NIKE, Inc. (NKE) stated fiscal 2015 financial results for its fourth quarter and full year ended May 31, 2015. Diluted earnings per share for the quarter raised 26 percent as broad-based revenue growth, gross margin expansion and a lower tax rate more than offset raised SG&A investments.
Fiscal 2015 diluted earnings per share rose 25 percent to $3.70, reflecting 10 percent revenue growth, gross margin expansion, a lower tax rate and a lower average share count, which more than offset the impacts of higher SG&A investments.
“Fiscal 2015 was an outstanding year for NIKE,” said Mark Parker, President and CEO, NIKE, Inc. “Our comprising growth is fueled by our connection to the consumer and our ability to deliver innovation at an unprecedented pace and scale. At no time in our history has the growth potential been greater for NIKE.”*
- Fourth quarter revenues up 5 percent to $7.8 billion; 13 percent growth not taking into account currency changes
- Fourth quarter diluted earnings per share up 26 percent to $0.98
- Fiscal 2015 revenues up 10 percent to $30.6 billion; 14 percent growth not taking into account currency changes
- Fiscal 2015 diluted earnings per share up 25 percent to $3.70
- Worldwide futures orders up 2 percent; 13 percent growth not taking into account currency changes
- Inventories as of May 31, 2015 up 10 percent
NIKE, Inc. (NKE)’s shares picked up 4.59%, to $110.07, hitting new 52-week high of $110.34. The company holds the market capitalization of 94.41B. The stock return on equity value is 26.90%, while return on assets value is 16.10%, in response to its return on investment value of 23.20%. Its 20-day moving average gained 5.66%, and the stock moved above 50-day moving average of 7.08%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.10.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
NIKE, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories for men, women, and kids worldwide. The company offers products in eight categories, counting running, basketball, football, men’s training, women’s training, sportswear, action sports, and golf under the NIKE and Jordan brand names.
BrightRoll, a division of Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), declared the international expansion of its technology infrastructure into Hong Kong with Equinix, the global interconnection and data center company. This move highlights the growth of digital advertising in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) and increasing demand for BrightRoll’s programmatic video advertising solutions across the region.
According to eMarketer, APAC boasts over 1.33 billion Internet users - the largest online population of any region in the world - which attracted a total digital ad spend of $41B in 2014. With expansion into Equinix’s Hong Kong data center facilities, advertisers can access the BrightRoll Marketplace in APAC and connect to thousands of publishers in the region, counting Yahoo owned and operated (O&O) inventory.
“Yahoo and BrightRoll are putting the technology in place to assist our customers execute global video ad campaigns and meet their KPIs by delivering powerful, yet flexible, solutions that allow them to reach their audiences wherever they are,” said Tod Sacerdoti, CEO of BrightRoll. “The newest data center in APAC is an extension of the robust infrastructure we’ve built in the US and Europe, and underscores our commitment to building the industry’s leading programmatic video advertising solutions.”
“Audience Science is seeing a huge enhance in demand in Asian markets and we’ve integrated with the BrightRoll Marketplace to execute multi-screen video ad buys in real-time in the region,” said Jeff Hochberg, Vice President of Business Development at Audience Science. “With its global footprint, BrightRoll provides the largest scale and reach to assist our customers make smarter buying decisions and execute data-driven campaigns.”
This latest expansion builds on BrightRoll’s robust hybrid-cloud infrastructure, which offers superior efficacy by analyzing billions of data points with real-time response. BrightRoll’s technical infrastructure manages more than 100 billion global inventory requests per month and is capable of processing 2.8 million transactions per second and recording more than 45 billion data points per day.
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), declined -2.28% to $40.14. The Stock is active as 6.31M shares changed hands versus its average volume of 14.24M. The company has the market capitalization of $37.61B. The beta value of the stock is 1.11. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 1.15%, and for the month is 1.71%. The stock price to book value is $1.14; however price to sale value is $8.18. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
BrightRoll, a division of Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), builds software that automates and improves digital video advertising globally. BrightRoll offers the industry’s leading programmatic video solutions, counting a demand side platform and marketplace. These solutions assist advertisers, publishers and partners grow their business and connect with consumers on web, mobile and TV.
Yahoo! Inc. provides search and display advertising services on Yahoo properties and associate sites worldwide. The company offers Yahoo Search that serves as a starting point to navigate the Internet and discover information; and Yahoo Answers, which enables users to seek, discover, and share knowledge and opinions across mobile phones, tablets, and desktops.
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (AMZN), declared the call for entries for the second City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge, a global program to recognize local and regional governments and developers that are innovating for the benefit of citizens using the AWS Cloud. AWS and a panel of worldwide experts will award a total of $250,000 in AWS credits to eight grand prize winners from three award categories: Best Practices, Partners in Innovation, and Dream Big, a new category that will recognize the best ideas for a cloud innovation, and award credits for its implementation.
Entries must be received no later than August 21, 2015, and will be judged based on one or more criteria that may comprise the impact of the solution, likelihood of long-term success, implementation of AWS services, and the potential to assist other local governments solve similar challenges. City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge finalists will be declared in September 2015, and the winners will be declared on October 7, 2015, at AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas.
“All around the world, local and regional governments are using the AWS Cloud to innovate and meet their mission,” said Teresa Carlson, Vice President Worldwide Public Sector, AWS. “The winners of last year’s City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge comprised of local governments forecasting crime using machine learning, enhancing air traveler experience with Internet of Things data, and making data more accessible to developers and researchers – all made possible by the AWS Cloud. We’re looking forward to this year’s City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge and seeing how local governments are using the cloud in transformative ways.”
“Through our use of the AWS Cloud, we were able to offer improved and more transparent services to our residents, while gaining the agility, cost savings, and scalability offered by the cloud,” said Mike Wynne, GIS Business Analyst, City and County of San Francisco. “We were thrilled to be selected as a 2014 City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge winner. We started with this website and continue to use the cloud for more and more of our workloads.”
All City on a Cloud Innovation Challenge entries must comprise AWS cloud computing services – either implemented or projected, depending on the category. Entries will be reviewed and considered by a panel of some or all of the following AWS representatives and international experts:
- Scott Case, Co-founder and CEO, Main Street Genome
- Ed DeSeve, Former Special Advisor to the President for Recovery Implementation
- Bert Jarreau, Chief Innovation Officer, National Association of Counties
- Bill McCluggage, former CIO, the Irish Government
- Glenn Ricart, Founder and CTO of US Ignite and member of Internet Hall of Fame
- Cordell Schachter, CTO, New York City Department of Transportation*
- Suresh Thalluri, CTO, Str LLC*
- Mark Thompson, Strategy Director, Methods Group, and Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Cambridge Judge Business School, UK
- Mike Wynne, GIS Business Analyst, City and County of San Francisco*
- Jonathan Feldman, CIO, North Carolina*
- Jim Pizzuto, Professor, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Delaware
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. The company serves consumers through retail Websites, such as amazon.com and amazon.ca, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers.
