Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT) reported sales for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. Sales for the first quarter 2014 decreased 2.5% to $181.4 million, versus $186.1 million for the first quarter of 2013. On a comparable store basis, sales decreased 0.9%. Comparable store sales do not include locations opened, closed or otherwise non-comparable during the last 12 months.Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT) shares after opening at $27.88 moved to $27.88 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $25.89. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.79 and price to cash ratio as 7.04. Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. (NYSE:HVT) showed a negative weekly performance of -14.04%.
WD-40 Company (Nasdaq:WDFC) reported net sales for the second quarter ended February 28, 2014 of $94.2 million, an increase of 9% from the second quarter last fiscal year. Year-to-date net sales were $189.7 million, up 4% from the same period last fiscal year.Net income for the second quarter was $10.3 million, a decrease of 1% compared to the prior year fiscal quarter. Year-to-date net income was $21.8 million, an increase of 2% from the prior fiscal year period. WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) shares fell -6.10% in last trading session and ended the day on $72.75. WDFC return on equity ratio is recorded as 21.90% and its return on assets is 12.50%. WD-40 Company (NASDAQ:WDFC) yearly performance is 33.83%.
TheStreet Ratings team rates Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR) as a Sell with a ratings score of D. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: We rate ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC (NYSE:ANR) a SELL. This is driven by several weaknesses, which we believe should have a greater impact than any strengths, and could make it more difficult for investors to achieve positive results compared to most of the stocks we cover. The company’s weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its unimpressive growth in net income, poor profit margins, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself.”Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR) shares moved down -6.35% in last trading session and was closed at $4.57, while trading in range of $4.45-$4.78. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR) year to date performance is -35.99%.
Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE:WLT) was downgraded to Sell from Neutral and the price target was cut to $5 from $8 by UBS. Walter has been hit by other calls of late as well. The downgrade put shares down more than 6% to $7.84 in mid-afternoon trading. Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) weekly performance is -0.13%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.83. Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) distance from 50-day simple moving average is -19.17%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $13.32.