Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) may have employed some strategies to reduce the amount of federal taxes it pays. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) shares after opening at $102.89 moved to $103.38 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $102.17. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.17 and price to cash ratio as 10.72. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) showed a positive weekly performance of 2.80%.
Impressive fourth-quarter 2013 results that included a rise in fee income, along with growth in loan and deposit balances, were the primary growth drivers for BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) Further, the long-term expected earnings growth rate for the company is 8.9%. BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) shares fell -2.23% in last trading session and ended the day on $34.59. BKU return on equity ratio is recorded as 13.00% and its return on assets is 1.80%. BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) yearly performance is 41.18%.
Research analysts at Jefferies Group lifted their price objective on shares of Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) to $72.00 in a report released on Monday, AnalystRatingsNetwork.com reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Group’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 21.40% from the company’s current price. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) shares moved down -0.82% in last trading session and was closed at $59.31, while trading in range of $59.26 – $60.52. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) year to date (YTD) performance is 17.17%.
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is aiming to drastically increase Wi-Fi performance, particularly on networks with a lot of users, with its new MU-MIMO chipsets. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) weekly performance is -0.95%. On last trading day company shares ended up $78.53. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.59%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $82.29.