Weak On High Volume: Melco Crown Entertainment (MPEL)
Trade-Ideas LLC identified
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) as a weak on high relative volume candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Melco Crown Entertainment as such a stock due to the following factors:
- MPEL has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $57.8 million.
- MPEL has traded 491,815 shares today.
- MPEL is trading at 2.22 times the normal volume for the stock at this time of day.
- MPEL is trading at a new low 6.02% below yesterday's close.
'Weak on High Relative Volume' stocks are worth watching because major volume moves tend to indicate underlying activity such as material stock news, analyst downgrades, insider selling, selling from 'superinvestors,' or that hedge funds and traders are piling out of a stock ahead of a catalyst. Regardless of the impetus behind the price and volume action, when a stock moves with strength and volume it can indicate the start of a new trend on which early investors can capitalize (or avoid losses by trimming weak positions). In the event of a well-timed trading opportunity, combining technical indicators with fundamental trends and a disciplined trading methodology should help you take the first steps towards investment success.
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More details on MPEL:
Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, through its subsidiaries, develops, owns, and operates casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities in Asia. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 0.9%. MPEL has a PE ratio of 21. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Melco Crown Entertainment a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
The average volume for Melco Crown Entertainment has been 3.8 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Melco Crown Entertainment has a market cap of $10.4 billion and is part of the services sector and leisure industry. Shares are down 25.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday.
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Analysis:
rates Melco Crown Entertainment as a
. Among the primary strengths of the company is its solid financial position based on a variety of debt and liquidity measures that we have evaluated. At the same time, however, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, feeble growth in the company's earnings per share and deteriorating net income.
Highlights from the ratings report include:
- MPEL's debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99 is somewhat low overall, but it is high when compared to the industry average, implying that the management of the debt levels should be evaluated further. Even though the debt-to-equity ratio shows mixed results, the company's quick ratio of 2.64 is very high and demonstrates very strong liquidity.
- MPEL, with its decline in revenue, underperformed when compared the industry average of 1.5%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues fell by 23.6%. Weakness in the company's revenue seems to have hurt the bottom line, decreasing earnings per share.
- Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. In comparison to the other companies in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry and the overall market, MELCO CROWN ENTMT LTD's return on equity is significantly below that of the industry average and is below that of the S&P 500.
- MELCO CROWN ENTMT LTD has experienced a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter in comparison to its performance from the same quarter a year ago. Earnings per share have declined over the last year. We anticipate that this should continue in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, MELCO CROWN ENTMT LTD reported lower earnings of $1.10 versus $1.15 in the prior year. For the next year, the market is expecting a contraction of 70.9% in earnings ($0.32 versus $1.10).
- The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 83.1% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $143.64 million to $24.25 million.
- You can view the full Melco Crown Entertainment Ratings Report.
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