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This 4 page paper presents a table with the results of Wal-Mart 2001 – 2005 with the earnings per share (EPS), price earnings ratio (P/E ratio), he dividend yield and the common stock price. The paper then looks at the performance of the company and makes a buy, sell or hold recommendation justifying it with five reasons. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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over different markets. However it is more than jus the size and scale of operations that needs to be considered prior to making an investment. If we look at
the last five years results, taking the share price as the closing price in the first of December each year then we get the following pattern. 2001 2002
2003 2004 2005 Common stock price 57.55 50.51 53.05 52.82 47.97 EPS 1.40 1.49 1.81 2.03 2.41 P/E Ratio 41.11 33.90 29.31 26.02 19.90 Dividend Yield 0.45% 0.49% 0.59% 0.68%
0.98% If we look at this pattern there does appear to be an overall improvement. however with the fall in the P/E
ratio and the share value also moving generally downwards we can also argue that this is a stock that does not appear to have found favour with the markets over
the last fee years, but with a P/E ratio of 41.11 in 2001 it must have been in favour at some point. In looking at whether to make a buy
sell or hold recommendation we can look at different aspects of the firms performance and consider what this mean looking at both the company as well as the industry in
which it operates and the market. The recommendations here is that of a hold, to understand why we make this we can look at several factors. Reason 1 If
we consider the earnings per share this is the level of earnings for the company as a whole compared to the industry then the past has seen a better performance
that average, but by 2005 there is further increase after a slow climb. The industry average was 1.26 and Wal-Mart was 2.41 and still increasing (Yahoo Finance, 2005). We can
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