Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT)’s board ousted CEO Gregg Steinhafel in the wake of a hacker attack that compromised the personal data of millions of shoppers during the holiday season. Steinhafel’s main error was to move too slowly in shoring up the chain’s defenses even after being warned that point-of-sale terminals were vulnerable to cyber criminals. Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) shares after opening at $61.02 moved to $61.60 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $59.87 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.52 and price to cash ratio as 54.54. Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) showed a negative weekly performance of -3.72%.
Shares of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) are down 2.6% yesterday after announcing that second quarter trade volume would be down sharply from 2Q13 levels, bringing the investment bank’s trade revenues down with it. JPM warned investors to expect a 20% drop in trade revenue citing “a continued challenging environment and lower client activity levels,” reports Hugh Son for Bloomberg. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) shares fell -2.45% in last trading session and ended the day on $54.22. JPM return on equity ratio is recorded as 10.80% and its return on assets is 0.90%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) yearly performance is 17.16%.
Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) shares dropped 2.6% after reporting first quarter profit shrank 15% as it posted weaker revenue in its two largest businesses. The drug maker didn’t comment about its proposed takeover of AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN) except to note that because of rules in the UK Takeover Code, it isn’t currently permitted to confirm or update its bottom line 2014 earnings guidance. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) shares moved down -2.57% in last trading session and was closed at $29.96 while trading in range of $29.85 – $30.27 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) year to date (YTD) performance is -1.38%.
Twitter Inc. (NYSE:TWTR) signed a deal with Amazon.com Inc. to let users shop directly from posts on its microblogging service, part of a push to add e-commerce options for advertisers. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) weekly performance is -4.86%. On last trading day company shares ended up $38.75. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -19.18%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.73.