The S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) completed a 13 percent rally for 2012, its top annual score since 2009. Stocks opened the last trading day of the year lower after weekend talks failed to reach a deal, then shored up on reports of progress. Major indexes rose to their peak of the day on Monday after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said policy makers came to an agreement on all tax issues and were “very, very close” to a deal to avert the so called fiscal cliff.
The share price of S&P 500 component General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) gained 2.69% during trading Monday, ending at $20.99 after Spanish energy giant Iberdrola SA decided to sell its French renewable energy unit to General Electric. At that price, the company has a market cap of $220.11 billion and a P/E ratio of 15.58.
The stock has a 52 week worst hit of $18.02 and a 52 week high of $23.18. The P/S ratio is 1.51 and P/B ratio 1.80. Dividend yield stands at 3.62 percent. The beta value is 1.62. GE’s RSI amounts to 50.27.
The market value of another S&P 500 company Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is $184.65 billion. It has 103,700 people in workforce, over the last 12 months has generated revenue of $60.66 billion and has earnings of $9.49billion. The firm’s operating margin is 20.12 percent and net profit margin 15.69 percent. The latest closing price of its shares moved up 0.75% from the 50-day moving average after its clot -revention drug Eliquis got an approval from the FDA.
News Corp (NASDAQ:NWSA) ended the year 2012 with a new high after a $230 Million deal to acquire SportsTime Ohio. For this company, a return on equity of 9.97 percent has been realized due to the financial position.
Last twelve months’ per-share profit reached a value of $1.10. Last fiscal year, $0.17 has been paid in form of dividends to investors. Earnings are projected to move up 14.31 percent for the coming five years. The stock closed at $25.51, up 0.90 points or 3.66% from previous close and at a distance of +2.70% from 20-day simple moving average.
In the last trading session, AT&T Inc.(NYSE:T)’s price moved -1.53% below its 200 day moving average, changing hands as low as $33.10 per share. The stock is currently trading -1.39% down its SMA 50. The worst hit in its 52 week range is $29.02 per share, with $38.58 being the 52 week best price, which compares with a latest closing price of $33.71. The Beta of this stock is 0.56. Before the end of 2012, the company received approval from the Federal Communications Commission to acquire licenses for wireless airwaves from Nextwave Wireless Inc.