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ORLY (O'REILLY AUTOMOTIVE PARTS) P/E: 16.3 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2.06 SECTOR: RETAIL TRADE DIVIDEND: none ORLY is a chain of Auto Parts stores. The company's share price plunged almost 19% 7/5/17, after reporting a decline in its same-store sales numbers. A rapidly expanding company, ORLY has a disproportionate amount of debt on its balance sheet. In the last quarter, O'Reilly increased sales by almost 3%, while operating income decreased by almost 4%. However, the company did post an increase in EPS on a year-over-year basis by virtue of decreased taxation. Autozone has only 1% of the amount of cash as it does long-term debt. The company also reports that it has roughly twice as much assets as it does liabilities, with the majority of these holdings in inventory and property. Cash decreased from 4Q '16 to 1Q '17, coinciding with the rise in inventory, and property. O'Rei...

JWA (JOHN WILEY AND SONS) P/E: 31.4 GAAP DILUTED YEAR-OVER-YEAR EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.15 SECTOR: Consumer Services ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 3.29 DIVIDEND: 2.28% John Wiley and Sons is a company that provides research resources, online project management, and publishing services. The company is best known for its 'For Dummies' series, and reported after the bell 6/13/17. JWA beat EPS estimates by $.11. A close analysis of the earnings report released 6/13/17 shows EPS increased at a significantly higher rate than revenue. JWA significantly cut administrative costs, and revenue did increase, leading to a sizable increase in EPS. The company has a large share buyback and dividend program. While it has over three times as much assets on the book as it does liabilities, the company does not include long-term debt in its accounting for liabilities. JWA has approximately 15% as much cash as it does long-term debt. The company cut its long-term deb...

MSFT (MICROSOFT) P/E: 30.4 GAAP DILUTED Y-O-Y EPS GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.11 SECTOR: TECHNOLOGY SERVICES ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 1.45 DIVIDEND: 2.26% Microsoft is a ubiquitous company, and has a long history of successful products. In recent years, Microsoft has not been as innovative within the field of technology as companies such as facebook, tesla, apple, google, or netflix. However, I am typing this write-up on a windows system, and have only ever owned windows systems in my life. Microsoft makes a popular product, and the business is expanding into social media. In the last quarter, Microsoft posted a decline in revenue for products sold, with an increase in “service and other” revenue, with an increase in gross margin. The company also increased its R&D budget. The operating income increased, partially offset by a one-time expense and higher taxes in the comparable 2016 quarter. While the company increased their assets, the ratio of asset...

AMGN P/E: 16.1 GAAP EPS Y-O-Y GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.22 SECTOR: HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 1.62 DIVIDEND: 2.54% Amgen is a leading biotech company with a solid financial foundation. It has managed to reduce its spending on research and development while increasing revenue through its sales of established drugs such as Enbrel, and Prolia. The company has several rapidly growing drugs that are newer to the market, with many drugs in the company's pipeline. In its last quarter, Amgen posted 7.7% revenue growth with 7.5% net income growth. The company spent less, however, in the most recent quarter when compared with the comparable quarter from the prior year, on research and development. The reduction in operating margin came from an increased interest expense in the quarter. Although the company spent less on research and development, its revenue did increase. Amgen is continuing to innovate despite reduced research and development b...

UNH (UNITED HEALTHCARE) P/E: 23.2 GAAP DILUTED EPS GROWTH Q4 '15 TO Q4 '16: $.71 SECTOR: HEALTH SERVICES ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 2.54 DIVIDEND: 1.52% In 2015, UNH was the largest provider of health insurance in the United States of America. Unless the United States develops a national health insurance plan like many other nations of the world, health insurance will continue to be a booming business. People can not do without health insurance, or they will be forced to pay astronomical out-of-pocket costs. United Healthcare has shown itself to be the strongest company in the sector. The healthcare industry is set to change under President Trump. Healthcare will no longer be mandatory. Medicaid expansion, although opposed by the new leadership, will remain in place until 2020 due to laws already passed by the previous administration. People without healthcare through employment will be offered tax credits based on income and other factors in order ...

BAC (BANK OF AMERICA) P/E: 15.3 GAAP DILUTED EPS Y-O-Y GROWTH LAST QUARTER: $.19 SECTOR: FINANCE ASSETS-LIABILITIES: 1.7 DIVIDEND: 1.19% The largest bank in the US based on deposits, Bank of America lost .29% of its market share in 2016. With the financial sector performing well recently, Bank of America has risen $12.7 per share since 6/2016 and $8.7 per share since 11/2016. With a relatively low P/E of 16.9, the stock may continue to rise, fueled by its recent growth in revenue and profits. Despite losing .29% of its market share in 2016, Bank of America posted a year-over-year income increase of 14.5% on a 2% revenue gain in the last quarter. Income derived from global market business increased 284%, driven by a strong step forward in revenue and supplemented by a substantial decrease in costs. Real estate, and banking profits increased, as well, and the company reduced its losses from other sectors. With a 1.19% dividend growth, an investor can expe...