Industry Stocks: May Performances
-- Publishers Weekly, 6/8/2009
| Company | Apr. 30 | May 29 | % Change |
| Winners | |||
| Franklin Elec. Pub. | 0.80 | 1.00 | 25.0% |
| Books-A-Million | 5.74 | 7.03 | 22.5 |
| R.R. Donnelley | 11.65 | 13.48 | 15.7 |
| Hastings Ent. | 3.58 | 4.10 | 14.5 |
| Marvel Ent. | 29.84 | 33.18 | 11.2 |
| Losers | |||
| John Wiley | 33.90 | 31.61 | -6.7 |
| Barnes & Noble | 26.12 | 24.71 | -5.4 |
| Educational Dev. Corp. | 5.70 | 5.50 | -3.5 |
| Amazon | 80.52 | 77.99 | -3.1 |
| Borders Group | 2.73 | 2.67 | -2.2 |
| Publishers Weekly | |||
| Stock Index | 313.14 | 317.21 | 1.3 |
| Dow Jones Aver. | 8,168.12 | 8,500.33 | 4.1 |
| May was truly a mixed month for the Publishers Weekly Stock Index with the stock prices rising at eight companies and falling at eight. The overall 1.3% increase for the PWSI was lower than that 4.1% posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The big winner in May was Franklin Electronic Publishers, which jumped 25% even before word of a takeover effort came down June 1, which more than doubled the stock price to over $2 per share last week. Books-A-Million's stock price benefited from a relatively strong first quarter when it reported increases in sales and earnings. Declines in first- quarter results at Borders and Barnes & Noble contributed to a drop in their stock prices in May. After a steady runup for most of the year, Amazon's stock price slipped back in the month. Source: Reed Business Information |
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