, the expansion or contraction in the
price / earnings (P / E) multiple.
Over the past five
of years, CCL's
share price has shot up nearly 600 %.
Nokia will pay 0.55
share for every
share of Alcatel - Lucent, offering shareholders a premium
of around 28 percent to the weighted average
share price over the past three months, Nokia said.
Under the Osmere deal, Infobank will take up to 43 million
shares at a
price of 40 cents per
share — representing a 33.3 per cent premium
over the 30 cent issue
price of a $ 7.5 million placement and rights issue announced during February.
The exact
share exchange ratio will be determined by looking at the volume - weighted average stock
price of the companies
over the last few months, one
of the sources added.
Sanofi said on Monday it would pay 45 euros per
share in cash for Ablynx, a premium
of 21.2 %
over its closing
price on Friday — and more than double the
price before Novo went public with its initial offer.
It's down about 14 % to $ 2.45 on Thursday at the time
of publishing, a far cry from the company's stock
price of over $ 14 per
share in 2012.
While still shy
of the initial $ 38
share price at its IPO
over one year ago, investors finally have reason to feel good about its prospects.
If Netflix sees high revenue increases
over the next couple
of years, based on strong subscriber growth, customer retention, and low marketing spend, he predicts the
share price could reach $ 480.
Market
share had grown from 14 percent to 21 percent, and the stock
price was
over $ 40 (it is holding at $ 78 as
of this writing).
It seems that Netflix investors might be coming down from their cloud
of «euphoria» (as CEO Reed Hastings put it)
over the company's
share price.
From Thursday's close
of $ 17.49,
shares would need to climb more than 14 percent to hit the 20 strike
price over the next month.
Microsoft Corp., which is in Redmond, Washington, is paying $ 196 for each
share of LinkedIn Corp., a 50 per cent premium
over the stock's closing
price of $ 131.08 on Friday.
In preparation for testimony before the House
of Commons finance committee in Ottawa on March 10, I pulled together some thoughts on three aspects
of the impact
of the oil -
price crash on oil sands projects and policies, and I thought I'd
share them with you here
over this and the next couple
of posts.
After a healthy run earlier this year,
shares of Salesforce took a hit in June, falling 8 percent before finding a floor
of support at the stock's 50 - day moving average, a technical indicator that smooths out a stock's random
price fluctuations
over a given time.
On Thursday, the
shares were dropping again, down 6 % and back around the original IPO
price, thanks to growing resentment
over an ugly redesign
of Snap's app.
Louisiana - Pacific said it will pay C$ 3.76 per
share for all
of the remaining common
shares in the Canadian lumber company, resulting in an approximate 30 per cent premium
over the company's closing
price of C$ 2.89 on Sept. 3.
«I think there's a lot
of focus upon the top line in the bank and
over near - term we have been fairly flat on the top line, but if you look back
over the last nine months, actually the top line is up about 5 percent,» Halford said about the
share price move.
In what might represent the concerns
over Proton, Citi, for one, noted that the deal would improve the valuation
of the seller, raising its target
price for DRB - Hicom's
shares to 2.30 ringgit from 1.86 ringgit, keeping a Buy / High Risk call on the stock.
Nintendo
shares tumbled 5.75 percent to 23,750 yen at the close
of trade, and commentators said the higher than expected retail
price of the console fanned concerns
over the product's viability.
For that reason, Northrop
shares edged up only 0.3 % in early trading Monday, suggesting that, while the deal made lots
of sense
over the long term, the
price is pretty full and the buyer has less practice than some at integrating new businesses, especially big ones.
Wells Fargo downgraded the company to market underperform, and put a
price target
of $ 7 a
share on it,
over a buck above its current
price — always lagging behind, always keeping that optimism going.
Lastly, the
price paid by Northrop — $ 134.50 a
share — is some 22 % above Orbital's closing
price Friday, and Orbital had already risen
over 20 % this year, thanks to expectations
of a windfall from the Trump administration's pledge to overhaul the strategic arsenal.
Apollo said it will pay $ 17.12 per
share in cash for ClubCorp, a 30.7 percent premium
over its closing
price on Friday, but less than the 12 - month high
of $ 17.50 the
shares reached in February, on investor expectations that a sale process first reported by Reuters in January would be successful.
A test for the
shares looms on Wednesday, when Mylan CEO Heather Bresch testifies before the U.S. House
of Representatives Oversight Committee
over price increases
of EpiPen, an auto - injector
of allergy medicine.
Redstone and daughter Shari have been trying to get rid
of Dauman for months, arguing that he has failed to build value at the company and has presided
over a huge drop in the
share price (VIAB).
Instead, if the investor is purchasing $ 5,000 worth
of stock at a warrant - conversion
price of $ 2,000, the company subtracts the cost
of the conversion and actually turns
over only $ 3,000 worth
of shares to its investor.
Shares of Mylan (myl) are trading at historically low valuations as the company's chief executive officer is set to face a congressional grilling on Wednesday
over the
price of its EpiPen emergency allergy treatment.
That may explain why Japan's Suntory jumped ahead
of a number
of European suitors, including France's Pernod Ricard, to bid for Beam last month — offering to pay Beam stockholders $ 83.50 per
share, a 25 % premium
over the stock's then - market
price of around $ 67, in addition to assuming some $ 2.4 billion in company debt.
But interest from the underwriters was such that the same
shares were offered instead at $ 18 — and doubled in
price over their first two weeks
of trading.
The purchase gave another boost to the company's
share price, which had already gone from $ 40 to
over $ 60 in 2014, with a full year total stockholder return
of 64 %.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount
of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability
of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market
share and
price erosion caused by the introduction
of generic versions
of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect
of lowering
prices or reducing the number
of insured patients; the possibility
of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels
of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits
of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages
of these products
over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development
of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its
share repurchase program due to changes in its stock
price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate
of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
If the participant sells the ISO
shares prior to the expiration
of these holding periods, the participant recognizes ordinary income at the time
of disposition equal to the excess if any,
of the lesser
of (1) the aggregate fair market value
of the ISO
shares at the date
of exercise and (2) the amount received for the ISO
shares,
over the aggregate exercise
price previously paid by the participant.
The company's
share price has climbed steadily
over the course
of the year, a trend lofted by expectations
of increased defense spending under the new administration as well as strong demand for its Pratt & Whitney jet engines and other aerospace parts.