Nielsen Holdings (NLSN) Hits New Lifetime High Today
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
(
) as a new lifetime high candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Nielsen Holdings as such a stock due to the following factors:
- NLSN has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $100.9 million.
- NLSN has traded 16,008 shares today.
- NLSN is trading at a new lifetime high.
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More details on NLSN:
Nielsen Holdings plc operates as an information and measurement company. The company provides media and marketing information, analytics, and manufacturer and retailer expertise about what and where consumers buy, read, watch and listen. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.3%. NLSN has a PE ratio of 33. Currently there are 8 analysts that rate Nielsen Holdings a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold.
The average volume for Nielsen Holdings has been 1.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Nielsen has a market cap of $19.5 billion and is part of the services sector and diversified services industry. The stock has a beta of 0.82 and a short float of 3.9% with 6.26 days to cover. Shares are up 16.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
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Analysis:
rates Nielsen Holdings as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period. Although other factors naturally played a role, the company's strong earnings growth was key. Looking ahead, unless broad bear market conditions prevail, we still see more upside potential for this stock, despite the fact that it has already risen over the past year.
- NIELSEN HOLDINGS NV reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past two years. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, NIELSEN HOLDINGS NV increased its bottom line by earning $1.54 versus $1.00 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.88 versus $1.54).
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Professional Services industry. The net income increased by 58.7% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from $63.00 million to $100.00 million.
- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 5.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 2.0%. This growth in revenue appears to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, improving the earnings per share.
- Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. Compared to other companies in the Professional Services industry and the overall market on the basis of return on equity, NIELSEN HOLDINGS NV has underperformed in comparison with the industry average, but has exceeded that of the S&P 500.
- You can view the full Nielsen Holdings Ratings Report.
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