By Larry C. Paxton
The PBR1000 March Update Report and Supplementary Reports were published on March 3rd, and The PBR1000 Subscribers were emailed them.
February was a busy month with earnings reports starting to flood in for the great majority of The PBR1000 companies that had fiscal years ending in December.
The stock market exchanges were busy, too, and there was some movement in the commodities indices as well. Following are the recaps on these. The fields are index name, value after the close on February 28, % monthly change from the January 31 close, % change Year-to-Date, % change from December 31, 2012:
- DJIA : 16,321.71, +3.97%, -1.54%, +24.55%
- NASDAQ : 4,308.12, +4.98%, +3.15%, +42.68%
- S&P500 : 1,859.45, +4.31%, +0.60%, +30.38%
- Gold : 1,328.60, +6.66%, +10.50%, -21.01%
- Silver : 21.27, +11.07%, +9.81%, -29.94%
- Oil : 102.76, +5.44%, +4.41%, +9.67%
As for stock prices, of the 1,069 companies in The PBR1000, 867(81.10%) gained or stayed even, and 202(18.90%) dipped in stock price over January.
The February composite of The PBR1000 had a +3.20% increase.
The Top 5 Monthly Stock Price Gainers for February were:
- Fannie Mae : $ 4.80, +53.35%
- Freddie Mac : $ 4.62, +52.98%
- Forest Labs : $ 97.57, +47.16%
- Zale Corp : $ 21.73, +43.72%
- Emeritus Corp : $ 31.53, +42.99%
Similarly, year-to-date 579(54.16%) of The PBR1000 companies gained or stayed even, and 490(45.84%) dipped in stock price. The year-to-date composite of The PBR1000 shows that the stock price has dipped -1.15%.
The Top 5 Year-To-Date Stock Price Gainers through February are:
- Forest Labs : $ 97.57, +62.54%
- Fannie Mae : $ 4.80, +59.47%
- Freddie Mac : $ 4.62, +59.31%
- YRC Worldwide : $ 26.20, +50.83%
- American Airlines : $ 39.93, +46.62%
For the 14 months after December 31, 2012, 957(89.52%) of The PBR1000 companies gained or stayed the same, and 112(10.48%) fell in stock price. The 14 month composite of The PBR1000 shows a +31.40% increase.
The Top 5 14 Month Stock Price Gainers through February are:
- Fannie Mae : $ 4.80, +1,746.15%
- Freddie Mac : $ 4.62, +1,676.92%
- SunPower Corp : $ 33.13, +489.50%
- SunEdison : $ 18.26, +471.96%
- Zale Corp : $ 21.73, +428.71%
The PBR1000 Supplementary Revenues Report includes 507 companies for which preliminary earnings reports or 10-K annual reports were filed. The results will change dramatically for the April report because the vast majority of earnings reports and 10-K reports will have been filed. But of the 507 The PBR1000 companies, 363(71.60%) reported an increase in revenues over fiscal year 2012, 144(28.40%) showed a drop off.
Here are the current Top 5 Revenue Gainers for 2013(revenues stated in millions of dollars):
- Crestwood Equity Partners : $ 1,427, + 494.58%
- The Blackstone Group : $ 6,613, + 64.54%
- Clean Harbors : $ 3,510, + 60.42%
- Suburban Propane Partners : $ 1,704, + 60.30%
- American Equity Investment : $ 2,611, + 58.05%
Once again, this list will change dramatically in the next month.
We anticipate that the new rankings for The PBR1000 will happen early to mid April, depending on the earnings and 10-K reports available.
There are a lot of conclusions that might be drawn by The PBR1000 data. You are encouraged to review the News Briefs, company and industry websites.
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(The purpose of The PBR1000 is to provide a wide range of interested people with the premier key demographic, industry, financial, personnel, and comments/news briefs on over 1,000 of the largest publicly traded companies with principal offices in the US, companies that have a huge impact on the US and world economies. This information is updated monthly and published in MS Excel format as The PBR1000 Monthly Update Report. During a month several supplementary reports are published as well.
Larry C. Paxton is the President/CEO of Pax Business Resources, LLC. PBRMarketTools is the marketing research unit. For several years Larry has worked for and provided products and services to The PBR1000 companies.)
