Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) EVP Ron Ricks sold 30,911 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $25.09, for a total transaction of $775,556.99. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 304,057 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,628,790. Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) net profit margin is 4.80% and weekly performance is 2.06%. On last trading day company shares ended up $25.27. Analysts mean target price for the company is $27.21. Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.54%.
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) agreed to sell its gasoline stations to Marathon Petroleum Corp. for $2.6 billion, the latest and largest in more than $12 billion of asset sales as the company focuses on producing oil and natural gas. Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) shares advanced 1.11% in last trading session and ended the day on $90.29. HES gross Margin is 42.40% and its return on assets is 9.90%.Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) quarterly performance is 11.58%.
On May 14, 2014, Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). There were 1,728,769,219 shares of common stock of the Company represented in person or by proxy at the meeting, constituting 86.96% of outstanding shares on March 24, 2014, the record date for the Annual Meeting. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) shares moved up 0.10% in last trading session and was closed at $40.68, while trading in range of $40.43 – $40.99. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO) year to date (YTD) performance is 7.36%.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) CEO Sanjay Mehrotra unloaded 3,750 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.18, for a total transaction of $349,425.00. SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) ended the last trading day at $93.20. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.95% and price to cash ratio as 7.50.SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) showed a positive weekly performance of 5.53%.
Turkey sole oil refinery, Koç Holdings AS (OTCMKTS:KHOLY) has been once again named the export champion of Turkey after it conducted $4.1 billion in exports last year, the head of the country’s top export organization said. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.99.