Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (USA) (NYSE:OPY), held its ninth annual Industrial Growth Conference in New York on May 13 and 14, 2014. The conference featured more than 60 leading public companies in the industrial growth sector, including FedEx Corp.; General Electric Co.; Honeywell International, Inc.; and Praxair, Inc. Institutional investors had the opportunity to attend company presentations as well as meet with company managements in group and one-on-one meetings. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (USA) (NYSE:OPY), net profit margin is 2.50% and weekly performance is 3.57%. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.22. Analysts mean target price for the company is $26.00. Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. (USA) (NYSE:OPY), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -8.75%.
On May 06, 2014, First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC), reported its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2014. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2014 were $62.5 million, compared with $59.3 million for the same period in the prior year. Income before income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was $0.5 million, compared with income before income taxes of $2.1 million for the same period in the prior year. Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was $0.5 million, or $0.01 per share on a basic and diluted basis, compared with net income of $2.0 million, or $0.05 per share on a basic and diluted basis, for the same period in the prior year. First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC), advanced 5.75% in last trading session and ended the day on $2.39. FAC, return on assets is 3.30%. First Acceptance Corporation (NYSE:FAC), quarterly performance is -13.09%.
VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSB), Insider Steven Jones acquired 8,000 shares of VantageSouth Bancshares stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 1st. The shares were purchased at an average price of $6.05 per share, for a total transaction of $48,400.00. Following the acquisition, the insider now directly owns 20,819 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $125,955. VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSB), shares moved up 6.49% in last trading session and was closed at $6.07, while trading in range of $5.71 – 6.15. VantageSouth Bancshares, Inc. (NYSEMKT:VSB), year to date (YTD) performance is 15.18%.
On May 21, 2014, ZipRealty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIPR), a leading online residential real estate brokerage and provider of technology and marketing solutions, has released a new report showing that median home sales prices were up an encouraging 6.1% year-over-year in April 2014. However, that mid-single digit increase represents a sharp deceleration compared to last year, when the average home sales price increased at a pace of 16.4% for April year-over-year. The median sales price in ZipRealty’s 24 metros stood at $277,627 in April 2014. ZipRealty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIPR), ended the last trading day at $3.44. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 6.95% and price to cash ratio as 5.22. ZipRealty, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZIPR), showed a positive weekly performance of 1.18%.