Morning Buzz: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), Manitowoc Company (NYSE:MTW), Nike (NYSE:NKE), KB Home (NYSE:KBH), Finish Line (NASDAQ:FINL)

E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), issued an update on its second quarter earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of Lower than $1.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.46, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports. E I Du Pont De Nemours And also updated its FY14 guidance to $4.00-4.10 EPS. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), net profit margin is 8.20% and weekly performance is 0.45%. On last trading day company shares ended up $67.70. Analysts mean target price for the company is $69.43. E I Du Pont De Nemours And Co (NYSE:DD), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.02%.

Activist investment firm Relational Investors LLC has amassed a roughly 8.5 percent stake in Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW), and is urging the crane and food equipment company to break itself up, according to people familiar with the matter. Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW), advanced 1.40% in last trading session and ended the day on $29.71. MTW, return on assets is 3.00%. Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW), quarterly performance is -1.88%.

Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), reported Q4 EPS of $0.78, $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of $0.75. Revenue for the quarter came in at $7.43 billion versus the consensus estimate of $7.34 billion. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), shares moved up 0.51% in last trading session and was closed at $76.86, while trading in range of $75.67 – 76.91. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), year to date (YTD) performance is -1.65%.

On June 20, 2014, KB Home (NYSE:KBH), in collaboration with SunPower Corp.  ( SPWR ) initiated a pilot program of installing new energy storage solutions in some of the communities in Irvine, El Dorado Hills, and San Diego, CA. KB Home already offers high-efficiency solar power systems in more than 150 KB Home communities in California.  KB Home (NYSE:KBH), ended the last trading day at $17.88. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.67% and price to cash ratio as 5.35. KB Home (NYSE:KBH), showed a positive weekly performance of 2.76%.

Shares of Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ:FINL), have received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the fourteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and eight have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $29.47. Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ:FINL), net profit margin is 4.80% and weekly performance is -3.35%. On last trading day company shares ended up $29.15. Analysts mean target price for the company is $30.47. Finish Line Inc (NASDAQ:FINL), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 1.96%.