Pepsico and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE:DPS) are in a similar condition. While Pepsico just managed to grow by 1%, Dr Pepper Snapple’s volume declined 2% in 2013. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE:DPS) shares after opening at $52.85 moved to $53.05 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $52.40. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.75 and price to cash ratio as 68.46. Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (NYSE:DPS) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.61%.
Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) deals in chicken products. The company has plant locations in the U.S., Mexico and Puerto Rico. The stock is currently witnessing exciting rally with significant gains session after session over the past weeks. Analyst sentiments have also been changing in its favor of late. Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) shares advanced 0.31% in last trading session and ended the day on $19.65. PPC return on equity ratio is recorded as 44.00% and its return on assets is 18.10%. Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC) yearly performance is 122.03%.
Gentherm (NASDAQ:THRM)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday after Argus raised their price target on the stock from $27.00 to $37.00, American Banking News.com reports. Argus currently has a buy rating on the stock. Gentherm Inc (NASDAQ:THRM) shares moved down -2.09% in last trading session and was closed at $33.24 while trading in range of $32.56 – $34.50 – Gentherm Inc (NASDAQ:THRM) year to date (YTD) performance is 23.98%.
National Presto Industries, Inc (NYSE:NPK) traded ex-dividend, for its annual dividend of $1.00, payable on 3/14/14. As a percentage of NPK’s recent stock price of $81.18, this dividend works out to approximately 1.23%, so look for shares of National Presto Industries, Inc. to trade 1.23% lower. National Presto Industries Inc. (NYSE:NPK) weekly performance is 0.86%. On last trading day company shares ended up $81.13. National Presto Industries Inc. (NYSE:NPK) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.27%.