{"id":128,"date":"2005-05-24T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-24T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-hits-record-high-on-upgrade"},"modified":"2005-05-24T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-24T09:19:00","slug":"pixar-hits-record-high-on-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixarplanet.com\/blog\/pixar-hits-record-high-on-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixar Hits Record High on Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyse.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nyse.com\/images\/common\/nav_logo.gif\" align=\"left\" alt=\"New York Stock Exchange\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixar.com\">Pixar<\/a> shares sky-rocketed to their highest ever level yesterday. They have had huge success after their 2-for-1 Stock Split and the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theincredibles.com\">The Incredibles<\/a> om November last year, and the release of the <span class=\"caps\">DVD<\/span> this year.<\/p>\n<p>You can see Pixar&#8217;s share volume and stock rise here, <br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketdata.nyse.com\/JTic?app=JPV&amp;rf=GIF&amp;cs=368x300&amp;style=NY2&amp;VOLUME_SCALE_IS_TITLE=FALSE:TRUE&amp;fq=5&amp;ezd=1D&amp;id=PIXR&amp;cred=kV0Di1WZUJy2LSb2VhwRw558DNBCUlW26orZfSbzEZoTRI5CB.yh7lxojN.p\/5y5gcsU6pagrh9D2MWbPrbQOOOROBr3fkr1Jt1vEzbKddH8LAJlh1ceI9.1AQD2lB7h\" alt=\"Pixar Rising\"><br \/>\nAs you can see the shares jumped just after 9am on Monday,$2.29, or 4.5 percent, to $52.97 in afternoon trading on the Nasdaq stock market. You can see a detailed report of Pixar&#8217;s stocks <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyse.com\/about\/listed\/lcddata.html?ticker=PIXR&amp;fq=5&amp;ezd=1D&amp;index=1\">here<\/a>, thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyse.com\">New York Stock Exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the current price, the stock is up about 23 percent so far this year. In April, Pixar approved a 2-for-1 stock split.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pixar, which reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and revenue earlier this month, has a 10-year distribution agreement with Disney that expires with the release of &#8220;Cars&#8221; next June.&#8221; says the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ap.org\">Associated Press<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/news.moneycentral.msn.com\/provider\/providerarticle.asp?feed=AP&amp;Date=20050523&amp;ID=4837542\">this article<\/a> over at <a href=\"http:\/\/moneycentral.msn.com\/home.asp\"><span class=\"caps\">MSN<\/span> Money<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8220;The brokerage also said it believes that Pixar will ramp up its production schedule to more than one film per year, starting in 2009. &#8220;Specifically, we&#8217;ve assumed that starting in that year, Pixar will release two films per year, every other year,&#8221; Prudential said in its note, in which it also boosted its stock target price to $75 from $40. The higher price target is regardless of whether or not Pixar strikes a deal with Walt Disney Co., the brokerage added.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look at Pixar shares and stock Price over the past year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/marketdata.nyse.com\/JTic?app=JPV&amp;rf=GIF&amp;cs=368x300&amp;style=NY2&amp;VOLUME_SCALE_IS_TITLE=FALSE:TRUE&amp;fq=D&amp;ezd=1Y&amp;id=PIXR&amp;cred=kV0Di1WZUJy2LSb2VhwRw558DNBCUlW26orZfSbzEZoTRI5CB.yh7lxojN.p\/5y5gcsU6pagrh9D2MWbPrbQOOOROBr3fkr1Jt1vEzbKddH8LAJlh1ceI9.1AQD2lB7h\" alt=\"Pixar Shares and Stock Price\"><\/p>\n<p>As you can see Pixar&#8217;s stock price has steadily increased over the past year with a jump at the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theincredibles.com\">The Incredibles<\/a> and a jump in April after announcing the 2-for-1 stock split. There was also a jump in the number of shares bought in mid Novemeber also after the success of the release of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theincredibles.com\">The Incredibles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixar.com\">Pixar<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disney.com\">Disney<\/a> may be sparked again between the two after Steve Jobs indicated last month after he hed talks with Robert Iger, the incoming chief executive of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.disney.com\">Disney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>Pixar shares sky-rocketed to their highest ever level yesterday. They have had huge success after their 2-for-1 Stock Split and the release of The Incredibles om November last year, and the release of the DVD this year. 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