5-year lows: Thoratec Corp, Brady Corp, General Cable Corp, and UTi Worldwide Inc.

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Aug 25, 2014

According to GuruFocus list of 5-year lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 5-year lows: Thoratec Corp, Brady Corp, General Cable Corp, and UTi Worldwide Inc.

Thoratec Corp (NAS:THOR) Reached $24.36

The prices of Thoratec Corp (THOR, Financial) shares have declined to $24.36, which is only 8.3% above the 5-year low of $22.33. It is now 53.4% off the 5-year high of $47.93. Thoratec Corp is owned by 6 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 4 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 1 reduced their positions. Thoratec Corporation incorporated in the State of California in 1976 provides mechanical circulatory support with a product portfolio to treat the full range of clinical needs for advanced heart failure patients. Thoratec Corp has a market cap of $1.37 billion; its shares were traded at around $24.36 with a P/E ratio of 19.30 and P/S ratio of 2.77. Thoratec Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 18.80% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Thoratec Corp the business predictability rank of 5-star.

Thoratec Corp. announced their 2014 second quarter results. The Company reported revenues of $118.1 million and net income of $17.4 million.

GuruFocus Guru initiated his position in Thoratec Corp. He bought 402,924 shares.

CEO Gerhard F Burbach sold 27,104 shares of THOR stock in February and March. Director Neil F Dimick and Director Paul A Laviolette sold 10,806 shares of THOR stock in May.

Brady Corp (NYSE:BRC) Reached $26.28

The prices of Brady Corp (BRC, Financial) shares have declined to $26.28, which is only 8.4% above the 5-year low of $24.07. It is now 37.9% off the 5-year high of $38.73. Brady Corp is owned by 8 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 3 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 7 reduced their positions. Brady Corporation was incorporated under the laws of the state of Wisconsin in 1914. Brady Corp has a market cap of $1.35 billion; its shares were traded at around $26.28 with and P/S ratio of 1.13. The dividend yield of Brady Corp stocks is 2.97%.

Brady Corp. reported its 2014 third fiscal quarter results with revenues of $309.6 million and net income of $20.2 million.

Gurus Richard Snow (Trades, Portfolio), David Dreman (Trades, Portfolio), and John Rogers (Trades, Portfolio) all kept their positions in Brady Corp unchanged or slightly adjusted. Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) reduced his position to 196,757 shares and Richard Pzena (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his holdings of this Company.

President Brady Asia Pacific Stephen Millar sold 20,000 shares of BRC stock on 06/25/2014 at the average price of 29.32.

General Cable Corp (NYSE:BGC) Reached $21.04

The prices of General Cable Corp (BGC, Financial) shares have declined to $21.04, which is only 3.9% above the 5-year low of $20.21. It is now 59.0% off the 5-year high of $49.32. General Cable Corp is owned by 7 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 4 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 3 reduced their positions. General Cable Corporation is a Delaware corporation and was incorporated in April 1994. General Cable Corp has a market cap of $1.02 billion; its shares were traded at around $21.04 with and P/S ratio of 0.17. The dividend yield of General Cable Corp stocks is 3.42%. General Cable Corp had an annual average earnings growth of 7.70% over the past 10 years.

General Cable Corp. announced its 2014 second quarter results. The Company announced net loss of $24.8 million and revenues of $1.5 billion.

GuruFocus Guru Ray Dalio (Trades, Portfolio) initiated his position in General Cable Corp and bought 7,900 shares. Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) reduced his position in the company; he owns 137,523 shares. David Dreman (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his holdings of BGC.

EVP, Americas Gregory J. Lampert bought 1,745 shares of BGC stock on 08/05/2014 at the average price of 21.21. EVP, General Counsel Robert J Siverd sold 44,736 shares of BGC stock in March.

UTi Worldwide Inc (NAS:UTIW) Reached $9.25

The prices of UTi Worldwide Inc (UTIW, Financial) shares have declined to $9.25, which is only 2.7% above the 5-year low of $9.00. It is now 62.6% off the 5-year high of $24.05. UTi Worldwide Inc is owned by 7 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 5 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 4 reduced their positions. UTi Worldwide, Inc. was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on January 30, 1995 under the International Business Companies Act as an international business company and operates under the British Virgin Islands legislation governing corporations. UTi Worldwide Inc has a market cap of $974.840 million; its shares were traded at around $9.25 with and P/S ratio of 0.22. The dividend yield of UTi Worldwide Inc stocks is 0.60%.

UTi Worldwide Inc. reported net revenues of $372.9 million and net income of $43.2 million for its 2015 first fiscal quarter results.

GuruFocus Gurus Charles Brandes (Trades, Portfolio) and PRIMECAP Management (Trades, Portfolio) both initiated their positions in UTi Worldwide Inc. Brandes bought 98,620 shares and PRIMECAP bought 664,000. Meridian Funds (Trades, Portfolio) sold its holdings of UTIW.

See Remark Gene Ochi sold 12,404 shares of UTIW stock on 07/15/2014 at the average price of 9.73.

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