Household Appliances

Below are the top mid-cap industrial good stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. RPM International Inc (NYSE: RPM) has a dividend yield of 4.10%. RPM's shares closed at $20.40 yesterday. MDU Resources Group Inc (NYSE: MDU) has a dividend yield of 3.00%. MDU's shares closed at...

Surety & Title Insurance industry was the worst performing industry today, with a decline of 3.91%. The worst performing stock in the space was The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI). PMI lost 18.98%, after posting disappointing third-quarter results. Rubber & Plastics industry lost 3.26% on...

iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ: IRBT) shares moved up 9.66% to $21.22 at 11:12 am. The volume of IRBT shares traded was 1565% higher than normal. IRBT posted more than two-fold y/y rise in its Q3 profit and lifted its projections for the full year. Shutterfly Inc (NASDAQ: SFLY) shares rose 16.77% to $...

After swinging back and forth for much of the session, stocks closed mostly in the red Wednesday amid concerns that the Fed's planned purchase of Treasury bonds would not be as heavy and swift as earlier anticipated. Traders are eagerly awaiting a Federal Reserve move to inject more money into the...

iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended October 2, 2010. Revenue for the third quarter of 2010 increased 20 percent to $94.2 million, compared with $78.6 million for the same quarter one year ago. Net income in the third quarter of 2010 was $7....

On October 22, Snap-on Inc (SNA) reported solid third quarter results driven by excellent sales growth and an improvement in the gross margin. Analysts have been raising their estimates recently, moving the stock to a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy). Despite a stellar run-up in the share price over the...

After a lackadaisical session, stocks closed mostly flat on Tuesday as mixed earnings and economic reports failed to motivate traders. Investors appeared jittery ahead of next week's mid-term elections and a sliding dollar.    The blue-chip Dow average gained a little more than 5 points to close at...

• Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) reported fiscal first quarter earnings $0.02 better than expected at $1.02 on a 1.6% revenue gain to $20.1 billion, just below Zacks estimates of $20.2 billion. The company said it sees fiscal 2011 guidance earnings of $3.91 to $4.01 • Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR)...

Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) reported a profit (before special items) of $2.22 per share that was in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The profit improved from $1.67 per share (before special items) in the year-ago quarter. Revenues in the quarter increased marginally by $22 million to $4....

Foreign telecom services industry is trading 3.37% lower today. In the space, Multiband Corporation (NASDAQ: MBND) showed some weakness, and fell 8.81% in the first part of the day. Appliances are trading lower on Wednesday. The group dropped 3.23% in the first half of the day. Whirlpool...

Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) is getting rocked today, despite reporting better than expected earnings. Earnings for the quarter were $1.02 per share. Excluding the legal charges for a suit that said Whirpool and Panasonic (NYSE: PC) conspired to price fixing, earnings would've been $2.22 per...

BAE Systems (BAESY) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) today announced they have added iRobot Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT) to their Ground Combat Vehicle team in their bid for the U.S. Army's GCV competition. "The addition of iRobot to our team strengthens and promotes the unmanned components of the GCV...