Stock Market Evaluation Project

Julian Michiels, Denard Ballard, Maggie Pang

Nine Companies from Three Different Market Centers

Sportswear Center Nike

Adidas

Under Armour

Telecommunications Center AT&T

T-Mobile

Verizon

Discount Retail Shopping Center Costco

Ross

Dollar Tree

5 Factors to Determine Promising Stock Market Outcomes

1. Does it have dividends per share?

2. Dividends per share over $1 in the TTM

3. Is it a fortune 500 Company?

4. Is the current stock price lower than $50/share

5. Consistent revenue growth

5 Factor Outcomes

Company Names Pay Dividends Per

ShareDividends Per Share Over $1 in

TTMFortune 500

CompanyCurrent Stock Price <

$50Consistent Revenue

Growth

Nike X X X   X

Adidas      X  

Under Armour        X

AT&TX X X X  

T-Mobile      X  

VerizonX X X X  

CostcoX X X    

Dollar Tree    X   X

Ross X   X   X

Dividends per Share

Nike AT&T Verizon Costco Ross$0.00

$0.50

$1.00

$1.50

$2.00

$2.50

Dividends Per Share

Current Stock Prices of All Companies

Nike Adidas Underarmour AT&T Verizon T-Mobile Costco Dollar Tree Ross$0.00

$20.00

$40.00

$60.00

$80.00

$100.00

$120.00

$140.00

$160.00

Consistent Revenue Growth

Nike Adidas Underarmour AT&T T-Mobile Verizon Costco Dollar Tree Ross

Price/Earnings Ratio

2010 20.84 32.41 44.97 9.1 23.3 39.8 23.80 19.70 14.30

2011 20.9 32.88 44.09 15.4 14.1 16.1 25.10 22.10 17.60

2012 23.17 44.48 45.42 27 9.2 140.8 24.00 16.30 16.30

2013 25.12 62.49 57.78 25.8 1 64.1 25.60 20.60 19.00

2014 28.83 34.44 80.81 10.3 99 10.1 29.50 24.10 22.20

TTM 30.94 40.79 106.18 31.4 120.3 19.5 27.90 30.40 22.90

Top 3 Stock Choices

Nike AT&T Verizon

Each of these companies has dividends per share over $1 in the TTM, is a fortune 500 company, and has shown consistent growth.

Reasons

Stock still >$50/share, yet return is still high Long term profitability Consistent improvement Recognized Brand name

Works Cited

http://investors.nike.com/investors/stock-information/?toggle=stock-quote

http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/addyy

http://www.morningstar.com/stocks.html