Two Top Stories of Wall Street: Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET), Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK)

Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET)

The shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) started off the last trading session with the price of $169.55 while closing the day with the price of $169.45. The shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) Fell -0.33% with the Loss of -0.1 points.

The shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) traded with the day volume of 1.67 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 2.41 Million.

While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) Loss -2.94% in the last week while Falling -3.6% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the red light with -5.23%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 9.3% and 32.04% respectively.

Some critical values of the shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 0.61 while Average True Range of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) demonstrate the value at 1.94. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET) are indicated at 1.12% and 1.05%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 24.35.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Aetna Inc. (NYSE:AET), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 55.62 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 328.22 Million and the shares float stands at 325.32 Million. The income of the company stand at 2 Billion while the sales stand at 60.54 Billion.

Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at 6.06, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 27.99, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 0.92, the Return on Asset ROA stood at 0.034 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at 0.125 while Return on Investment ROI is at 0.099.


Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK)

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) started its previous trading session at $63.72 and closed at $62.82 showing a Fell of -2.16 Percent.

The Company traded with an average Volume of 2.55 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 1.67 Million.

Looking at the performance of the stock, Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) Loss -4.7% in the last week in its shares price and -2.89% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a red of -14.17 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a -13.95 and -32.39 percent respectively.

Beta for Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) stands at 0.73 while the ATR (average true range) is at 1.75. The Stock’s Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 2.23% and 2.59% respectively showing a RSI value of 39.6.

While studying the financial position of the shares of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 7.66 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 121.9 Million and the shares float stands at 121.9 Million.

The Company generated an income of 754 Million and the sales of 7.93 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.

While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $6.08 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 10.34 and 0.97 respectively.

The Return on Assets stands at 0.097, ROE shows a value of 0.307 and ROI for Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) is 0.128 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.

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