Tag: GST

  • Why These Stocks Touched New Highs: U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), Integrated Device Technology (NASDAQ:IDTI), Windstream Holdings, (NASDAQ:WIN), Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), Gastar Exploration (NYSEMKT:GST)

    On 18 June Tuesday, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) enhanced its quarterly common stock dividend by 6.5% to 24.5 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on Jul 15, 2014 to shareholders of record as of Jun 30, 2014. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) net profit margin is 45.30% and weekly performance is 1.58%. On last trading day company shares ended up $43.74. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.22. U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.64%.

    Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI), the Analog and Digital Company™ delivering essential mixed-signal semiconductor solutions, on 3 June introduced a new IQ modulator that delivers the industry’s lowest power consumption and highest linearity for today’s wireless products. Integrated Device Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI) shares advanced 4.09% in last trading session and ended the day on $15.27. IDTI gross Margin is 56.30% and its return on assets is 10.60%.Integrated Device Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:IDTI) quarterly performance is 24.15%.

    Windstream Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) on 8 may reported first-quarter 2014 adjusted earnings per share of 4 cents, below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 9 cents and lower than 10 cents earned in the year-ago quarter. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) shares moved up 0.59% in last trading session and was closed at $10.15, while trading in range of $10.10 – $10.20. Windstream Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIN) year to date (YTD) performance is 31.14%.

    Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on June 13, 2014. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Company’s 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”), which was unanimously adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 14, 2014 subject to stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) ended the last trading day at $30.89. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.25% and price to cash ratio as 20.50.Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.38%.

    Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSEMKT:GST) reported on 16 June that it has reached total depth on the vertical pilot hole for its first Utica/Point Pleasant well in Marshall County, West Virginia. The Simms 5-UH well was drilled to a total depth of 11,410 feet and encountered approximately 92 net feet of pay in the Point Pleasant formation with measured porosities up to 17%. Gastar expects estimated formation pressures to be approximately 9,400 psi upon completion of the well. Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSEMKT:GST) net profit margin is 39.20% and weekly performance is 22.96%. On last trading day company shares ended up $8.89. Analysts mean target price for the company is $8.29. Gastar Exploration Inc. (NYSEMKT:GST) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 28.48%.