Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced its stock split plan back in April, in conjunction with its plans to increase share buybacks and enhance its dividend payment. While buybacks and dividends enhance the company’s fundamentals and attract new interest from investors, the stock split Apple announced has no material affect on the actual value of the company’s shares; the split simply multiplies the number of outstanding shares by seven and divides the value of each share by the same number, resulting in no net change in value. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) net profit margin is 21.40% and weekly performance is 1.99%. On last trading day company shares ended up $645.57. Analysts mean target price for the company is $642.43. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 12.68%.
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)has put its stamp of approval on a manufacturing facility in Brampton.Faurecia, a global car parts supplier, announced that its emissions control technologies manufacturing facility at 40 Summerlea Rd. has landed a Q1 certification from Ford. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shares advanced 2.40% in last trading session and ended the day on $17.08. F Gross Margin is 12.20% and its return on assets is 3.20%. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) quarterly performance is 10.19%.
General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) has been grappling with a crisis over its 11-year failure to recall cars equipped with faulty ignition switches. The flaw could cause engines to shut off, leading to a sudden loss of power steering and power brakes, and the failure of air bags to deploy in a crash. So far, GM has attributed at least 54 crashes and 13 deaths to switch-related air bag malfunctions. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) shares moved up 1.61% in last trading session and was closed at $36.55, while trading in range of $35.75-$36.75. General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) year to date performance is -9.78%.
The Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) reports that this proposal would give the shareholders of HSH a significant and immediate return on their investments and would prove to be a better investment opportunity than the previously proposed acquisition of Pinnacle Foods Inc (NYSE:PF) by Hillshire. The proposal presented by Tyson offers a 35% to the shareholders of HSH over the last closing price of the shares of the company as of May 9, 2014, which was the day before the one on which the proposal was made. The total cost of this transaction is reported to amount to $6.8 billion. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) ended the last trading day at $40.12. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.55% and price to cash ratio as 31.91. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) showed a negative weekly performance of -5.51%.
Coach Inc (NYSE:COH) would start discounting, thereby breaking away from the convention of combating slower sales, as well as escalating competition. Coach Inc (NYSE:COH) net profit margin is 19.00% and weekly performance is -0.94%. On last trading day company shares ended up $39.99. Analysts mean target price for the company is $47.13. Coach Inc (NYSE:COH) distance from 50-day simple moving average is -11.16%.