Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) is providing additional details on three of its financing commitments closed during the first quarter of 2014, which were included in Ares Capital’s earnings announcement released yesterday. Financing commitments made by Ares Capital totaled $852 million in the first quarter. Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) net profit margin is 55.40% and weekly performance is -2.19%. On last trading day company shares ended up $16.50. Analysts mean target price for the company is $18.79. Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -4.70%.
NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) hired Adena Friedman back from Carlyle Group LP and promoted Hans-Ole Jochumsen, establishing two presidents who report directly to the chief executive officer. Friedman, rejoining Nasdaq as president of the company’s global corporate, information and technology solutions business, returns after a stint as chief financial officer of Carlyle, the private equity firm. She started her career at Nasdaq and went to Carlyle in 2011. NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) shares fell -0.87% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.51. NDAQ Gross Margin is 59.60% and its return on assets is 4.20%. NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) quarterly performance is -4.52%.
CBOE Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating reiterated by Zacks in a report released on Wednesday, American Banking & Market News reports. They currently have a $55.00 price target on the stock. Zacks‘s price target would suggest a potential upside of 7.91% from the stock’s previous close. CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) shares moved down -1.34% in last trading session and was closed at $50.86, while trading in range of $50.79 – $51.69. CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) year to date (YTD) performance is -1.80%.
Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN) announced earnings for its fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2014. Net Investment Income for the quarters ended March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was $4.6 million, or $0.18 per share, and $4.4 million, or $0.17 per share, respectively, an increase in Net Investment Income of 5.5%. The increase in Net Investment Income for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, as compared to the prior quarter, was primarily due to the $0.4 million increase in interest income, primarily due to an increase in the weighted average principal balance of the Company’s interest-bearing investments of $18.4 million as compared to the prior quarter, and a decrease in other expenses of $0.5 million, primarily due to an excise tax recorded in the prior quarter. Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN) ended the last trading day at $7.87. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.85% and price to cash ratio as 13.89. Gladstone Investment Corporation (NASDAQ:GAIN) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.03%.