Metal & Glass Containers

Silgan Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SLGN) shares moved up 10.45% to $40.68 at 10:25 am. The volume of SLGN shares traded was 4034% higher than normal. SLGN agreed to purchase Graham Packaging Co Inc (NYSE: GRM) for about $4.1 billion, including debt. Riverbed Technology Inc (NASDAQ: RVBD) shares rose 15....

Sirona Dental Systems Inc (NASDAQ: SIRO) shares jumped 4.14% to create a new 52-week high of $53.57. SIRO's PEG ratio is 1.02. Silgan Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SLGN) shares gained 11.70% to touch a new 52-week high of $41.14. SLGN agreed to purchase Graham Packaging Co Inc (NYSE: GRM) for about $4.1...

Zoom Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: ZOOM) climbed 57.74% to $4.89 at 9:45 am. ZOOM signed a subscriber unit license agreement with Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM). Eagle Rock Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: EROCW) shares surged 31.39% to $5.19. EROCW's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $764.18 million. Ossen...

Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) gained about 1.5% after the company reported its Q1 net income at $5.6 billion, or $1.28 per share, up from $3.3 billion, or $0.74 per share, in the year-earlier period. The company's revenue dropped to $25.2 billion from $27.7 billion. However,...

Riverbed Technology Inc (NASDAQ: RVBD) added 13.36% to $35.05 in the pre-market session. RVBD issued upbeat projections for the first quarter. GTx Inc (NASDAQ: GTXI) moved up 8.36% to $2.98 in the pre-market session. Analysts at Citigroup upgraded GTXI from "hold" to "buy." USA Technologies Inc (...

Northern Tech Raises FY 2011 EPS Guidance to $0.86-$0.90 (NASDAQ: NTIC)

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on retail sales and the Beige Book economic report. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 64 points to 12,257.00 and S&P 500 index futures surged 8 points to 1,316.30. Futures on the Nasdaq 100...

Shares of Graham Packaging Company Inc (NYSE: GRM) jumped in pre-market trading after Silgan Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SLGN) agreed to purchase Graham Packaging for about $4.1 billion, including debt. Under the agreement, Silgan will acquire GRM for $19.56 per share, representing a 17% premium over...

Bank of the Ozarks Inc (NASDAQ: OZRK) is expected to post its Q1 earnings at $0.69 per share on revenue of $45.53 million. JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is projected to report its Q1 EPS at $1.16 on revenue of $25.48 billion. Northern Technologies International Corp (NASDAQ: NTIC) is...

Below are the top mid-cap packaging & containers stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Greif Inc (NYSE: GEF) for the next year ending October, 2012 is $5.36 per share. GEF's PEG ratio is 1.36. Tupperware Brands Corporation...

Shares of Owens-Illinois (NYSE: OI) are higher on the session by 0.79%, currently trading at $29.48. 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 short...

Shares of Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) are lower on the session by 0.70%, trading at $38.03. Overall call volume is now running at 6.25x the daily average, with 83% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,293 contracts have traded on the session so far. Crown Holdings, Inc. is...

AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI) announced today that it priced $200 million aggregate principal amount of 8-1/4% senior notes due 2019 in connection with its previously announced private placement offering exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amendent. The...

AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI) announced today its intention to offer $200 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2019. The proceeds from the offering will be used to purchase the existing 7.875% Senior Notes due 2013 and pay the fees and expenses related to the offering and...

AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI) announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its outstanding $160,160,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.875% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 001031AF0. The Tender Offer and the Consent Solicitation are...