USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.32 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.20 by $0.12, Analyst Ratings News reports. The company had revenue of $850.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $879.24 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.02 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 4.4% on a year-over-year basis. USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) shares after opening at $30.30 moved to $30.30 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $29.55. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.14 and price to cash ratio as 4.57. USG Corporation (NYSE:USG) showed a negative weekly performance of -6.49%.
VALIC, a leading retirement plan provider, announced that it has integrated LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) Worksite Financial Solutions platform into its suite of offerings. LPL Financial LLC, is the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer, an RIA custodian, and a wholly owned subsidiary of LPL Financial Holdings Inc. LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) shares fell -0.85% in last trading session and ended the day on $46.79. LPLA return on equity ratio is recorded as 15.90% and its return on assets is 4.60%. LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) yearly performance is 36.41%.
On April 17, 2014, Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) announced that New Investors Bancorp, Inc. (“New Investors Bancorp”), the proposed holding company for Investors Bank, has increased the maximum purchase limitations for its second step conversion stock offering. The maximum purchase limitations have increased from 265,000 shares ($2.65 million) to 800,000 shares ($8.0 million) for individual purchasers and from 800,000 shares ($8.0 million) to 5,000,000 shares ($50.0 million) for purchasers acting together with others. Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) shares moved down -0.19% in last trading session and was closed at $26.39, while trading in range of $26.31 – $26.50. Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) year to date (YTD) performance is 3.37%.
DeVry Education Group Inc. (NYSE:DV) beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate for both revenues and earnings in the third quarter of fiscal 2014, for the second quarter in a row. DeVry Education Group Inc. (NYSE:DV) weekly performance is 15.26%. On last trading day company shares ended up $45.99. DeVry Education Group Inc. (NYSE:DV) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 14.39%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $36.11.