Two Hot Stocks of the Day: Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP)

Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)

The shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) started off the last trading session with the price of $186.5 while closing the day with the price of $188.58. The shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Rise 1.56% with the Gain of 2.08 points.

The shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) traded with the day volume of 3.29 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 2.69 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) Loss -0.4% in the last week while rising 2.94% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the green light with 0.73%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 18.4% and 18.36% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 0.96 while Average True Range of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) demonstrate the value at 4.46. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) are indicated at 2.08% and 2.27%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 50.66.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 82.59 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 437.97 Million and the shares float stands at 436.66 Million. The income of the company stand at 2.89 Billion while the sales stand at 135.96 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 6.54, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 28.82, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 0.61, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.073 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.242 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.16.


BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP)

BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) started its previous trading session at $14.01 and closed at $14.33 showing a Rise of 3.17 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 2.17 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 3.28 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) Gain 8.15% in the last week in its shares price and 5.21% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -12.57 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a 11.43 and 26.93 percent respectively.

Beta for BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) stands at 1.13 while the ATR (average true range) is at 0.4. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 2.38% and 2.93% respectively showing a RSI value of 63.24.

While studying the financial position of the shares of BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 4.01 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 279.99 Million and the shares float stands at 244.25 Million.

The Company generated an income of 172.4 Million and the sales of 3.15 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $0.59 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 24.41 and 1.27 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.009, ROE shows a value of 0.069 and ROI for BGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) is -0.002 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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