Question

Interpreting stock quotes

Assume that the following quote for the Walt Disney Company, a NYSE stock, appeared on May 1, 2015 (Friday) on Yahoo! Finance ( http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=DIS&ql=1):

The Walt Disney Company (DIS) - NYSE

110.52 ↑ 1.80(1.66%) 4:01PM EDT

Prev Close:	108.72	Day's Range:	109.27 - 110.67
Open:	109.79	52wk Range:	78.54 - 111.66
Bid:	110.81 x 400	Volume:	6,205,116
Ask:	110.95 x 500	Avg Vol (3m):	6,394,880
1y Target Est:	110.23	Market Cap:	187.84B
Beta:	1.1	P/E (ttm)	24.57
Next Earnings Date:	5-May-15	EPS (ttm):	4.50
		Div & Yield:	1.15 (1.10%)

Given this information, answer the following questions.

1. At what price did the stock sell at the time of the quote?
   $ _________
2. What is the stock's price/earnings ratio?
   ___________
   What does that indicate? Round your answers to the nearest whole number.
   This means that investors are willing to pay more than $ _________ for every $1 of earnings per share that the company generated last year.
   
3. What is the last price at which the stock traded on the prior trading day?
   $ ______________
   
4. What's the stock's dividend yield?
   __________%
   
5. What are the highest and lowest prices at which the stock traded during the latest 52-week period?

   Highest price	$
   Lowest price	$

6. How large is the market capitalization of the company?
   $ __________ billion

Answer 1

All the answers are available in the table. Its a question of where to look for what.

1. At what price did the stock sell at the time of the quote?
   $ ___110.52______ (see no. above the table)
2. What is the stock's price/earnings ratio?
   _____24.57______ (see data of P/E in the table)
   What does that indicate? Round your answers to the nearest whole number.
   This means that investors are willing to pay more than $ ___24______ for every $1 of earnings per share that the company generated last year. (this is the definition of P/E price to earnings ratio which means price paid for every 1$ of earning)
3. What is the last price at which the stock traded on the prior trading day?
   $ ___108.72___________(see data of prev close)
4. What's the stock's dividend yield?
   ______1.10%____% (see div and yield% data)
5. What are the highest and lowest prices at which the stock traded during the latest 52-week period?

   Highest price	$ 111.66
   Lowest price	$  78.54

   (see 52 week range)
6. How large is the market capitalization of the company?
   $ _____187.84_____ billion (see market cap)