Morning Buzz: AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL), Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB), Compugen Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ:CGEN)

DALLAS (AP) AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) on Sunday agreed to buy DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunications company a larger base of video subscribers and increases its ability to compete against Comcast and Time Warner Cable, which agreed to a merger in February. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) net profit margin is 14.00% and weekly performance is 0.82%. On last trading day company shares ended up $36.74. Analysts mean target price for the company is $35.64. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 6.01%.

BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) board member Bert Nordberg won’t seek re-election to the board next month at the smartphone maker’s annual meeting. The departure will bring the number of BlackBerry directors to six, and the company won’t nominate any additional members at the AGM, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) shares fell -1.69% in last trading session and ended the day on $7.26. BBRY gross Margin is 30.68% and its return on assets is -6.35%.BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) quarterly performance is -19.15%.

The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) reported second quarter 2014 net sales of $1.1 billion, an increase of 10 percent over the prior year. The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) shares moved up 0.07% in last trading session and was closed at $73.33, while trading in range of $72.41 – $73.47. The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) year to date (YTD) performance is 3.22%.

Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE:CPB) reported Q3 EPS of $0.62, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.59. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.97 billion versus the consensus estimate of $2 billion.
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) ended the last trading day at $45.12. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 0.93% and price to cash ratio as 48.32.Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.62%.

Compugen Ltd. (NASDAQ:CGEN) announced the appointment of Mr. Avihai Shen as Interim Chief Financial Officer replacing Ms. Dikla Czaczkes Axselbrad. Compugen Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ:CGEN) weekly performance is -5.13%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.95. Analysts mean target price for the company is $14.33. Compugen Ltd. (USA) (NASDAQ:CGEN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -20.35%.

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