PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL), a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced that coincident with its 2014 annual meeting of shareholders, Robert M. Patterson has become president and chief executive officer, PolyOne Corporation, and was elected to the company’s Board of Directors. As part of a planned and previously announced succession, Mr. Patterson transitions to the role following the retirement of Stephen D. Newlin, who remains executive chairman of the PolyOne Board of Directors. PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) net profit margin is 6.50% and weekly performance is -1.75%. On last trading day company shares ended up $37.52. Analysts mean target price for the company is $43.00. PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.30%.
The seven-year legal battle between business software rivals Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) and SAP may have another round or two left. Oracle and SAP then agreed that SAP would pay Oracle $306 million in damages, plus $120 million in legal costs, to avoid a retrial. The deal permitted Oracle to then ask the 9th Circuit to restore the $1.3 billion verdict, or order a retrial based on Oracle’s licensing theory of damages. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) shares fell -0.57% in last trading session and ended the day on $41.69. ORCL gross Margin is 81.90% and its return on assets is 13.10%.Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) quarterly performance is 10.09%.
For the past five years, analyst firm Gartner has named SAP AG (NYSE:SAP) market leader in business intelligence and analytics. In line with its mission to deliver all applications in the cloud, SAP said it has taken steps to extend its market leadership by announcing the availability of analytics solutions in SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud. SAP AG (ADR) (NYSE:SAP) shares moved up 0.04% in last trading session and was closed at $75.81, while trading in range of $75.23 – $75.83. SAP AG (ADR) (NYSE:SAP) year to date (YTD) performance is -13.00%.
CA Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2014 adjusted earnings (excluding amortization, other gains and software development costs capitalized but including stock-based compensation) of 59 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 56 cents. On a year-over-year basis, earnings decreased 9.8%. CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) ended the last trading day at $28.99. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.19% and price to cash ratio as 4.35.CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) showed a negative weekly performance of -1.43%.
CLARIANT AG UNSP (OTCMKTS:CLZNY) a world leader in specialty chemicals on 1 may announced the closing of the sale of its Leather Services business to Stahl Holdings B.V. as of April 30, 2014. On last trading day company shares ended up $19.80.