Industrial Machinery

Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ: URBN) dipped 7.04% to $27.60 in the pre-market session. URBN reported a 21% decline in its profit for the fiscal second quarter. ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) moved down 4.26% to $44.97 in the pre-market session. ITT's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 6.16%. NYSE...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) has “been a difficult stock to own but I think Caterpillar is dirt cheap. I refuse to throw in the towel and continue to own it." For Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), he said, "I like the real estate...

According to Bank of America, Colfax (NYSE: CFX) is downgraded to Neutral. Bank of America said that it is downgrading Colfax from Buy to Neutral. “Our 2012-13 EPS estimates remain unchanged at $1.60 and $1.90, respectively. In turn, we are maintaining our price objective of $30 based on 17x (...

According to Bank of America, Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) is downgraded to Underperform. Bank of America said that it is downgrading ITW from Neutral to Underperform given its view of the company's more limited share price upside relative to peers following the market's correction. “We derive...

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Monday, August 15, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Monday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S. equity futures are trading higher. At last check, Dow futures are up about 40 points and the U.S....

Bank of America has downgraded Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) from Neutral to Underperform and has lowered the price objective from $58 to $53.

Bank of America has downgraded Colfax (NYSE: CFX) from Buy to Neutral and maintains its $30 price objective.

Badger Meter, Inc. (NYSE: BMI) today announced a 14.3% increase in its quarterly common stock dividend to 16 cents per share from 14 cents per share. The increased dividend is payable September 15, 2011, to shareholders of record August 31, 2011. The new annual dividend rate for the common stock is...

Major U.S. Indexes are building upon yesterday's gains, on the heels of a 0.5% increase in retail sales – the biggest gain since March. August Consumer sentiment, however, plunged from 63.7 in July to 54.9 – its lowest level since May of 1980. The market seems to be shrugging off the consumer...

Shares of Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) are higher on the session by 2.71%, trading at $29.89. Overall put volume is now running at 2.41x the daily average, with 0% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 5,053 contracts have traded on the session so far. Ingersoll-Rand plc is a diversified...

Wedbush Securities has upgraded Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) from Neutral to Outperform and maintains its $60 price target.

Below are the top pollution & treatment controls stocks in terms of operating margin. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at Duoyuan Global Water Inc (NYSE: DGW) is 32.21%. DGW's ROE for the same period is 14.48%. The trailing-twelve-month operating margin at RINO International...

Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A) announces its next round of earnings this Monday, August 15, 2011. Here's Benzinga's advanced look at Agilent Technologies' third quarter earnings report. Earnings and Revenue: Analysts are predicting an EPS reading of 73 cents/share and revenues of $1.66 billion....

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) today announced that its JBT AeroTech business was awarded orders in excess of $14 million by a large air freight carrier. The contract is for the supply of aircraft cargo loaders, deicing vehicles and push back tractors to provide ground support for cargo aircraft at...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Sun Hydraulics (NASDAQ: SNHY), upgrading SNHY to Overweight from Neutral. In its report, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are upgrading Sun shares to Overweight given the recently created entry point, and a fundamental outlook for earnings growth that remains...