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Top 4 Stocks In The Home Improvement Stores Industry With The Highest Cash
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 12:54am | 136Below are the top home improvement stores stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Lowe's Companies Inc (NYSE: LOW) had $1.84 billion in total cash and $6.58 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Home Depot Inc (The) (NYSE: HD) had $1.81 billion in total cash and $10.76 billion...
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Calls Purchased on USG Corporation
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 1:49pm | 137Shares of USG Corporation (NYSE: USG) are higher on the session by 0.30%, currently trading at $13.20. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past four months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A...
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Options Brief: Masco Corporation
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 10:15am | 91Shares of Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) are higher on the session by 0.23%, trading at $12.92. Overall put volume is now running at 12.51x the daily average, with 1% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 8,705 contracts have traded on the session so far. Masco Corporation manufactures...
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Options Brief: Armstrong World Industries
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 10:14am | 80Shares of Armstrong World Industries (NYSE: AWI) are higher on the session by 0.22%, trading at $45.25. Overall put volume is now running at 6.21x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 1,802 contracts have traded on the session so far. Armstrong World...
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Today's Shorts Snapshot 06-06-2011
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 6:32pm | 993Cusick's Corner The market has broken down and while we are at potential congestion levels/support levels, the shorts are not covering at this stage. Right now the market is seeing volatility start to move and this is a point where you could see stocks get into a range, especially now that we are...
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Gibraltar Announces Acquisition of Pacific Award Metals
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 12:25pm | 219Gibraltar Industries (Nasdaq: ROCK) today announced that it has acquired privately held Pacific Award Metals Inc. in a transaction that expands Gibraltar's product portfolio and adds new customers from its distribution network in the western United States. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed...
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News Summary
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 9:38am | 233Shares of Walgreens Company (NYSE: WAG) fell about 0.2% after the company reported a 5.6% rise in its May same-store sales. Walgreens total May sales jumped 7% to $6.08 billion. Analysts were expecting same-store sales to increase 4.9%. Walgreens' total front-end sales surged 5.5% in May, while...
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UPDATE: American Woodmark Reports Lower-Than-Expected Q4 Loss, Declares Quarterly Dividend
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 7:05am | 116American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) released its results for the fourth quarter on Friday. American Woodmark posted a quarterly net loss of $3.4 million, or $0.24 per share, versus a net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.11 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding non-recurring items, AMWD...
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American Woodmark To Report Earnings Before The Opening Bell
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 12:45am | 65American Woodmark Corporation (NASDAQ: AMWD) is scheduled to report its earnings for the fourth quarter before the opening bell. Analysts expect American Woodmark to post a Q4 loss at $0.21 per share on revenue of $121.62 million. AMWD shares gained 0.31% to close at $19.11 yesterday. Read more...
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Top 4 Small-Cap Stocks In The Lumber, Wood Production Industry With The Highest ROE
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 12:39am | 136Below are the top small-cap lumber, wood production stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Koppers Holdings Inc (NYSE: KOP) is 52.70%. KOP's PEG ratio is 0.59. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Deltic Timber...
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Top 5 Forestry and Wood Products Stocks pick to buy- POPE, TREX, WY, DEL, UFPI
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 9:14am | 651Pope Resources L.P. (NASDAQ:POPE) operates in three business segments: Fee Timber, Timberland Management & Consulting, and Real Estate is trading at a price of $42.34. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 185.32M....
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Top Chemical Manufacturing Stocks pick to buy- FSI, VHI, SMG, LXU, TNH, SHI, BAK, CF, RTK, GRA, NANX…
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 4:45am | 1808Flexible Solutions International Inc. (AMEX:FSI) is trading at a price of $1.85,a dramatic change of 0.14 with % change of 8.19 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 24.36M. Flexible...
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Telephonics' Electronic Systems Division Received Official Approval to Proceed in Supplying Mobile Surveillance Capability Systems to US Customs and Border Protection
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 9:58am | 122Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation (NYSE: GFF), announced today that it had received approval from Customs and Border Protection to proceed with supplying the Mobile Surveillance Capability systems for use on the southern border of the United States. The...
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Gibraltar Industries Reports EPS of $0.11 vs. $(0.05) Estimate; Revenues $163.56M vs. $173.3M Estimate (ROCK)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 5:05pm | 22Gibraltar Industries (NASDAQ: ROCK) Reports EPS of $0.11 vs. $(0.05) Estimate; Revenues $163.56M vs. $173.3M Estimate
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Bull & Bear: Masco Corp. (MAS)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 2:27pm | 276Shares of Masco Corporation (NYSE: MAS) are trading lower on the session by 1.74%, at $13.27. With the stock recently being cut to underperform at RBC, you have to wonder where shares are heading next… Bulls: Bulls will note the significant bottom that the stock has placed over the past 6-9 months...