Early Day Notes: Cincinnati Financial Corp., Post Holdings (NYSE:POST), Praxair (NYSE:PX), Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT)

Cincinnati Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CINF) shares increased 1.40% in last trading session and ended the day at $54.92. CINF has a return on assets of 3.40%. Cincinnati Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:CINF) quarterly performance is -5.54%.

Cincinnati Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:CINF) invites you to listen to the live Internet broadcast of its conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at 11 a.m. ET. The company plans to release its results on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, after the close of regular trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) ended the last trading day at $55.25. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 4.43% and price to cash ratio as 4.08. Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST) showed a weekly performance of 0.88%.

Post Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:POST), announced its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.9375 per share on the Company’s 3.75% Series B Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock for the dividend period from the date of November 15, 2015 to February 14, 2016. The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of $0.625 per share on the Company’s 2.5% Series C Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock for the dividend period from the date of November 15, 2015 to February 14, 2016.

On 26 January, Praxair Inc. (NYSE:PX) shares increased 2.09% and was closed at $98.14. PX EPS growth in last 5 year was 7.40%. Praxair Inc. (NYSE:PX) year to date (YTD) performance is -4.16%.

Praxair, Inc. (NYSE:PX) announced it has signed a 15-year contract to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Total in the Port of Antwerp. Total, a global integrated energy producer and provider and leading international oil and gas company, is currently investing one billion euro in the port to upgrade its largest refining and petrochemicals platform in Europe. As a result, the company will require increased quantities of industrial gases for several applications in its refinery and petrochemical processes. Praxair is expanding its recently built oxygen pipeline an additional three miles to connect with Total’s refinery.

Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) shares increased 2.92% in last trading session and ended the day at $35.21. JCI Gross Margin is 17.30% and its has a return on assets of 5.00%. Johnson Controls Inc. (NYSE:JCI) quarterly performance is -21.22%.

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) is in advanced talks to acquire Tyco International (NYSE: TYC) for as much as $20 billion, WSJ reported citing people familiar with the matter.

Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) caters to the Services space. It has a net profit margin of -4.10% and weekly performance is -5.11%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $1.67. Performant Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:PFMT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -12.94%.

Compass Point reaffirmed their neutral rating on shares of Performant Financial Corp (NASDAQ:PFMT) in a report released on Wednesday morning, AnalystRatings.Net reports. Compass Point currently has a $3.00 price target on the stock.

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