Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) reported fourth-quarter and fiscal-year results before markets opened Thursday. The yoga gear maker reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.75 on revenues of $521.0 million, compared with identical EPS of $0.75 on revenues of $485.5 million in the same period a year ago. The consensus estimates called for EPS of $0.72 on revenues of $515.1 million. Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) shares after opening at $50.03 moved to $52.98 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $51.20. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 4.78 and price to cash ratio as 12.37. Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) showed a positive weekly performance of 5.05%.
Free cash flow depreciation has prompted branded retailer, American Apparel Inc. (NYSEMKT:APP), to carry out a share offering of its common stock to the general public, in a bid of raising $30.5 million. American Apparel plans to use proceeds from the offering for meeting its looming debt payments as well as for covering for expenses for its turnaround strategy. American Apparel Inc. (NYSEMKT:APP) shares fell -1.84% in last trading session and ended the day on $0.497. APP return on equity ratio is recorded as 238.10% and its return on assets is -24.40%. American Apparel Inc. (NYSEMKT:APP) yearly performance is -77.42%.
KapStone Paper & Packaging Corp. (NYSE:KS) CEO Roger Stone unloaded 136,993 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, February 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.70, for a total transaction of $4,342,678.10. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 6,834,829 shares in the company, valued at approximately $216,664,079. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. (NYSE:KS) shares moved down -8.57% in last trading session and was closed at $26.25, while trading in range of $26.02-$28.55. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. (NYSE:KS) year to date performance is 91.89%.
Shares of Cott (NYSE:COT) have been given an average rating of “Hold” by the eight analysts that are presently covering the stock,Stock Ratings Network.com reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $10.00. Cott Corporation (USA) (NYSE:COT) weekly performance is 1.49%. On last trading day company shares ended up $8.17. Cott Corporation (USA) (NYSE:COT) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 2.11%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $9.44.
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