Shares of PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP) were the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Friday. Stock investors acquired 6,935 put options on the company, Analyst Ratings Network reports. This represents an increase of 152% compared to the average daily volume of 2,750 put options. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) shares after opening at $81.47 moved to $82.14 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $82.05. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.89 and price to cash ratio as 12.96. PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.39%.
Equities research analysts at Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) from $245.00 to $275.00 in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Analyst RN reports. The firm currently has an “outperform” rating on the stock. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares advanced 1.30% in last trading session and ended the day on $233.98. TSLA return on equity ratio is recorded as -14.60% and its return on assets is -3.90%. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) yearly performance is 563.02%.
Michael Polk, president and chief executive officer at Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE:NWL) told Bloomberg, “I think we’ll continue to see modest improvement in the economy. For the high end of consumers there’s good recovery, lower-end consumers are having a harder time of things.” Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE:NWL) shares moved up 1.13% in last trading session and was closed at $29.65 while trading in range of $29.25 -$29.71 – Newell Rubbermaid Inc. (NYSE:NWL) year to date (YTD) performance is -8.09%.
International Paper (NYSE:IP) CEO John V. Faraci sold 30,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.12, for a total transaction of $1,383,600.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 1,627,339 shares in the company, valued at approximately $75,052,875. International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) weekly performance is -4.07%. On last trading day company shares ended up $45.93. International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -3.96%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $54.85.