NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Yahoo! are down 0.43% to $44.49 in afternoon trading Tuesday, despite data from independent website analytics provider StatCounter revealing upbeat market share figures for the month of January. Last month, Yahoo had a 10.9% of market share, its highest U.S. search figure in more than five years. U.S. Yahoo! on Firefox saw a big uptick with usage almost tripling since November 2014. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. Rival company Google's market share for January fell below 75% for the first time to 74.8%, marking its third straight month of declines. Sunnyvale, CA-based Yahoo! is a global technology company, delivering digital content and experiences, across devices and globally. The company provides online properties and services to users, as well as a range of marketing services. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates YAHOO INC as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate YAHOO INC (YHOO) a BUY. This is driven by some important positives, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, solid stock price performance and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: YHOO's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.03 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. To add to this, YHOO has a quick ratio of 1.99, which demonstrates the ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs. Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. Compared to other companies in the Internet Software & Services industry and the overall market, YAHOO INC's return on equity exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500. Compared to its closing price of one year ago, YHOO's share price has jumped by 25.33%, exceeding the performance of the broader market during that same time frame. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, YHOO should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year. The gross profit margin for YAHOO INC is currently very high, coming in at 84.00%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Despite the strong results of the gross profit margin, YHOO's net profit margin of 13.27% significantly trails the industry average. You can view the full analysis from the report here: YHOO Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
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