General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is in talks to buy Alstom SA, the French builder of trains and power plants, people with knowledge of the matter said, in what would be GE’s biggest acquisition ever. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) shares after opening at $26.57 moved to $26.66 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $26.42. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.82 and price to cash ratio as 2.00. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.32%.
D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) will be posting its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. Individual interested in participating in the company’s earnings conference call can do so using this link.D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) shares fell -2.24% in last trading session and ended the day on $21.35. DHI return on equity ratio is recorded as 14.70% and its return on assets is 6.80%. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) yearly performance is -9.19%.
Before the opening bell on Thursday, April 24, 2014, PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) will report its first-quarter FY 2014 earnings. PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) shares moved down -0.54% in last trading session and was closed at $18.57, while trading in range of $18.20-$18.69.PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) year to date performance is -8.61%.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, is expected to report a 6 percent drop in earnings for the first quarter of 2014, an improvement over the 44.7 percent drop in the same quarter last year, as the global economy slowly benefits the company’s construction and electricity sectors, barely offsetting a dismal global mining industry. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) weekly performance is 1.45%. On last trading day company shares ended up $103.38. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 5.57%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $101.17.
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