Vail Resorts (MTN) Hits New Lifetime High Today

Trade-Ideas LLC identified Vail Resorts (MTN) as a new lifetime high candidate
By TheStreet Wire ,

Trade-Ideas LLC identified

Vail Resorts

(

MTN

) as a new lifetime high candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Vail Resorts as such a stock due to the following factors:

  • MTN has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $52.7 million.
  • MTN has traded 2,922 shares today.
  • MTN is trading at a new lifetime high.

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More details on MTN:

Vail Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates mountain resorts and urban ski areas in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Mountain, Lodging, and Real Estate. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.3%. MTN has a PE ratio of 36. Currently there are 6 analysts that rate Vail Resorts a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.

The average volume for Vail Resorts has been 325,300 shares per day over the past 30 days. Vail has a market cap of $5.0 billion and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. The stock has a beta of 0.51 and a short float of 5.1% with 4.30 days to cover. Shares are up 9.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.

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TheStreetRatings.com

Analysis:

TheStreet Quant Ratings

rates Vail Resorts as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, impressive record of earnings per share growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations and solid stock price performance. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

Highlights from the ratings report include:

  • MTN's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 11.0%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 12.4%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
  • VAIL RESORTS INC has improved earnings per share by 18.8% 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, VAIL RESORTS INC increased its bottom line by earning $2.97 versus $0.66 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($4.13 versus $2.97).
  • 47.39% is the gross profit margin for VAIL RESORTS INC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Along with this, the net profit margin of 24.21% is above that of the industry average.
  • Net operating cash flow has increased to $145.96 million or 21.33% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, VAIL RESORTS INC has also modestly surpassed the industry average cash flow growth rate of 14.82%.
  • Investors have apparently begun to recognize positive factors similar to those we have mentioned in this report, including earnings growth. This has helped drive up the company's shares by a sharp 27.04% over the past year, a rise that has exceeded that of the S&P 500 Index. We feel that the stock's sharp appreciation over the last year has driven it to a price level which is now somewhat expensive compared to the rest of its industry. The other strengths this company shows, however, justify the higher price levels.

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