Investors traded up shares of D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) 10% on Tuesday after the country’s largest home builder reported quarterly results that beat analysts’ expectations and said early 2014 sales have been surprisingly strong. The Fort Worth, Texas-based builder DHI reported that fiscal first-quarter profit hit $123.2 million, or 36 cents per share, up from $66.3 million, or 20 cents a share, during the year-earlier period. Analysts had expected the company to report per-share income of 31 cents for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, according to FactSet. D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) stock opened today at $22.59 and is currently trading at $22.80. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 7.08%.
Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ:SMED), a leading full-service provider of solutions for the cost-effective management of medical waste, used healthcare materials and unused dispensed medications, reported financial results for the second quarter and first six months of fiscal year 2014 ended December 31, 2013. Sharps Compliance Corp. (NASDAQ:SMED) stock opened at $4.96, in current trading session and currently is at $5.07, by losing -3.80%. The 52 week range of $2.34 – $5.90. Company’s market capitalization is $77.74 billion.
Stifel upgraded Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) as it believes that aggregate industry volumes and pricing can increase. Target $69. Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:VMC) stock is open at $60.67 and currently trading at $62.49. The EPS of the stock is 0.11. Company’s market capitalization is $8.12 billion.
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) announced the closing of its offering of 3,750,000 American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”), each representing four ordinary shares of the Company, par value US$0.00002 per share (the “ADS Offering”). The Company also closed the concurrent offering of US$150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.00% convertible senior notes due 2019 (the “Notes”), including US$20.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold pursuant to the initial purchaser’s full exercise of its option to purchase additional Notes (the “Notes Offering”). JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS) stock opened the session at $ 29.90 and now is at $30.16. The 52 week range of the JKS stock remained $3.96 – $37.98 and the day range was $29.51 – $30.63.