Shares of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) saw a significant drop in short interest in January. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 14,448,735 shares, a drop of 18.7% from the February 14th total of 17,777,024 shares, AnalystRatings.NET reports. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,574,148 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) shares after opening at $22.81 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $22.60. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 4.94 and price to cash ratio as 2.27. Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.44%.
On Mar 05, 2014, Fitch Ratings has affirmed Allergan, Inc’s (NYSE:AGN) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A+’. A complete list of ratings affirmed is provided at the end of this release. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings apply to approximately $2.1 billion of outstanding debt. Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) shares advanced 1.22% in last trading session and ended the day on $129.91. AGN return on equity ratio is recorded as14.70% and its return on assets is 8.80%. Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) yearly performance is 19.45%.
Equities research analysts at Monness Crespi & Hardt assumed coverage on shares of VMware (NYSE:VMW) in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Stock Ratings News reports. The firm set a “buy” rating on the stock. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) weekly performance is 6.51%. On last trading day company shares ended up $109.74. VMware, Inc. (NYSE:VMW) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 14.65%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $107.20.
WellPoint (NYSE:WLP) was downgraded by research analysts at Ned Davis Research from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report released on Monday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. WellPoint Inc (NYSE:WLP) shares moved up 1.93% in last trading session and was closed at $95.15, while trading in range of $93.57 – $95.45. WellPoint Inc (NYSE:WLP) year to date (YTD) performance is 3.48%.