Industrial Goods Unusual Volume: Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR), Interface (NASDAQ:TILE), CLARCOR (NYSE:CLC), Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL)

Longtime Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) chief executive H. Lawrence Culp Jr. is retiring in March and will be replaced by 25-year company veteran Thomas P. Joyce Jr., the company announced late Wednesday. Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) shares after opening at $73.00 moved to $73.44 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $72.85. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.66 and price to cash ratio as 16.35. Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) showed a negative weekly performance of -1.73%.

Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE) announced today that it intends to release its first quarter 2014 results on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, after the close of the market. Interface will host a conference call the next day, Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 9:00 AM Eastern Time, that will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet. Daniel T. Hendrix, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Patrick C. Lynch, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host the call. Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ:TILE) shares advanced 0.05% in last trading session and ended the day on $18.99. TILE return on equity ratio is recorded as 15.30% and its return on assets is 6.10%. Interface, Inc. (NASDAQ:TILE) yearly performance is 11.57%.

3/4/2014 Clarcor Inc. (NYSE:CLC) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.17, payable on 4/21/14. As a percentage of CLC’s recent stock price of $57.70, this dividend works out to approximately 0.29%.CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE:CLC) shares moved up 1.02% in last trading session and was closed at $55.58, while trading in range of $55.01-$55.97. CLARCOR Inc. (NYSE:CLC) year to date performance is -13.37%.

Esterline Technologies Corp. (NYSE:ESL) Director Henry Ward Iv Winship bought 8,778 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $103.36 per share, with a total value of $907,294.08. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 2,310 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $238,762. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL) weekly performance is 4.37%. On last trading day company shares ended up $107.50. Esterline Technologies Corporation (NYSE:ESL) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 1.17%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $114.50.