Forest Products

Shares of Louisiana-Pacific (NYSE: LPX) are lower on the session by 5.42%, trading at $7.33. Overall put volume is now running at 6.11x the daily average, with 25% of all puts traded being purchases on the offer. 2,409 contracts have traded on the session so far. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation is...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. American Axle & Manufacturing (NYSE: AXL) had its rating reiterated at Hold. On Friday, AXL added 8.82% to its value to finish the week at $11.47. Tenneco (NYSE: TEN) had its rating reiterated at...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are lower this morning, after Thursday's House budget vote on the US debt ceiling was rescheduled. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 74 points to 12,119.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 7.20 points to 1,289.60. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 10.75...

US stock futures are lower this morning, after Thursday's House budget vote on the US debt ceiling was rescheduled. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 55 points to 12,138.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 5.70 points to 1,291.10. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 7.75 points to 2,362....

Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $3.56 on revenue of $71.58 billion. Aon Corporation (NYSE: AON) is expected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.82 on revenue of $2.74 billion. Newell Rubbermaid Inc (NYSE: NWL) is estimated to report its Q2 EPS at $0.42 on revenue of $...

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) unveils its next round of earnings this Friday, July 29, 2011. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for Weyerhaeuser Company's second quarter earnings. Earnings and Revenue: Ahead of the company's earnings announcement, analysts are expecting a...

The earnings crunch continues this week even as the month of July winds to a close. Quarterly reports of note scheduled for the week include those from Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS), Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX), Merck (NYSE: MRK) and Dow Chemical (...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX) had its rating reiterated at Buy. At the same time, its price target was raised from $62 to $64. On Friday, VRX added 4.54% to its value to finish the week at $55. KapStone Paper (NYSE: KS) had its rating reiterated at Hold. On Friday, KS added 0.3% to its value...

Shares of Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) are higher on the session by 0.90%, currently trading at $21.91. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past three weeks and is currently trading above the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying calls on the name today. A short while ago the...

Shares of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) are lower on the session by 0.79%, trading at $21.97. Overall call volume is now running at 3.16x the daily average, with 0% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 3,279 contracts have traded on the session so far. Weyerhaeuser Company,...

KBW is out with its report today on Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY), initiating WY at Outperform. In a note to clients, KBW writes, "We are initiating coverage of Weyerhaeuser with an Outperform rating. As one of the few remaining fully integrated forest products companies, Weyerhaeuser's earnings are...

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) announced after the bell today that is has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its hardwoods and industrial products business unit American Industrial Partners. Northwest Hardwoods, Inc., with approximately 1,000 employees, is the leading manufacturer of...

Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (NYSE: LPX) announced today its subsidiary, LP South America, acquired the remaining 25 percent equity interest in LP-Brasil OSB Industria e Comercio S.A. from Masisa do Brasil LTDA, a subsidiary of Masisa S.A. in Chile. LP Brasil operates the oriented strand board...

Below 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...

Analysts at Robert W. Baird downgraded Itron Inc (NASDAQ: ITRI) from “neutral” to “underperform.” ITRI's shares closed at $53.42 yesterday. Itron's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 4.59%. Analysts at Ardour Capital downgraded Gushan Environmental Energy Limited (NYSE: GU) from “accumulate”...