Industry Stocks: June Performances
by Staff -- Publishers Weekly, 7/11/2005
Company
May 31
June 30
% Change
Winners
Advanced Marketing Svc.
4.15
5.00
20.5%
Books-A-Million
8.44
10.05
19.1
Courier Corp.
35.04
38.41
9.6
Audible
16.59
17.37
4.7
R. R. Donnelley
33.25
34.51
3.8
Losers
Marvel
21.27
19.72
-7.3%
Amazon.com
35.51
33.09
-6.8
Thomas Nelson
23.25
21.76
-6.4
Reader's Digest
16.94
16.50
-2.6
Pearson
12.10
11.88
-1.8
Publishers Weekly
503.53
510.87
1.4%
Stock Index
Dow Jones Average
10,467.48
10,274.97
-1.8%
June was a lackluster month for stocks, with the Publishers Weekly Stock Index inching up 1.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 1.8%. The stock price of 15 companies on the PWSI rose in the month, while six companies had a decline in their share price; MediaBay held even at 53 cents. Advanced Marketing Services stemmed a long decline in its stock price, with its share price rising 20.5% in June. Books-A-Million's stock buyback announcement generated a 19.1% increase in its stock price last month.
Source: Reed Business Information
