PFIN 2nd Edition by Lawrence Gitman ,Michael Joehnk,Randall Billingsley

Exercise 5

Using the stock quotations in Exhibit 11.4, find the 52-week high and low for Nucor's common. What is the stock's latest dividend yield? What was the closing price, and at what P/E ratio was the stock trading? Of the stocks listed in Exhibit 11.5, which had the highest price/earnings ratio and the biggest change in price? Which three stocks had the highest dividend yields, and which three had the highest closing prices?