Stock Update (NASDAQ:YHOO): Want An Instant $2.5 Million Bonus At Yahoo? Allegedly, Just Threaten To Quit

[at Forbes] – A NY Times story yesterday says 30% of Yahoo’s workforce quit last year. Those remaining are allegedly threatening to quit to get big one-time retention awards. Read more on this. Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) , valued at $28.49B, opened at $30.67. Looking at today’s trading action, the company’s one day range from $29.74 to $30.75 with a trailing 52-week range being $27.20 to $50.32. Yahoo (YHOO) shares are currently priced at 51.92x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 13.42x earnings multiple for the same period. According to a consensus of 37 analysts, the earnings estimate of $0.13 per share would be $0.17 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.07 sequential decrease. In looking at the bigger picture, the full-year EPS estimate of $0.59 would be a $0.98 worse when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $1.19 Billion. If reported, that would be a 0.85% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Mizuho downgraded YHOO from Buy to Neutral (Oct 21, 2015). Previously, Bernstein upgraded YHOO from Mkt Perform to Outperform. When considering if perhaps the stock is under or overvalued, the average price target is $42.72, which is 39.29% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NASDAQ:YHOO) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) – What to Expect When Yahoo! (YHOO) Reports Earnings Today Stock Update: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) – Yahoo!, Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell Company Update: Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) – Yahoo! (YHOO) Stock Bounces Back on Analyst Upgrade