Stocks to Track: VF Corp (NYSE:VFC), Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX)
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Shares of VF Corp (NYSE:VFC) gained 2.28% to $59.99 in Monday’s Pre-Market Session, soon after a company engaged in the design, production, procurement, marketing and distribution of branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and related products, stated second-quarter profit of $109.9 million. On a per-share basis, the Greensboro, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of 27 cents. Earnings, adjusted to account for suspended operations, came to 29 cents per share.
The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 17 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 28 cents per share.The maker of brands such as Vans, North Face and Timberland posted revenue of $2.36 billion in the period, which also topped Street forecasts. Seventeen analysts surveyed by Zacks predictable $2.29 billion.
V.F. anticipates full-year earnings to be $2.94 per share, with revenue predictable to be $11.65 billion.
The stock settled at $58.65 per share, after floating in a range of $57.70 to $58.78. The stock moved on high volume, traded at a volume of 3.30 million shares, as compared to its average daily volume of 2.68 million shares. The market capitalization billion for the company is reported at $23.87 Billion.
Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX) opened at $163.91. It reached an intraday trading high of $163.91 and closed at $163.53. The stock price declined -1.27 points or -0.77% at the market. The total volume traded for the day is 1.84 million, as compared to its average daily volume of 2.68 million shares. Trading volume, or volume, is the number of shares or contracts that point towards the overall activity of a security or market for a given period. Trading volume is a key technical indicator an investor uses to identify momentum in a stock and confirm a trend or trend reversal. Volume gives an investor an idea of the price action of a security and whether he should buy or sell the security.
Trading volume can also signal when an investor should take profits and sell a security because of low activity. If there is no relationship between the trading volume and the price of a security, this signals weakness in the current trend and a possible reversal.
The current EPS for the company has been recorded at $7.84 and the beta value recorded by the company stands at 1.44 points.