Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), reported a 6 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, but shares jumped more than 5 percent as the world’s largest seed company beat forecasts, improved its near-term outlook and said it planned to double earnings over the next five years. Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), net profit margin is 17.50% and weekly performance is 4.42%. On last trading day company shares ended up $126.73. Analysts mean target price for the company is $131.55. Monsanto Company (NYSE:MON), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.37%.
On June 20, 2014, The Board of Directors of Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), has declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $150.00 per share on its 6.00 percent Series A convertible preferred stock. As a result, on July 15, 2014, a dividend of $1.50 per depositary share, each representing a 1/100th interest in a share of the Series A convertible preferred stock, will be paid to holders of record at the close of business on July 1, 2014. Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), advanced 12.39% in last trading session and ended the day on $16.60. PVA, Gross Margin is 86.20% and its return on assets is -4.60%. Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), quarterly performance is 1.59%.
Equities researchers at SunTrust boosted their target price on shares of Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ:AXAS), from $6.00 to $6.50 in a research report issued on Thursday. SunTrust’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 16.49% from the stock’s previous close. Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ:AXAS), shares moved up 5.04% in last trading session and was closed at $5.84, while trading in range of $5.53 – 5.84. Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (NASDAQ:AXAS), year to date (YTD) performance is 79.14%.
Rosetta Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE), CEO James E. Craddock unloaded 3,000 shares of Rosetta Resources stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.36, for a total value of $148,080.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 123,705 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,106,079. Rosetta Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE), ended the last trading day at $53.69. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.96% and price to cash ratio as 59.87. Rosetta Resources Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE), showed a positive weekly performance of 0.64%.
On June 16, 2014, Shares in McEwen Mining Inc (NYSE:MUX), recorded a trading volume of 3.03 million shares, above its three months average volume of 3.01 million shares. The stock ended the day at $2.63, which was 3.66% below its previous day’s closing of $2.73, and registered an intraday range of $2.57 and $2.72. Over the previous three trading sessions and the last one month, McEwen Mining Inc.’s shares have surged 8.23% and 16.37%, respectively. Additionally, from the beginning of 2014, the company’s stock has gained 34.18%. McEwen Mining Inc (NYSE:MUX), weekly performance is 2.54%. On last trading day company shares ended up $2.83. Analysts mean target price for the company is $3.94. McEwen Mining Inc (NYSE:MUX), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 19.47%.