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Reading Stock Quotes

Using the data found in the middle of this web page, answer the following questions:

1. One share of Coke (KO) cost $61.42, what would 10 shares of KO cost and one share of Home Depot (HD) cost $31.64, what would 10 shares of HD at its last trade price (see stock quote below)?
   

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2. Which company has the largest change in price?   Is a large change always good? blank Yes without question It Depends Never Why or why not? blank It might be a positive number It might be a negative number It might not be accurate It might be a decimal number
   

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3. What is the (risk factor) 52 week difference for KO (round to the nearest dollar before subtracting... Example $62.15 would be just $62.00 and $45.56 is just $46.00) and HD ?     If the difference were huge, what does that say about the stock's risk? blank Low Risk Stock No Risk Stock High Risk Stock Closed in Stock None of the above
    

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4. If I owned 1,000 shares of KO, how much dividends would I receive? KO $How about for HD ?
   

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5. How many shares are outstanding for KO and HD written in billions (example:  4,392,000,000 should be written 4.3 B or 4.4 B or just 4 Billion) ? KO HD .
   

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6. What is the Value (Market Cap.) of KO and HD (round off to the nearest whole number...written in Billions... no need to include the decimal numbers)? KO and HD .  Since market cap is a company's total value, what did they multiply to get this calculation? (hint: If you know the price of one share and you know how many total shares are outstanding you can calculate Market Cap.  See your class handout we reviewed in class.)
    

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7. Who (KO or HD) has more EPS (Earnings Per Share)? KO HD   and by how much? Earnings is actually another name for a company's (hint: ... Total Sales - All Expenses =  ______ ) 
   

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8. Which company is larger based on Market cap?  (KO )  (HD ) and by how much? 
   

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9. Define outstanding shares (see your handout definitions for the answer)?
   

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10. Which company pays more in dividends at the end of the year? KOHD   and by how much?  If a company does not make a profit do you think they can make a dividend payment?  Why do you think this?
     

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11. What is the profit for KO (round off to 1 decimal space and write the answer in billions)  Remember profit is EPS (times) Shares Out.)   KO: and HD:
     

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12. Describe profit in your own words and give the basic formula 

Note:  **Price/Sh.  stands for Price Per Share **Stock symbols are use for convenience and accuracy purposes