Metal & Glass Containers

Greif (NYSE: GEF) will be reporting its second-quarter fiscal 2011 results tomorrow, June 8, after the closing bell. Analysts are looking for the container maker to post earnings of $0.96 per share on revenues of $1.0 billion. That is up from $0.86 per share and $836.6 million in the same period of...

S&P 500 components scheduled to report quarterly results this week include J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM), National Semiconductor (NYSE: NSM) and Pall Corp. (NYSE: PLL). While analysts on average are expecting strong earnings growth from Pall, the consensus forecast for Smucker is earnings about the...

Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) announced today that it has adopted a Rule 10b5-1 plan for the purpose of repurchasing up to two million shares of its common stock in accordance with the guidelines specified in Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Plan has been established...

Jefferies is providing a few comments on Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI), which just acquired a minority interest in Brazilian Ops. “With Brazil being one of the most profitable and fastest growing markets in glass, we believe it makes strategic sense that OI is acquiring the minority interest in...

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) today announced the acquisition of the remaining 21 percent interest in its southern Brazil glass container company, Owens-Illinois do Brasil Industria e Comercio SA. The remaining interest was acquired from Monteiro Aranha SA for approximately $140 million in cash...

Below are the top mid-cap packaging & containers stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Smurfit-Stone Container Corp (NYSE: SSCC) is 289.30%. SSCC's profit margin for the same period is 24.68%. The trailing-twelve-month...

Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) today announced that certain of its subsidiaries have entered into a five-year senior secured credit agreement totaling $2 billion. The new agreement, which has a maturity date of May 2016, is comprised of $1.1 billion in term loans and a $900 million revolving...

Shares of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) are lower on the session by 0.32%, trading at $41.06. Overall call volume is now running at 3.57x the daily average, with 32% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,374 contracts have traded on the session so far. Crown Holdings, Inc. is...

General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: GFN) shares moved down 20.22% to $2.51 at 9:55 am. GFN's subsidiary Royal Wolf Holdings Limited lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities Investment Commission for an initial public offering on the Australian Stock Exchange. SinoHub Inc (AMEX: SIHI)...

General Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: GFN) (NASDAQ: GFNCL) today announced that its subsidiary Royal Wolf Holdings Limited lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities Investment Commission on May 13, 2011 for an initial public offering by Royal Wolf of its ordinary shares on the Australian...

Williams Capital has initiated coverage on Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) with an Outperform rating and $45 price target.

Williams Capital Research has initiated coverage on Crown Holdings (NYSE: CCK) with an Outperform rating and $46 price target.

Hudson Securities suspended coverage on the following companies, effective immediately: Albany International (NYSE: AIN), Ametek (NYSE: AME), A.O. Smith (NYSE: AOS), AZZ (NYSE: AZZ), Briggs & Stratton (OTC: BGG), Digital Ally (NASDAQ: DGLY), Franklin Electric (NASDAQ: FELE), Federal Signal (...

Spartech Corporation (NYSE:SEH) converts base polymers or resins purchased from commodity suppliers into extruded plastic sheet and rollstock, thermoformed packaging, specialty film laminates, acrylic products is trading at a price of $6.72,a dramatic change of -0.03 with % change of -0.44 from...

EnPro Industries Inc. (NYSE:NPO) is trading at a price of $42.89 ,a dramatic change of 3.48 with % change of 8.83 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market capitalization (total value of a company in the stock market) of approximately 886.71M Zagg Inc (NASDAQ:ZAGG) is...