Housewares & Specialties

Below are the top mid-cap packaging & container stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC) is $7.96. SSCC's ROE for the same period is 232.50%. The trailing-twelve-month...

Shares of Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE: FO) are lower on the session by 1.26%, trading at $60.41. Overall put volume is now running at 2.11x the daily average, with 76% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,716 contracts have traded on the session so far. Fortune Brands, Inc. is a...

Lifetime Brands (NASDAQ: LCUT) reported its Q4 adjusted EPS at $0.63, beating the consensus of $0.52. LCUT reported its Q4 revenue at $142.6 million, versus the consensus of $139.76 million. LCUT shares gained 4.30% to close at $12.62 yesterday. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM) is estimated to post its Q3 earnings at $0.24 per share on revenue of $353.96 million. Pall Corp (NYSE: PLL) is expected to post its Q2 earnings at $0.57 per share on revenue of $606.56 million. Kirkland's Inc (NASDAQ: KIRK) is expected to post its...

American Greetings Corporation (NYSE: AM) today announced that its European subsidiary, UK Greetings Ltd., has acquired Watermark Publishing Limited, a privately held company located in Corby, England. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Watermark is a leader in the United Kingdom in the...

Shares of Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) are higher on the session by 2.87%, currently trading at $34.40. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...

Marvell Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ: MRVL) is projected to report its Q4 earnings at $0.42 per share on revenue of $925.64 million. H.J. Heinz Co (NYSE: HNZ) is estimated to post its FQ3 earnings at $0.81 per share on revenue of $2.71 billion. Kroger Company (NYSE: KR) is expected to report its...

Below are the top small-cap personal products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Blyth Inc (NYSE: BTH) for the next year ending January, 2012 is $2.90 per share. BTH's PEG ratio is 1.20. Nu Skin Enterprises Inc (NYSE: NUS) is...

Acme United Corporation (NYSE: ACU) announced today the acquisition of Pac-Kit Safety Equipment Company, a manufacturer of first aid kits for the industrial, safety, transportation, and marine markets. Pac-Kit's revenues in 2010 were approximately $5.4 million. Acme United purchased the accounts...

CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has been awarded a $20 million task order contract to provide support services for the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization's (JIEDDO) Strategic Plans and Policy Division (J5) and Command, Control Communications and...

Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) today reported its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. For the quarter ended December 31, 2010, net sales increased 21%, with organic net sales growth of 7%, to $1.7 billion compared to $1.4 billion for the same period in the previous...

Jarden Corporation (NYSE: JAH) today reported its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. For the quarter ended December 31, 2010, net sales increased 21%, with organic net sales growth of 7%, to $1.7 billion compared to $1.4 billion for the same period in the previous...

Cusick's Corner The activity was tight today, as a matter of fact from a trading perspective it was a nothing day. The weakness in Crude continued. The Small Caps also showed some weakness on the close, while the market in general held critical levels of 1324 on the SPX. One market that I have...

Shares of Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL) are lower on the session by 0.45%, currently trading at $19.84. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...

Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE: TUP) announced today that its board of directors declared the Company's regular quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, payable on April 6, 2011, to shareholders of record as of March 18, 2011.