Tuesday, February 17, 2015

2/17/15 Tues. am Walmart Reports Thurs.


 
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by Dan Kolber

Post No. 3,055 The following is brought to you by Intellivest Securities Research, Inc. Toward the end of this Blog is a list of the Dow 30 current CEOs, and a   recent ranking of the Dow 30 components by market capitalization  and a summary of recent Dow 30 components'  SEC filings. The stock market is closed today due to President's Day.

A  read of the print editions of  Tuesday's Investor's Business Daily, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, USA Today,  Atlanta Journal & Constitution & Daily Report (Ga. - carries Bloomberg) yielded the following stories about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 component companies and the Dow with stories about the Dow aggregated first and then items about Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 companies presented alphabetically, followed by a separate table of Dow component's symbol and Friday's  closing   stock prices and related data in alphabetical order.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at 18019.35 up 46.97 or 0.26% from Thursday's close of 17972.38. For the week the Dow is up195.06  or 1.09%  from last Friday's close of 17824.29. For the year the Dow is up 1.10%.  Of the Dow components 16  gained   and 14  declined. The  biggest gainer dollar-wise  was  Chevron up $1.92 and percentage-wise was Caterpillar up 1.92%. The  biggest decliner dollar-wise  and percentage-wise was American Express down $2.48 and 2.98%.

IBD pB9 "Stocks up as moves hint at exit from safe havens" by Paul Whitfield says stocks percolated in lower vol Friday but ended with a nice splash to close high in the day's price range as the action was up in fading vol while the current outlook is a confirmed uptrend.


As of the open of  the market on Tuesday the current divisor for the Dow Jones Industrial Average found at page C6 of  Tuesday's Wall St. Journal is 0.15571590501117.  Tuesday's trailing P/E   ratio is 16.96 up  from Friday's   trailing P/E ratio of 16.91 (last year it was 15.85).  Tuesday's P/E estimate is 16.73 up from Friday's P/E estimate of 16.64 (year ago it was 14.25) and  Tuesday's dividend yield is 2.45 down from  Friday's dividend yield of 2.57  (last year it was 2.18). The Dow's all-time high was 18053.71 on December 26,  2014. The 12 year low close for the Dow was on March 9, 2009 when it fell to 6,547.05.

Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average numerator is 2805.90 up 7.31 from  Thursday's   numerator of 2798.59.  This is the sum of all 30 closing prices. A short cut to the Dow numerator is to multiply the closing Dow by the Divisor. Now, if you divide the Dow numerator change for today by the divisor (0.15571590501117) you get the change in today's Dow. A dollar increase or decrease in a Dow stock results in a $6.42 change in the Dow Index.

The average closing price (the closing numerator divided by 30) of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $93.53 up 24 cents  from Thursday's  average closing price of $93.29.  The median closing price of  Friday's Dow Jones Industrial Average was $88.97  (PG/NKE) up $3.02 from Thursday's median closing price of $85.95 (WMT/XOM.  The lowest volume was  3M and the highest volume was Cisco.

If  Friday morning before the market opened you had purchased 100 shares of each of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 shares (assuming you could buy fractional shares and assuming no transaction costs or dividends) and sold at the close you would have made  $731  ($280,590 - $279,859 ).

2/13/15 Fri. 4:15 pm MarketWatch by Anora Mahmudova  & Sarah Sjolin says U.S. stocks posted small gains on Friday, but they were enough to lift them into record territory. The S&P 500 and Russell 2,000 closed at record levels, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 18,000 for the first time this year. It was also banner day for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite, which ended at its highest level since March 2000.Friday’s move higher helped the main indexes finished with weekly gains for a second straight weekhe S&P 500 SPX, +0.41%  closed near its intraday record, adding 8.51 points, or 0.4%, to 2,096.99. Over the week, the benchmark index gained 2%. Six of the 10 main sectors finished with gains on Friday. The energy sector rallied as hope that oil prices have bottomed persisted amid a rally in the commodity. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.26%  added 46.97 points, or 0.3%, to 1,8019.35, with half of its 30 components ending with gains. The blue-chip index gained 1.1% over the week. American Express was leading the decliners for the second day in a row, as its price target was cut by analysts after the credit-card company announced the end of an important business relationship with Costco.The Nasdaq Composite COMP, +0.75% outperformed other indexes, adding 36.22 points, or 0.8%, to 4,893.84. The index gained more than 3% over the past week.The Russell 2000 RUT, +0.56%  added 6.86 points, or 0.6%, to 1,223.12 and gained 1.5% over the week.Randy Frederick, managing director of trading and derivatives at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, said he was troubled to see the record levels occur so soon.“Options market is signalling some warnings signs. Namely, the open interest in put/call ratio is at very high levels. That indicates that either investors are very nervous or they are positioning for a sharp pullback,” Frederick said.“The only reason the market rose to record highs is because investors think oil is stabilizing after a few weeks of pick-up in prices and I think that reaction was overly positive. This development is troubling,” he said.Markets brushed off disappointing numbers from the University of Michigan consumer-confidence report earlier.
Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors, said that the disappointing reading on consumer sentiment is the result of a uptick in energy prices.“It appears that consumers are not ready to believe that low gasoline prices will last, since they have been bouncing. Poor retail sales over the past two months, including Christmas shopping season, confirm that. Consumers will need more time to finally start spending,” Orlando said.Orlando said that stock still have room to move higher, despite their already-high valuations. “Given low interest rates and low inflation, price-to-earnings valuations should be higher than they are right now, so we expect the S&P 500 rise to 2,350 by the end of the year. The fourth-quarter earnings came in better than expected, even on the backdrop of lower consumer confidence,” Orlando said. Data: In economic news, consumer sentiment slipped in February to a three-month low, according to media reports citing the University of Michigan index released Friday. Separately, the prices the U.S. paid for imported goods fell sharply again in January mainly because of much cheaper oil, a trend that is keeping inflation under wraps. The drop was less than expected, however, while export prices also decreased.Weekly Baker Hughes BHI, +3.09%  rig-count number turned out to be a nonevent, as markets didn't react to news. Total rotary rig count in the U.S. fell by 98 to 1,358 as of Feb 12. Oil futures CLH5, +2.81%  were already up sharply and held their gains after the report, settling up 3.1% at $52.78 a barrel. Earnings: Reporting ahead of the bell, food company J.M. Smucker Co. SJM, +1.33% said sales slipped in the fiscal third quarter, dented by weak volumes in the company’s U.S. retail-coffee segment. Shares dropped initially, but recovered and rose 1.1%.Movers and shakers: Zynga Inc. ZNGA, -15.79%  slumped 16% after the games-maker said late Thursday its fourth-quarter loss widened significantly more than expected and its revenue forecasts fell short of expectations.Groupon Inc. GRPN, +6.84%  jumped 6.3% as investors looked past the company’s weak outlook and focused on news that its Ticket Monster business is a target for acquisition by several companies.CBS Corp. CBS, +3.57%  rose 3.8% after it said late Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with the same period a year ago, but revenue rose.CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR, +14.95%  rallied 16% after a solid fourth-quarter report released late Thursday. Other markets: European stock markets posted solid gains after better-than-expected fourth-quarter economic-growth numbers, and as Greece and its creditors showed signs of warming up to each other in the deadlock over debt payments.Asian markets closed mostly higher, with the Hong Kong market posting its biggest gain in three weeks. Gold prices GCG5, +0.60%  rose 0.5% to $1,227.10, while the dollar DXY, +0.00%  was flat. 10-year U.S. Treasurys TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.00%  fell, sending yield up 4 basis points to 2.03%.

Tuesday's Dow News followed by Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:

AT&T:  No mentions found.

American Express: 

Boeing:  No mentions found.

Caterpillar:  No mentions found.

Chevron:  No mentions found.

Cisco: No mentions found.

Coke:  No mentions found.

Disney:  No mentions found.

DuPont:  No mentions found.

Exxon:   WSJ pC8 "Oil's black swans appearing on the horizon" by Liam Denning says Exxon sees global demand hitting 117 mil barrels a day in 2040.

GE:  No mentions found.

Goldman Sachs:  No mentions found.

Home Depot:  No mentions found.

Intel: No mentions found.

IBM: No mentions found.

Johnson & Johnson:  No mentions found.

McDonald's:  No mentions found.

Merck:  No mentions found.

Microsoft:  No mentions found.

Nike:  No mentions found.

Pfizer:  No mentions found.

Procter & Gamble:  No mentions found.

3M:  No mentions found.

Travelers:  No mentions found.

United Technologies:  No mentions found.

UnitedHealth:  No mentions found.

Verizon:  No mentions found.

Visa:   IBD pA2 "Card issuers debut new tech", WSJ pB2 "MasterCard and Visa to beef up security" by Chelsey Dulaney,  Sat. AJC pA14 "Visa wants to track phones to stop fraud" by Ken Sweet, AP says Visa will roll out a feature this spring that will allow its cardholders to inform their banks where they are automatically using the location function in their smartphones.

Walmart:    WSJ pC2 "The Ticker" says Thursday Walmart reports with estimates of $1.54 per Share vs. $1.60 a year ago.

Friday's Closing Dow Numbers:
Symbol Last Sale Change % Change Share Volume Market
T▲ NYSE
AXP▼ NYSE
BA▲ NYSE
CAT▲ NYSE
CVX▲ NYSE
CSCO▼ NASDAQ-GS
KO▼ NYSE
DIS▲ NYSE
DD▼ NYSE
XOM▲ NYSE
GE▲ NYSE
GS▼ NYSE
HD▼ NYSE
INTC▲ NASDAQ-GS
IBM▲ NYSE
JPM▲ NYSE
JNJ▲ NYSE
MCD▲ NYSE
MRK▼ NYSE
MSFT▲ NASDAQ-GS
NKE▲ NYSE
PFE▼ NYSE
PG▼ NYSE
MMM▲ NYSE
TRV▼ NYSE
UTX▲ NYSE
UNH▼ NYSE
VZ▼ DualListed
V▼ NYSE
WMT▼ NYSE
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  Here are the current CEOs of the Dow 30 Companies:

AT&T T Randall L. Stephenson (Dallas, TX)

American Express AXP Kenneth I. Chenault (NY, NY)

Boeing BA W. James McNerney, Jr. (Chicago, Ill)

Caterpillar CAT Douglas Oberhelman (Peoria, Ill.)

Chevron CVX John Watson (San Ramon, CA)

Cisco CSCO John Chambers (San Jose, CA)

Coca Cola KO Muhtar Kent (Atlanta, GA)

Disney DIS Robert Iger (Burbank, CA)

DuPont DD Ellen Kullman (Wilmington, DE)

ExxonMobil XOM Rex W. Tillerson (Irving, Tx)

GE Jeffrey R. Immelt (Fairfield, CT)

Goldman Sachs GS Lloyd Blankfein (NY, NY)

Home Depot HD Craig Menear (Atlanta, GA)

Intel INTC Brian M. Krzanich (Santa Clara, CA)

IBM Virginia M. Rometty (Armonk, NY)

JPMorgan Chase JPM Jamie Dimon (NY, NY)

Johnson & Johnson JNJ Alex Gorsky (New Brunswick, NJ)

McDonald's MCD Donald Thompson (to be replaced by Steve Easterbrook on 3/1) (Oak Brook, Ill)

Merck MRK Kenneth Frazier (Whitehouse Station, N.J.)

Microsoft MSFT Satya Nadella (Redmond, WA)

Nike NKE Mark Parker (Beaverton, OR)

Pfizer PFE Ian Read (NY, NY)

Procter & Gamble PG A. G. Lafley (Cincinnati, OH)

3M MMM Inge Thulin (St. Paul, MN)

Travelers TRV Jay S. Fishman (NY, NY)

UnitedHealth UNC Stephen Hemsley (Minnetonka, MN)

United Technologies UTX Greg Hayes (Hartford, CT)

Verizon VZ Lowell McAdam (NY, NY)

Visa V Charles W. Scharf (San Francisco, CA)

Wal-Mart WMT Doug McMillon (Bentonville, ARK)
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Here are the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30 as of 1/2/15  ranked in order of market capitalization in billions:

1. Exxon Mobil XOM $370.18
2. Microsoft MSFT 331.43
3. Johnson & Johnson JNJ 280.3
4. Wal-Mart WMT 273.91
5. GE 240.09
6. Procter & Gamble PG 227.63   
7.  JPMorgan Chase JPM 202.89
8. Pfizer PFE 196.90
9.  Chevron CVX 193.83
10. Verizon VZ 189.93
11. Coke KO 180.33
12.  Merck MRK 171.85
13.AT&T T 170.76
14. Visa V 160.15
15. Intel INTC 157.57  
16. Disney DIS 154.24
17. IBM 151.93
18. Home Depot HD 137.61 
19. Cisco CSCO 134.82
20. UnitedHealth UNH 103.38
21.  3M MMM 103.08 
22. United Technologies UTX 102.73  
23. Boeing BA 102.79 
24. McDonald's MCD 89.96   
25. American Express AXP 82.95
26. Nike NKE 79.70
27. Goldman Sachs GS 77.84
28. DuPont DD 64.44
29. Caterpillar CAT 48.45
30. Travelers TRV 33.13
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Here are the latest 8K, 10Q & 10K & Proxy & certain other SEC filings as of 1/2/15  for the prior 90 day period:

Symbol & Co. Name/Date of Filing/Form Filed/ Comments

AT&T T:
1/30/15 8K re: results of FCC wireless licenses auction
1/28/15 8K, 1/27/15 8K & 1/16/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/31/14
1/22/15 8K re: credit agreement
12/19/14 8K re: amendment to Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan
12/2/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/10/14 2 10/A's & 10Q re: qtr. ended 9/10/14
11/10/14 8K re: closing of sale of Global Notes
11/7/14 8K re: increased of Board to 15 & election of William E. Kennardd & agrmt to buy Mexican wireless firm GSF telecom

American Express AXP:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Q fin'l results
1/15/15 8K re: delinq. & write-off delinq. stats. for 3 mos ended 12/31/14.
12/15/14 8K re: Delinq. & write-off stats for 3 mos. ended 11/30
12/5/14 8K re: issuance of Sub. Notes
12/4/14 8K re: retirement of Director Richard A. McGinn
11/17/14 8K re: delinq. & write off stats for 3 mos. ended 10/31
11/12/14 8K re: issuance of Series B Preferred Shares

Boeing BA:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/19/14 8K re: retirement of Shephard W. Hill, Pres. of Boeing Int'l & Sr. VP, Bus. Dev/Strategy
12/15/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div & authorization of $12 bil share buyback

Caterpillar CAT:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/26/15 8K re: 3 mos ended 12/31/14 retail sales stats
12/18/14 8K re: retirement of Group VPs Stuart L. Levenick & Steven H. Wunning
12/18/14 8K & 11/20/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: retail sales of machines & power systems
12/11/14 8K re: retirement of director Peter A. Magowan

Chevron CVX:
1/30/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/12/14 8K re: election of Alexander B. Cummings Jr. to Board
11/18/14 8K re: issuance of Floating Rate Notes
11/7/14 10Q for Qtr ended 9/30/14

Cisco CSCO:
12/19/14 & 12/18/14 8Ks re: Pre-arranged stock trading plan for execs
11/24/14 8K re: amendment to employee stock purchase plan
11/12/14 8K; 11/14/14 8K & 11/20/14 10Q re: results of 1 Qtr. ended 10/25/14

Coke KO:
12/11/14 8K re: increase Board to 17 & election of Marc Balland & David B. Weinberg

Disney DIS:
1/16/15 Def. 14A Proxy re: Annual Mtg. of Shareholders at 10 am 3/12/15 at Palace of Fine Arts, SF
12/23/14 8K re: adoption of Def. Comp. Plan
11/19/14 10K & 11/6/14 8K re: results of fiscal year ended 9/27/14
11/6/14 8K re: 4Qtr & FY ended 9/27/14

DuPont DD:
1/27/15, 1/15/15, 1/14/15, 1/13/15, 1/9/15 (five) 14A Proxy: re: Nelson Peltz's Train's proposal to break-up DuPont
1/12/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/18/14 8K re: FD disclosures re: presentation re: Performance Chemicals segment
12/18/14 8-K/A re: pre-tax charges re: restructuring plan

ExxonMobil XOM:
11/24/14 8K re: retirement of VP S.D. Pryor
11/5/14 10Q & 10/31/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

GE:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
11/10/1 8K re: incentive grant to CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt
11/4/14 10Q & 10/17/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Goldman Sachs GS:
1/23/15 8K re: issuance of notes
1/16/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/19/14 8K re: election to Board of Mark A. Flaherty & Mark D. winkelman
12/17/14 & 12/16/14 8Ks re: issuance of notes
11/5/14 10Q & 10/16/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Home Depot HD:
1/16/15 8K re: replacement of Chairman of Board Francis S. Blake with Craig A. Menear
11/25/14 10Q & 11/18/14 8K re: Qtr. ended 11/2/14
11/6/14 8K re: breach of payment data system

Intel INTC:
1/15/15 8K re: fin'l results of 4Qtr ended 12/27
12/16/14 8K re: trigger of  interest change on debentures
11/21/14 28Ks & 11/18/14 8K re: FD Disclosure re: Annual investor meeting
11/20/14 8K re: increase of quarterly div. & '15 Business Outlook

IBM:
1/30/15 8K re: compensation amounts for execs for 2014
1/21/15 & 1/20/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/7/15 8K re: exec promotions and amendment to bylaws to increase Board to 14 & election of Peter R. Voser to Bd
12/8/14 8K re: retirement of Robert C. Weber sVP, Legal
11/25/14 8K re: issuance of debt securities
11/12/14 8K re: investors conference
11/5/14 8K re: underwriting contract with JPMorgan

JPMorgan Chase JPM:
1/23/15 8K re: closing of note offering
1/14/15 8Ks (two) re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/9/14 8K re: close of public offering of Sub. Notes
11/12/14 8K re: payment of $1.01d bil to settle foreign exchange trading allegations
11/3/14 &  2 8Ks (10/14) re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Johnson & Johnson JNJ:
1/20/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/28/14 fin'l results
11/21/14 8K re: issuance of notes
11/10/14 8K re: closing of purchase of Alios BioPharma, Inc. for $1.75 bil

McDonald's MCD:
1/23/15 8K re: 4Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
12/8/14 8K re: Nov. '12 sales
11/12/14 8K re: Oct. '12 sales
11/3/14 10Q & 10/21/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/30/14

Merck MRK:
11/10/14 10Q re: Qtr. ended 9/30/14

Microsoft MSFT:
1/26/15 10Q & 1/26/15 8K re: fin'l results for qtr ended 12/31/14
12/4/14 8K re: results of votes at 12/3 Annual Shareholders Meeting
11/14/14 Proxy Letter from Bd Chair John W. Thompson re: Annual Mtg

Nike NKE:
1/7/15 10Q & 12/2214 8K re: results of qtr ended 11/30
12/18/14 8K & 10/7/14 10Q re: results of Qtr. ended 11/30/14

Pfizer PFE:
1/27/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
11/6/14 10Q for quarter ended 9/28/14
11/6/14 10Q & 10/28/14 8K re: 3Qtr ended 9/28/14

Procter & Gamble PG:
1/27/15 10Q & 1/27/15 8K re: 2Qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results
1/13/15 8K re: quarterly div. of 0.6436 cents payable 2/17 to record holders as of close of business 1/23/15
12/22/14 8K re: changes to presentation of fin'l info due to sale of Duracell business
11/21/14 8K re: pre-arranged stock trading plan of CEO A.G. Lafley
11/13/14 8K re: '14 Analysts Mtg & sale of Duracell to Berkshire Hathaway
11/4/14 8K re: closing of sale of floating rate notes due '64
11/3/14 8K re: sale of notes
11/3/14 re: Argentina regulatory problems re: taxes

3M MMM:
1/31/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/16/14 8K re: dividend for 1Q '15 & '15 outlook
11/10/14 8K re: sale of Floating rate Notes

Travelers TRV:
1/22/15 8K re: qtr ended 12/31/14 fin'l results

United Technologies UTX:
1/26/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/23/15 8K re: separation agreement for ex-CEO Louis Chenevert
1/15/15 8K re: departure of exec Alain M. Bellemare
12/19/14 8K re: rejection of mini tender offer by TRC Capital
12/10/14 8K re: appointment of Akhil Johri, Sr. VP & CFO
11/24/14 Retirement of Louis Chenevert replaced by Gregory J. Hayes & election of Dir. Edward A. Kangas as Chairman of Bd. & appointment of Peter F. Longo as Acting CFO

UnitedHealth Group UNH:
1/21/15 8K re: 4Qtr fin'l results
12/8/14 8K re: sale of notes
12/1/14 8K re: annual investor conference
11/12/14 8K re: appointment of David S. Wichmann Pres/CFO & Larry Renfro as Vice-Chair
11/10/14 10Q for Qtr. ended 9/30/14

Verizon Communications Inc. VZ:
1/30/15 8K re: results of bidding for AWS-3 spectrum licenses in FCC auction
1/22/15 & 1/16/15 8Ks re: 4Qtr fin'l results
1/14/15 8K re: retirement from Board of Robert W. Lane
12/8/14 28Ks re: change of duties for Randal S. Milch EVP & GC
12/1/14 8K re: 4Q results
11/26/14 8K re: trading of shares in UK

Visa V:
1/29/15 10Q & 1/29/15 8K re: 1Qtr ended 2/31/14 fin'l results
1/29/15 8K, 1/21/15 Proxy & 1/14/15 Proxy  re: amendment of Cert of Incorp. for stock split
1/28/15 8K re: dividend of 48 cents payable 3/3 for record holders on 2/13
12/19/14 8K re: exec's pre-arranged stock trading plans
12/12/14 & 1/21/15  & 12/23/14 Proxies re: Annual Stockholders Meeting 1/28/15 8:30 am Crowne Plaza, Foster City, CA
11/21/14 10K for fiscal year ended 9/30/14

WalMart WMT:
12/16/14 8K re: latest ruling re: class action lawsuit in Phil for underpaying employees - Braun/Hummel v. Walmart
12/1/14 10Q & 11/13/14 8K re: quarter ended 10/31/14
11/24/14 8K re: election of Thomas W. Horton to Board

THAT'S ALL MY FRIENDS


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