5-year lows: PICO Holdings Inc, Electro Scientific Industries, Dawson Geophysical Co, and Female Health Co.

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Feb 22, 2015

According to GuruFocus list of 5-year lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 5-year lows: PICO Holdings Inc, Electro Scientific Industries, Dawson Geophysical Co, and Female Health Co.

PICO Holdings Inc (NAS:PICO) Reached $16.30

The prices of PICO Holdings Inc (PICO, Financial) shares have declined to $16.30, which is only 3.9% above the 5-year low of $15.66. It is now 60.3% off the 5-year high of $39.49. PICO Holdings Inc is owned by 2 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 0 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 2 reduced their positions. PICO Holdings, Inc. is a diversified holding company that was incorporated in 1981. Pico Holdings Inc has a market cap of $373.929 million; its shares were traded at around $16.30 with and P/S ratio of 1.04.

PICO Holdings Inc. announced its 2014 third quarter results. The Company reported net loss of $9.9 million and revenues of $101.8 million.

GuruFocus Guru Arnold Van Den Berg (Trades, Portfolio) kept his position in PICO Holdings unchanged. He owns 730,502 shares.

President and CEO John R Hart bought 49,913 shares of PICO stock in December and January.

Electro Scientific Industries (NAS:ESIO) Reached $6.51

The prices of Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO, Financial) shares have declined to $6.51, which is only 8.4% above the 5-year low of $5.96. It is now 71.4% off the 5-year high of $20.85. Electro Scientific Industries is owned by 2 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 1 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 0 reduced their positions. Electro Scientific Industries, Inc. was incorporated in the state of Oregon. Electro Scientific Industries has a market cap of $199.082 million; its shares were traded at around $6.51 with and P/S ratio of 1.26. The dividend yield of Electro Scientific Industries stocks is 4.89%.

Electro Scientific Industries reported revenues of $43.7 million and net loss of $6.4 million for its 2015 fiscal third quarter.

President & CEO Edward C Grady bought 10,000 shares of ESIO stock on 01/30/2015 at the average price of 6.5. Director Richard H Wills bought 15,000 shares of ESIO stock on 11/24/2014 at the average price of 7.08. VP, Customer Operations Bing-fai Wong and Vice President of Operations Robert Debakker together sold 8,654 shares of ESIO stock in November.

Dawson Geophysical Co (NAS:DWSN) Reached $5.99

The prices of Dawson Geophysical Co (DWSN, Financial) shares have declined to $5.99, which is only 4.8% above the 5-year low of $5.70. It is now 83.2% off the 5-year high of $33.86. Dawson Geophysical Co is owned by 4 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 2 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 3 reduced their positions. TGC Industries, Inc., a Texas corporation was founded in 1967. Dawson Geophysical Co has a market cap of $130.015 million; its shares were traded at around $5.99 with and P/S ratio of 0.39. The dividend yield of Dawson Geophysical Co stocks is 5.40%. Dawson Geophysical Co had an annual average earnings growth of 13.40% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Dawson Geophysical Co the business predictability rank of 2-star.

Dawson Geophysical recognized revenues of $261.7 million and net loss of $12.6 million for its 2014 fiscal annual results.

Female Health Co (NAS:FHCO) Reached $3.67

The prices of Female Health Co (FHCO, Financial) shares have declined to $3.67, which is only 9.8% above the 5-year low of $3.31. It is now 67.6% off the 5-year high of $10.21. Female Health Co is owned by 2 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, 1 have added to their positions during the past quarter. 0 reduced their positions. Female Health Co was incorporated in Wisconsin in 1971. Female Health Co has a market cap of $106.901 million; its shares were traded at around $3.67 with a P/E ratio of 61.20 and P/S ratio of 4.38. The dividend yield of Female Health Co stocks is 3.77%. Female Health Co had an annual average earnings growth of 9.40% over the past 5 years.

Female Health Co. announced its 2015 first fiscal quarter results with revenues of $6.7 million and net income of $804.9 thousand.

President and CEO Karen Louise King bought 1,000 shares of FHCO stock on 02/05/2015 at the average price of 3.86.

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