Which Directions Did Your Stocks Go In April?
By Larry C. Paxton
The PBR1000 April 2015 Snapshots include news and stocks data on 1,065 companies in 15 analytical reports.
Current The PBR1000 Subscribers should have already received the MS Excel workbook.
At the end of April it was good to see that the stock exchanges were in the black in all time ranges. However, the journey to get there still involved a lot of fluctuations throughout the month. One highlight was NASDAQ reaching a new high close during the month, the first time in years.
Economic indicators are still mixed. The Federal Reserve continues to be cautious about when it will inevitably have to start to increase interest rates and the rationale for doing justifying that action. This sets the stage for May. It will be interesting to see how investors respond as a new set of indicators come out and company quarterly SEC reports are filed.
In the following tables the stock price is for the close of trading on April 30th, Month % Chg is compared to March 31st, YTD % Chg is compared to December 31, 2014, and the 16 Mos % Chg is compared to December 31, 2013.
Table 1: The PBR1000 Stock Price Composite
Table 1 Summary: Made up of the sum of the stock prices of the 1,065 companies currently tracked by The PBR1000.
| Company | Price 04/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The PBR1000 | 288,901.61 | -1.76 | -3.81 | +17.88 |
Table 2: The PBR1000 Top 5 Month Stock Price % Gainers
Table 2 Summary: The range was +75.00% to -30.67%. 443 out of 1,065 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 41.60% of the companies tracked. The median was a loss of 1.12%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NII Holdings |
495 | NIHDQ | 0.07 | +75.00 | +250.00 | -97.45 |
| Windstream |
410 | WIN | 11.68 | +57.84 | +41.75 | +46.37 |
| Tidewater |
1004 | TDW | 27.69 | +44.67 | -14.56 | -53.28 |
| iHeartRadio |
396 | IHRT | 6.75 | +42.11 | -18.18 | +3.37 |
| McDermott Intl |
734 | MDR | 5.25 | +36.72 | +80.41 | -42.69 |
Table 3: The PBR1000 Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price % Gainers
Table 3 Summary: The range was +250.00% to -65.58%. 573 out of 1,065 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 53.80% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 1.09%
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NII Holdings |
495 | NIHDQ | 0.07 | +75.00 | +250.00 | -97.45 |
| McDermott Intl |
734 | MDR | 5.25 | +36.72 | +80.41 | -42.69 |
| Pinnacle Entertainment |
993 | PNK | 36.76 | +1.86 | +65.21 | +41.44 |
| Netflix |
534 | NFLX | 556.50 | +33.55 | +62.91 | +51.15 |
| Skechers USA |
922 | SKX | 89.92 | +25.05 | +62.75 | +171.42 |
Table 4: The PBR1000 Top 5 16 Months Stock Price % Gainers
Table 4 Summary: Range was +171.42% to -97.65%. 688 out of 1,060 stock prices were up 0.00% or more, or 64.91% of the companies tracked. The median was a gain of 9.94%.
| Company | PBR Rank |
Symbol | Price 04/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skechers USA |
922 | SKX | 89.92 | +25.05 | +62.75 | +171.42 |
| Electronic Arts |
603 | EA | 58.09 | -1.23 | +23.56 | +153.23 |
| Freescale Semiconductor |
548 | FSL | 39.09 | -4.10 | +54.93 | +143.55 |
| JetBlue Airways |
441 | JBLU | 20.53 | +6.65 | +29.45 | +140.40 |
| Hawaiian Holdings |
849 | HA | 23.08 | +4.79 | -11.40 | +139.67 |
Table 5: The PBR1000 Selected Stock Exchanges/Commodities
| Company | Price 04/30/15 |
Mo % Chg |
YTD % Chg |
16 Mos % Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJIA | 17,840.52 | +0.36 | +0.10 | +7.62 |
| NASDAQ | 4,941.42 | +0.83 | +4.34 | +18.31 |
| S&P500 | 2,085.51 | +0.85 | +1.29 | +12.83 |
| Gold | 1,181.10 | -0.18 | -0.32 | -1.76 |
| Silver | 16.16 | -2.65 | +3.59 | -16.57 |
| Oil | 59.74 | +25.50 | +12.15 | -34.50 |
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