Specialty Chemicals

Manitowac Reports Q1 EPS $0.87 vs. $0.83 Est.; Revenues $262.5M vs. $250.1M Est. (NYSE: MTX)

Minerals Tech (NYSE: MTX) Reports EPS of $0.87 vs. $0.83 Estimate; Revenues $262.52M vs. $250.1M Estimate

Best 1) LoopNet (NASDAQ: LOOP): Trading up 27% from yesterday's close to $18.26. 2) Horizon Lines (NYSE: HRZ): Trading up 24.7% from yesterday's close to $2.37. 3) Longtop Financial Technologies (NYSE: LFT): Trading up 16.8% from yesterday's close to $20.67. 4) Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT):...

Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC)- Stillwater Mining Company is engaged in the development, extraction, processing, refining and marketing of palladium, platinum and associated metals (platinum group metals (PGMs)) from a geological formation in south central Montana known as the J-M Reef and...

1) Rockwood Holdings (NYSE:ROC) ranks first with a gain of 10.09%- The company reported net income of $178 million, or $2.24 a share, for the three months ended March 31. That compares with net income of $36.9 million, or 48 cents a share, in the same quarter last year. The results included a $...

Gabelli & Company has issued a report regarding the 1Q11 results from Forre Corp (NYSE: FOE). Gabelli writes, "Overall results were stronger than we anticipated with revenue growth of 16% benefitting from Price, Mix and FX, which together contributed 17%, while Volume declined 1%. The main...

J.P. Morgan is raising its price target on Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC) from $30 to $33 to reflect increase in earnings projection for 2012. In the report, J.P. Morgan writes. “we believe that Nalco's margin issue is temporary from a fundamental standpoint, and that the combination of the...

J.P. Morgan has raised its price target on Rockwood Holdings (NYSE: ROC) from $47 to $55 to reflect its revised estimates on the stock. Says J.P. Morgan, in its report, “Rockwood has interesting long-term investment characteristics embedded in its lithium operations, in our view. The valuation is...

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Rockwood Holdings (NYSE: ROC) from $47 to $55 and maintains its Neutral rating.

JP Morgan has raised the price target on Nalco (NYSE: NLC) from $30 to $33 and maintains its Overweight rating.

Below are the top cleaning products stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield. Church & Dwight Company Inc (NYSE: CHD) has a dividend yield of 1.70%. CHD's shares closed at $79.53 yesterday. Stepan Company (NYSE: SCL) has a dividend yield of 1.50%. SCL's shares closed at $...

Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE:BRK.B) audit committee said today that David Sokol violated the company's policy with his Lubrizol (NYSE: LZ) trades. More on this story as it develops.

JP Morgan has issued a report on the 1Q11 EPS from Nalco (NYSE: NLC). JP Morgan writes, "Nalco reported 1Q:11 pro forma EPS of $0.26 versus $0.31 in the year-ago period and our forecast of $0.31. Bloomberg Consensus was $0.31. Pro forma earnings exclude $132.2M net pre-tax benefit (or +$0.58/sh)...

Rockwood Holdings (NYSE: ROC) Reports EPS of $0.88 vs. $0.61 Estimate

Rockwood Holdings (NYSE: ROC) today reported earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.80 for the first quarter of 2011 as compared to $0.42 for the same period in the prior year. Rockwood's as adjusted earnings per share increased to $0.88 in the first quarter of 2011 from $0.41 for the...