How to Read Stocks

52 Week HI/Low	Name	Div	Sales 100	Last	Change
26 - 61 11/16	AMR	.24	14390	37 3/4	+1/4
This will show the highest and lowest price for the last 52 weeks	This is a symbol representing the company name: American Airlines	This is an indication of how much money the company paid in it's last dividend payment	This is how many stocks have been sold in the last trading day.	This is the last price anyone paid for a share of stock.	This is the amount of change in price from yesterday's last to today's last.

P/E Ratio

The Price/Earnings Ratio is used to evaluate the worth of a stock. To determine this number, the current price is divided by the earnings ratio for the last twelve months. The higher this number is, compared to similar stocks, the better the value of the stock.

Converting Fractions to Decimals

1/16	1/8	3/16	1/4	5/16	3/8	7/16	1/2	9/16	5/8	11/16	3/4	13/16	7/8	15/16	1
.06	.13	.19	.25	.31	.38	.43	.50	.56	.62	.69	.75	.81	.88	.94	1

The Data Below is copied from Yahoo Finance. It includes more information than is described above. It also includes Charts to provide a visual description of the stock price changes for the last 52 weeks.

AMR CORP (NYSE:AMR) - More Info: News , Msgs , Profile , Research , Insider , Options

Last Trade
12:25PM · 37.75

Change
+0.25 (+0.67%)

Prev Cls
37.50

Volume
266,300

Div Date
Mar 15, 2000

Day's Range
37.10 - 38.45

Bid
N/A

Ask
N/A

Open
37.10

Avg Vol
1,439,000

Ex-Div
Mar 16, 2000

52-week Range
26.0000 - 61.6875

Earn/Shr
4.81

P/E
7.80

Mkt Cap
5.689B

Div/Shr
N/A

Yield
N/A

Splits: 10-Jun-98 [2:1]

1d | 5d | 3m | 1y | 2y | 5y | max

Other: historical quotes | small chart

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