Specialty Chemicals

Below are the top small-cap specialty chemicals stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio Gulf Resources Inc (NASDAQ: GFRE) has a PEG ratio of 0.09. GFRE's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 44.86%. OMNOVA Solutions Inc (NYSE: OMN) has a PEG ratio of 0.28. OMN's trailing-...

An environmental and public safety problem that has remained unanswered for the state of Texas and its citizens for more than 30 years has been addressed with today's announcement that Waste Control Specialists LLC, a subsidiary of Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI), has signed a contract with one of the...

Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for May 2011: For the month of May 2011, Copa Holdings' system-wide passenger traffic (RPM) increased 29.2%, while capacity (ASM) increased 23.1%. System load factor for May 2011 was 76.3%, a 3.6 percentage...

Flotek Industries (NYSE: FTK) today announced it has paid-in-full its Senior Credit Facility. Using proceeds received from a recent equity private placement, the Company paid approximately $29.25 million in remaining principal due to its senior lenders, Whitebox Advisors and Gates Capital...

ADA-ES Inc (NASDAQ: ADES) shares surged 65.40% to $16.54 at 10:40 am. The volume of ADES shares traded was 595% higher than normal. ADA-ES reported a $60 million equity sale in Clean Coal Solutions LLC joint venture to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. EnerNOC Inc (NASDAQ: ENOC) shares moved up 6.56...

ADA-ES Inc (NASDAQ: ADES) shares advanced 52.20% to $15.22 at 9:45 am. ADA-ES reported a $60 million equity sale in Clean Coal Solutions LLC joint venture to an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: RXII) shares surged 21.71% to $1.57. RXII reported positive data...

ADA-ES (NASDAQ: ADES) today announced the sale of a 15.8% equity interest in Clean Coal Solutions, ADA's 50:50 joint venture with an affiliate of NexGen Resources Corporation, by ADA and NexGen for $60 million to GSFS Investments I Corp., an affiliate of The Goldman Sachs Group. Closing of the...

KMG Chemicals (NASDAQ: KMGB) today announced that it will increase the prices for certain high-purity process chemicals effective June 15, 2011, or as contracts allow. The increases will be applicable to most solvent products, as well as hydrogen peroxide and phosphoric acid. The increases are...

Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ALTI) today announced it has agreed to a third amendment to the Share Subscription Agreement initially entered into with Canon Investment Holdings Limited on September 20, 2010 and subsequently amended on February 16, 2011 and May 17, 2011. This Third Amendment...

Below are the top small-cap rubber & plastics stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio STR Holdings Inc (NYSE: STRI) has a PEG ratio of 0.47. STRI's trailing-twelve-month operating margin is 23.45%. Spartech Corporation (NYSE: SEH) has a PEG ratio of 0.61. SEH's trailing-twelve...

Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) announced today that it will increase global prices of the neat portion of its metal alkyl products by 15% effective July 1, 2011, or as contracts allow.  Prices for solvent blends of metal alkyls will also be increased as needed. This price increase will further...

The institutional cleaning products and services market is highly fragmented, Bank of America reports. “While it is the second-largest global vendor, Diversey has less than a 6% market share,” Bank of America writes. “We continue to recommend Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL) shares due to the consistent...

Boom!  Russell Investments jumped from sponsoring just one ETF to 17 in a span of less than 10 days.  The firm introduced a 10-fund suite of Russell Factor ETFs last Friday (5/27/11).  The second wave of new products comes quick on the heels of the Russell Investment Discipline Index ETFs rollout....

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL) has announced price increases for their Coil and Extrusion product lines effective August 1, 2011. The increases range up to 8% depending on the product type. This latest action is part of the company's ongoing efforts to offset the impact of rising raw material...

Jefferies & Company commented on Nalco (NYSE: NLC) in a report released today. In the report, Nalco was mixed in its assessment of the company. Jefferies writes, "Energy Services has grown at a 26% CAGR since 2009 in BRIC countries due in part to successful investments in supply (Brazil),...