Metal & Glass Containers

Shares of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) are higher on the session by 0.63%, trading at $30.46. Overall call volume is now running at 3.27x the daily average, with 77% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,385 contracts have traded on the session so far. Owens-Illinois, Inc. is a...

Credit Suisse is upgrading shares of Owens Illinois (NYSE: OI) to Outperform from Neutral. It is also raising the target price by $4, to $36. Although the shares have risen by 8.7% since October 7th, 2010, they have underperformed the S&P 500 by 4.8%. The upgrade reflects both the shares'...

Olin Corp (NYSE: OLN) was upgraded by Longbow from "neutral" to "buy." OLN's shares closed at $21.24 yesterday. Olin's PEG ratio is 0.40. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE: JEC) was upgraded by Goldman from "sell" to "neutral.” JEC's shares closed at $48.24 yesterday. Jacobs Engineering's...

Pre-open movers US stock futures are slightly higher this morning, as investors are awaiting data on home prices and consumer confidence. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 18 points to 12,132.00 and S&P 500 index futures climbed 1.80 points to 1,304.00. Nasdaq 100 futures rose...

Analysts at Credit Suisse upgrade Owens-Illinois Inc (NYSE: OI) from “neutral” to “outperform.” The target price for OI has been raised from $32 to $36. OI shares fell 1.32% to close at $29.96 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Shares of Ball Corporation (NASDAQ: BLL) are higher on the session by 0.44%, currently trading at $33.97. The stock has been moving largely lower over the past two months and is currently consolidating between the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying calls on the name...

Below are the top mid-cap packaging & container stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings per share. The trailing-twelve-month earnings per share at Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NYSE: SSCC) is $7.96. SSCC's ROE for the same period is 232.50%. The trailing-twelve-month...

Shares of Owens-Illinois, Inc. (NYSE: OI) are lower on the session by 4.01%, currently trading at $29.48. The stock has been moving largely sideways over the past three months and is currently trading below the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Options traders are buying puts on the name today...

Owens-Illinois, Inc., (NYSE: OI) today issued the following statement concerning the verdict handed down late Friday afternoon by a McLean County, Illinois, jury against four defendants, including Owens-Illinois, in a case alleging asbestos-related injuries. Of the total $90 million awarded by the...

AEP Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: AEPI) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended January 31, 2011. Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 increased $60.5 million, or 38.5%, to $217.7 million from $157.2 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. Net income for the three...

Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL), announced today it has entered into an agreement with its joint venture partner Thai Beverage Can Limited, a 50 percent associated company owned by Berli Jucker Public Company Limited to build a beverage can manufacturing plant in Vietnam. The plant will be located in...

The Board of Directors of Myers Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MYE) today declared an increased quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share payable April 4, 2011, to shareholders of record as of March 7, 2011.

Greif, Inc. (NYSE: GEF), today announced results for its first fiscal quarter, which ended Jan. 31, 2011. The company reported record first quarter net sales of $943.8 million, first quarter net income of $41.4 million, or $0.71 per diluted Class A share, and first quarter net income before...

Silgan Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLGN) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Vogel & Noot Holding AG's metal can business. The Vogel & Noot business will operate under the name Silgan Metal Packaging and will continue to be headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Silgan Metal...

Here is a quick peek at stocks that have abnormally high daily put/call ratios today relative to their average…. 1. Digital River (NASDAQ: DRIV) 9,436 puts, 259 calls 2. Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) 4,747 puts, 212 calls 3. KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) 2,893 puts, 132 calls 4. Owens Illinois Inc. (...