NIKE (NYSE:NKE) Stock Plunges on China Fears; Inks Deal with Macy’s (NYSE:M) – NKE, CROX, DECK, KSWS

Shares of NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), the world’s biggest sporting-goods corporation, moved down 2.8% on Friday amid fears about sluggish demand in China, world’s most populace nation.

The Beaverton, Oregon-based Nike reported on Thursday that adjusted profit in the fiscal first-quarter surpassed analysts’ forecasts but its orders in China moved down an unsatisfactory 6%.

Nike’s United States customer, Finish Line Inc. (NASDAQ:FINL), moved down -0.09 % after it announced a better-than-anticipated financial results for most recently ended quarter.

The sporting-goods company also inked an agreement with Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) to open its own leased and branded athletic shoe shops inside the department store chain.

Shifting reader’s focus to broader market, let us consider market performance of other stocks that significantly affect same sector. Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CROX) fell -0.98% to settle at $16.21, Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASDAQ:DECK) moved up +0.91% to end at $36.64 while K Swiss Inc. (NASDAQ:KSWS) jumped +5.86% to finish at $3.43 on Thursday.

NIKE, Inc.’s (NYSE:NKE) last session’s volume of 6.84 million shares was surprisingly higher than its average volume of 2.82 million shares. The stock after opening at $93.06 hit high price of $96.18 and then closed at $94.91 by scoring -1.14%.

The liquidity measure in recent quarter results of the company was recorded 2.98 as current ratio and on the other side the debt to equity ratio was 0.04 and long-term debt to equity ratio remained at 0.02. The Company had total cash of $3.76 billion at hand and a book value per share as $22.67 in the most recent quarter.

The stock’s price volatility was 2.33 % for a week and 1.86% for a month as well as price volatility’s Average True Range for 14 days was 1.87 and its beta remained at 0.85.

NKE generated revenue of $24.13 billion in the previous twelve months and earned $2.22 billion. The Company showed a positive 9.21% in the net profit margin as well as in its operating margin which remained at 12.36%. Company’s annual sales growth for the past five years was 8.13%.

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