Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL) CAO W Corey West sold 50,000 shares of Oracle stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.03, for a total value of $2,051,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 5,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $205,150. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shares after opening at $41.04 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $41.49. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 4.88 and price to cash ratio as 4.97. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) showed a positive weekly performance of 8.05%.
TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) as a buy. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, increase in stock price during the past year, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) shares advanced 3.14% in last trading session and ended the day on $23.10. CSCO return on equity ratio is recorded as 14.20% and its return on assets is 8.20%. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) yearly performance is 12.19%.
When a company as large as Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) makes business decisions, there’s bound to be some collateral damage. On March 31, the computer giant announced that it would settle investor claims that a series of decisions it made in 2011 deviated so far from its historical business model that they were essentially fraudulent. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) shares moved up 2.69% in last trading session and was closed at $33.23, while trading in range of $32.29 – 33.45. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) year to date (YTD) performance is 19.32%.
Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN), a leading provider of advanced network communications, announced the release of its new channel pricing tool, allowing channel partners to seamlessly and efficiently provide direct pricing quotes for Windstream solutions. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) weekly performance is 4.68%. On last trading day company shares ended up $8.50. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 10.66%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $8.34.