On Thursday, Following U.S. Stocks were among the “Most Active”: Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO), AOL, Inc (NYSE:AOL), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP)
Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO), is closing its research and development center in China as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to placate shareholders pressuring the Internet company to cut costs while it struggles to bring in more income.
The closure will mark Yahoo’s exit from China, where the Sunnyvale, California, organization has been winding down since turning over its operations to Alibaba Group in 2005.
That $1 billion deal gave Yahoo a lucrative stake in Alibaba that is currently worth $33 billion. Yahoo is preparing to spin off its Alibaba holdings into a separately traded organization later this year, removing an asset that deflected attention from the challenges facing Yahoo’s own businesses.
Yahoo! Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO)’s shares picked up 0.69%, and closed at $44.98. The stock volatility for the week is 2.06%, while for the month remained 2.12%. The company holds consensus target price of $57.84.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed 7.45 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 494.40% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as -6.50%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
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. It also provides Yahoo Mail that connects users to the people and things; Yahoo Messenger, an instant messaging service; and Yahoo Groups, which allows users to join groups based on shared interests and involvements. In addition, the company offers digital content comprising Yahoo.com that brings together the relevant content; Yahoo Sports, which serves digital sports enthusiasts; Yahoo Finance that offers financial data, information, and tools; Yahoo Weather, which provides users with weather conditions and information for various locations; Yahoo News, Entertainment, and Lifestyles, a collection of digital magazines focusing on news, entertainment, and lifestyle; and Yahoo Screen, a video destination site and application. Further, it provides Flickr, a Web and mobile photo administration and sharing service; and Tumblr that offers a Web service and mobile applications.
AOL, Inc (NYSE:AOL), Launches Makers in Canada: AOL Canada declared introduce of the newest international initiative from MAKERS, the global storytelling platform and largest collection of women’s stories assembled online. MAKERS Canada will highlight and celebrate trailblazing Canadian women and provide a diverse and unique voice in market as the first female-focused platform of its kind in the country.
AOL, Inc (NYSE:AOL), raised 0.05%, and closed at $41.15. The stock has price to sale ratio of 1.28, however, price to book ratio is 1.34. With recent incline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a -10.92% decline above last year. During the past month the stocks lose - 1.20%, bringing three-month performance to -3.56% and six-month performance to -3.06%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.60. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
AOL Inc. provides various digital brands, products, and services to consumers, advertisers, publishers, and subscribers worldwide. Its Brand Group segment offers original content produced by journalists, politicians, celebrities, academics, policy experts, freelance writers, and bloggers; curated content; curated and aggregated content from third parties; and user-generated content through AOL.com and The Huffington Post, and related sites, in addition to through Engadget and TechCrunch branded properties. This segment also comprises of other brands, counting Moviefone, Makers, and StyleMePretty, in addition to MapQuest, an online mapping and directions service.
Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), dwindled -3.50%, and closed at $45.18. The company holds the market capitalization of $3.54B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at 6.80%, while return on assets at 6.30%, in response to its return on investment at 6.20%. Its 20-day moving average declined -3.59%, below 50-day moving average of -8.93%, below 200-day moving average of -27.81% from the latest market price of $45.44. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.20.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Yelp Inc. operates as a local business review site in the United States. It provides a platform for businesses and consumers to engage and transact in the areas of a range of business categories, counting restaurants, shopping, beauty and fitness, arts, entertainment and events, home and local services, health, nightlife, travel and hotel, auto, and others. The company offers local advertising services comprising free online business account that enables businesses to view business trends, use the income estimator tool, message customers, update information, and offer Yelp deals and gift certificates; improved profile solution, which eliminates search advertising from the businesses’ profile pages and allows to incorporate a video clip or photo slide show on the pages; branded profile solution; search and other ads services; and online reservation services.
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