Mid Cap Gainers: Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL), CVR Energy (NYSE:CVI), Phillips 66 Partners (NYSE:PSXP), Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU)

Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) said its board rejected an unsolicited $3.2 billion takeover bid from Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., which earlier Monday made public its offer for the fellow property and casualty insurer. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) shares after opening at $46.77 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $43.77. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.19 and price to cash ratio as 2.20. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) showed a positive weekly performance of 11.57%.

CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CVI), announced that Janice T. DeVelasco will become the companies’ vice president of environmental, health and safety, effective immediately. CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CVI) shares advanced 517% in last trading session and ended the day on $44.92. CVIreturn on equity ratio is recorded as 28.50% and its return on assets is 9.70%. CVR Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CVI) yearly performance is 12.75%.

Investors certainly have to be happy with Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE:PSXP) and its short term performance. After all, the stock has jumped by 11.4% in the past 4 weeks, and it is also above its 20 Day Simple Moving Average as well. This is certainly a good trend, but investors are probably asking themselves, can this positive trend continue for PSXP? While we can never know for sure, it is pretty encouraging that estimates for PSXP have moved higher in the past few weeks, meaning that analyst sentiment is moving in the right way. Plus, the stock actually has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), so the recent move higher for this spotlighted company may definitely continue over the next few weeks. Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE:PSXP) shares moved up 5.27% in last trading session and was closed at $56.71, while trading in range of $54.09 – $57.67. Phillips 66 Partners LP (NYSE:PSXP) year to date (YTD) performance is 50.42%.

Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU) is on an absolute tear—shooting up the charts with a glorious performance. The stock, that is. Manchester United, the team, isn’t faring so well. Meanwhile, the shares are up 6 percent this year. It turns out Manchester United the business—the team of suits shooting for sponsorship deals and tackling big TV contracts—is fairly insulated from what happens on the pitch. In the most recent quarter, it posted record revenue. Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU) weekly performance is 7.38%. On last trading day company shares ended up $17.03. Manchester United PLC (NYSE:MANU)distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 9.24%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $1074.32.

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