E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) issued an update on its FY14 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $4.00-4.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $4.30. E I Du Pont De Nemours And also updated its Q2 guidance to Lower than $1.28 EPS. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) shares after opening at $65.73 moved to $66.19 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $65.44. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.69 and price to cash ratio as 15.61. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD) showed a negative weekly performance of -4.37%.
Dollar General Corp. (DG) announced Friday morning that its Chairman and Chief Executive, Rick Dreiling, has announced his intention to retire as CEO, with effect from May 30, 2015 or upon the naming of a successor.Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) shares fell -7.28% in last trading session and ended the day on $57.19. DG return on equity ratio is recorded as 19.80% and its return on assets is 9.60%. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) yearly performance is 10.75%.
Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK) has made a cash offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (IDIX) for $24.5 each. Upon completion of the deal, Idenix will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Merck. Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) shares moved down -1.71% in last trading session and was closed at $57.53, while trading in range of $57.47-$58.52. Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) year to date performance is 16.72%.
Perrigo Company plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:PRGO) and its partner, Catalent, announced that they have settled their first to file Hatch Waxman litigation with Teva with respect to a generic version of Proair® HFA. Pursuant to the settlement, Perrigo has a limited quantity license to launch a generic version of Proair® HFA starting on December 19, 2016 (or earlier in certain circumstances) and an unlimited quantity license beginning after June 30, 2018. Perrigo Company plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:PRGO) weekly performance is 1.43%. On last trading day company shares ended up $145.97. Perrigo Company plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:PRGO) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 4.20%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $162.60.
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