Specialty Chemicals

Shaw Group Inc (NYSE: SHAW) is projected to post its FQ3 EPS at $0.68 on revenue of $1.69 billion. Progress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS) is estimated to report its FQ2 EPS at $0.38 on revenue of $134.08 million. Sealy Corporation (NYSE: ZZ) is projected to report its Q2 EPS at $0.00 on...

Innospec Inc (NASDAQ: IOSP) shares surged 5.12% to $32.44 at 11:40 am. The volume of IOSP shares traded was 197% higher than normal. IOSP shares have jumped 200.20% over the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 17.80% in the same period. EZCORP Inc (NASDAQ: EZPW) shares moved up 6...

According to J.P. Morgan, H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) is delivering good results in a difficult raw material environment. J.P. Morgan said that the company reported a 23% increase in operating income in Q2:F11(ended May 28) despite 20% raw material cost inflation and 5% increase in S&A expense;...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on HB Fuller (NYSE: FUL) from $22 to $25 and maintains its Neutral rating.

Welcome to edition fifty five of Insider Weekends. Insider buying increased with insiders purchasing $69.72 million of their stock last week when compared to $43.2 million in the week prior. Selling on the other hand decreased with insiders selling $550.9 million worth of stock compared to $1....

Cusick's Corner Over the weekend take a look at the benchmarks and your individual holdings to establish a sense of support. For example, consider looking at the S&P 500 September Future to help understand the general pulse. The S&P is 5 points before getting to the 200-Day Moving Average...

Deutsche Bank made a number of updates in a research report published today. NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) had its rating reiterated at Hold. At the same time, however, its price target was lowered from $30 to $27. On Thursday, NASDAQ lost 2.59% of its value to close the day at $23.35. CBOE Holdings...

Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Stepan Specialty Products, LLC has acquired the Clarinol®, Marinol® and Pinnothin® product lines of Lipid Nutrition B.V., a part of Loders Croklaan B.V. The acquired product lines will be integrated into Stepan's Food and...

H.B. Fuller (NYSE: FUL) is almost 8% on the session on better than expected earnings. The company reported EPS of $0.50 vs. $0.46 estimate and Revenues $393.7M vs. $382.2M estimate. H.B. Fuller is currently trading at $23.68, a gain of 7.88%

Gabelli & Co. has a Hold rating on shares of H.B. Fuller Co (NYSE: FUL). In a note to clients, Gabelli writes, "Fuller is demonstrating that it can raise selling prices faster than in the past. However, the lack of volume growth is keeping us on the sideline until the company shares more...

Analysts at Morgan Stanley downgraded Dollar General Corp (NYSE: DG) from “overweight” to “equal-weight.” DG's shares closed at $33.98 yesterday. Dollar General's trailing-twelve-month profit margin is 4.85%. Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV) from “overweight” to “...

Goldman Sachs is downgrading shares of Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC) to Sell with a $28 price target on shares. In a note to clients, Goldman writes, "We downgrade Nalco (NLC) to Sell from Neutral as, with just 2% upside to our revised price target, we see better risk/reward profiles for other...

Goldman Sachs has downgraded Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC) from Neutral to Sell and has lowered the price target from $30 to $28.

US stock futures are lower this morning, as investors are awaiting the latest interest-rate decision from the Federal Reserve. The Greek government won a key confidence vote late Tuesday. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 24 points to 12,064.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock...

Paychex Inc (NASDAQ: PAYX) is projected to report its FQ4 earnings at $0.33 per share on revenue of $515.91 million. FedEx Corp (NYSE: FDX) is estimated to post its FQ4 earnings at $1.72 per share on revenue of $10.42 billion. Red Hat Inc (NYSE: RHT) is estimated to post its Q1 EPS at $0.22 on...