8/12 WWE Stock Track – Big Week for WWE includes highest closing price in nearly one year

By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor

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WWE Stock Track 2016
Week 30 – Aug. 8-12

– Monday, August 8: Closing Price of $19.99 per share, up slightly from $19.86 to close last week on Friday.

The stock climbed back above $20 to a peak of $20.23 per share for the first time in two weeks, setting the tone for a good week for WWE.

– Tuesday, August 9: Closing Price of $20.33 per share, up 1.7 percent from Monday.

WWE closed above $20 for the first time since July 21.

– Wednesday, August 10: Closing Price of $20.37 per share, essentially even with Tuesday’s closing price.

The stock climbed as high as $20.57 per share, the highest point since July 12.

– Thursday, August 11: Closing Price of $20.90 per share, up 2.6 percent from Wednesday.

It was the highest closing price of the year and highest in nearly one year going back to August 19, 2015.

The stock climbed as high as $21.00 per share, the highest point since July 12 when the stock peaked at $21.19.

– Friday, August 12: Closing Price of $20.69 per share, down one percent to settle back down after a big trading day on Thursday.

The stock ranged between $20.45 and $20.93, not reaching $21 again.

WWE was up nearly one dollar from last Friday’s closing price of $19.86 per share.

WWE is now valued at $1.58 billion, the highest point of the year.

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2016 WWE STOCK SCORESHEET

2016 Open: $17.44 per share
Latest Close: $20.69 per share (8/12)
Current 52-Week Range: $14.20-21.83
2016 Recent High Points: $21.00 (8/11)
- July High Points: $21.19 (7/12), $20.46 (7/11), $20.39 (7/18)
- June 20 Week: $19.72 (6/20), $19.20 (6/21), $19.09 (6/23), $19.02 (6/22)
- Pre-June 20 Week: $18.99 (6/16), $18.93 (3/17), $18.86 (4/4), $18.85 (6/17), $18.82 (5/11)
2016 Low Points: $14.20 (2/11); $15.55 (4/12)

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2016 WWE STOCK KEY DATES

Feb. 11: Financial Day #1 Milemarker (Q4 & 2015 Year-End) – $14.94 closing price (down 5.1% from previous day)
May 10: Financial Day #2 Milemarker (First Quarter 2016) – $17.43 closing price (up 2.2% from previous day)
June 16: WWE announces China initiative – $18.99 year-high stock price; $1.41 billion market value
June 20: Year-high Stock Price of $19.72 per share
June 23: First time closing above $19 since October 2015
July 8: New 2016 high-point of $19.80 per share
July 11: First time closing above $20 since October 2015; new 2016 high-point of $20.63 per share
July 12: New 2016 high-point of $21.19 per share
July 28: Financial Day #3 Milemarker (Second Quarter 2016) – $19.75 per share (nearly identical to $19.74 previous day)
Aug. 11: Highest Closing Price of the year at $20.90, highest since August 19, 2015.