Core-Mark (CORE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Core-Mark Holding Company, Inc. (NASDAQ:CORE) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The business services provider reported $0.50 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.05. The business services provider earned $4.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.47 billion. Core-Mark had a net margin of 0.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.54%. Core-Mark's revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.38 earnings per share.

Core-Mark (NASDAQ:CORE) pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.14%. The dividend payout ratio is 27.51%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CORE will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.32% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
Read our dividend analysis for CORE.

Core-Mark's stock split before market open on Friday, June 27th 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Wednesday, May 21st 2014. The newly issued shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, June 26th 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

110 employees have rated Core-Mark Chief Executive Officer Scott McPherson on Glassdoor.com. Scott McPherson has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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