Eye-catching Stocks: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT), Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE:SWAY), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), TransCanada Corporation (NYSE:TRP)

William Blair lowered shares of Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) from a market perform rating to an underperform rating in a report released on Tuesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) shares after opening at $77.41 moved to $77.73 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $77.60. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.53 and price to cash ratio as 37.81. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.44%.

Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE:SWAY) (the Company), a leading single-family rental real estate investment trust (REIT), announced that its Board of Trustees has authorized a share repurchase program. Under the program, the Company may purchase up to $150 million of its common stock beginning April 17, 2014 and ending April 17, 2015. Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE:SWAY) shares advanced 5.28% in last trading session and ended the day on $27.14. SWAY return on equity ratio is recorded as -3.80% and its return on assets is -3.80%.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), the world’s biggest drugmaker, held informal, now-discontinued talks with AstraZeneca Plc about possibly buying the London-based maker of asthma and heart drugs, said two people familiar with the matter. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) shares moved up 2.02% in last trading session and was closed at $30.86, while trading in range of $30.40-$30.94. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) year to date performance is 1.58%.

TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP) will hold a teleconference and webcast on Friday, May 2, 2014 to discuss its first quarter 2014 financial results. TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP) weekly performance is -4.06%. On last trading day company shares ended up $44.87. TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP) distance from 50-day simple moving average is -0.01%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $53.21.