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The PBR1000 August 2015 Snapshots include news and stocks data on 1,050 companies in 15 analytical reports.
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The PBR1000 companies and stocks worldwide were hit hard with the unexpected devaluation by China of its Yuan currency. This was further compounded by what many expect to finally be a small increase in the interest rate charged by the US Federal Reserve Bank. The US economy is considered by most to continue to grow at a modest/moderate rate, and the most stable in the world. While there continues to be cautious optimism about the future, volatile August shows that the US and global economy remains vulnerable to unexpected events.
In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on August 31st, Month % Chg is compared to July 31st, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 20 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.
Table 1: The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 1 Summary: The range was +417.22% to -89.17%. 165 out of 1,050 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 15.71% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 5.38%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Coal |
687 | ACI | 9.31 | +417.22 | -47.70 | -79.08 |
| Peabody Energy |
369 | BTU | 2.70 | +125.00 | -65.12 | -86.18 |
| Caesars Entertainment |
311 | CZR | 9.55 | +83.30 | -39.13 | -55.66 |
| Cliffs Natural Resources |
512 | CLF | 3.97 | +57.54 | -44.40 | -84.85 |
| Weight Watchers Intl |
979 | WTW | 6.15 | +53.75 | -75.24 | -81.32 |
Table 2: The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +154.73% to -96.41%. 384 out of 1,046 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 36.71% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 6.51%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skechers USA |
798 | SKX | 140.74 | -6.54 | +154.73 | +324.81 |
| Netflix |
443 | NFLX | 115.03 | +0.63 | +135.72 | +118.69 |
| McDermott Intl |
817 | MDR | 5.08 | +15.45 | +74.57 | -44.54 |
| Pinnacle Entertainment |
837 | PNK | 37.77 | -1.90 | +69.75 | +45.33 |
| Amazon.com |
30 | AMZN | 512.89 | -4.34 | +65.26 | +28.61 |
Table 3: The PBR1000 Top 5 20 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: Range was +324.81% to -99.34%. 545 out of 1,040 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 52.40% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 1.95%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 08/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skechers USA |
798 | SKX | 140.74 | -6.45 | +154.73 | +324.81 |
| Electronic Arts |
522 | EA | 66.15 | -7.55 | +40.70 | +188.36 |
| JetBlue Airways |
426 | JBLU | 22.32 | -2.87 | +40.73 | +161.36 |
| Hawaiian Holdings |
810 | HA | 22.66 | +4.33 | -13.01 | +135.31 |
| Freescale Semiconductor |
509 | FSL | 35.73 | -10.38 | +41.62 | +122.62 |
Table 4: The PBR1000 Top 5 Market Capitalization
Table 4 Summary: Range was $643.04 billion to $0.01 billion. The average is $19.13 billion, median is $6.10 billion, out of 1,047 companies tracked.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Market Cap($B) 08/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple |
5 | AAPL | 643.04 | -7.04 | -0.67 | +27.39 |
| Google |
44 | GOOGL | 423.83 | -1.18 | +18.69 | +13.20 |
| Microsoft |
26 | MSFT | 348.07 | -7.15 | -9.10 | +11.45 |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
4 | BRK.B | 332.17 | -5.58 | -8.14 | +13.37 |
| ExxonMobil |
2 | XOM | 313.71 | -5.28 | -19.87 | -29.04 |
| The PBR1000 |
20,086.03 | -6.07 | -3.91 | +4.83 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Index & Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 08/31/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
20 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 70,203.84 | -6.21 | -3.84 | +6.12 |
| DJIA | 16,528.03 | -6.57 | -7.27 | -0.29 |
| NASDAQ | 4,776.51 | -6.86 | +0.85 | +14.36 |
| S&P500 | 1,972.18 | -6.26 | -4.21 | +6.70 |
| Gold | 1,132.50 | +3.42 | -4.42 | -5.81 |
| Silver | 14.59 | -1.15 | -6.47 | -24.68 |
| Oil | 49.20 | +5.20 | -7.46 | -46.05 |
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