Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) announced its 1Q14 results recently, which were slightly above Wall Street expectations. It earned $0.38 per share on $1.087 billion in revenues (ex-traffic acquisition costs or TAC). Generally accepted accounting principles (or GAAP) net earnings for 1Q14 were $312 million or $0.29 per share—a 20% decrease compared to $390 million or $0.35 per share in 1Q13, driven by increasing expenses related to product development and sales and marketing. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) net profit margin is 27.60% and weekly performance is 0.11%. On last trading day company shares ended up $34.94. Analysts mean target price for the company is $42.26. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.06%.
On 12 MAY PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) reported net sales and comparable sales figures for the month of April. PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) reported 4.6% year-over-year increase in comparable warehouse sales (comps) of 30 warehouse clubs for the four-week period ended Apr 27, 2014 which were open for at least 13 and a half months. PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) shares advanced 1.30% in last trading session and ended the day on $91.19. PSMT Gross Margin is 15.90% and its return on assets is 10.50%. PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) quarterly performance is -13.27%.
On 4 JUNE Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) announced its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.01, The Company had revenue of $4.52 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.56 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.71 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 6.8% on a year-over-year basis. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) updated its FY15 guidance to $3.45-3.55 EPS. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) shares moved up 1.89% in last trading session and was closed at $57.69, while trading in range of $56.16 – $57.77. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) year to date (YTD) performance is -4.36%.
On 29 MAY Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) announced its operating results for the third quarter (twelve weeks) and the first thirty-six-weeks of fiscal 2014, ended May 11, 2014. Net sales for the quarter increased seven percent, to $25.23 billion, from $23.55 billion last year. Net sales for the first thirty-six weeks increased six percent, to $75.46 billion, from $71.10 billion last year. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) ended the last trading day at $117.75. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.02% and price to cash ratio as 7.12. Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) showed a positive weekly performance of 3.16%.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) declared a quarterly dividend. Investors of record on Friday, June 13th will be given a dividend of 0.31 per share on Tuesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.11%. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) net profit margin is 3.80% and weekly performance is 3.18%. On last trading day company shares ended up $60.11. Analysts mean target price for the company is $56.89. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE:FDO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 4.22%.