Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) emerged as the winner in a battle to acquire Hillshire Brands Co., offering almost a billion dollars more than rival Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.’s bid last week for the maker of Jimmy Dean sausages. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) net profit margin is 2.80% and weekly performance is -5.51%. On last trading day company shares ended up $40.12. Analysts mean target price for the company is $44.50. Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) distance from 50-day simple moving average is -3.27%.
Natus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:BABY) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to $10 million of the Company’s common stock. There is no set expiration date for the program. The primary objective of the share repurchase program is to offset the impact of dilution from issuances relating to employee equity grants and the Company’s employee stock purchase program.Natus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:BABY) shares advanced 1.80% in last trading session and ended the day on $24.94. BABY Gross Margin is 58.90% and its return on assets is 6.10%. Natus Medical Inc (NASDAQ:BABY) quarterly performance is -5.92%.
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), health care company is engaged in providing medical solutions as medicines, vaccines and biologic therapies. Merck & Co. has recently announced that its new immunotherapy has produced positive results in patients suffering from advanced melanoma. Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) shares moved down -0.43% in last trading session and was closed at $57.85, while trading in range of $57.68-$58.26. Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) year to date performance is 16.49%.
Merck will buy the biotechnology company Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) for $3.85 billion in an effort to bolster its arsenal of potential drugs in the hotly competitive hepatitis C area, the companies announced on Monday. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) ended the last trading day at $7.23. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 6.32% and price to cash ratio as 5.32. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) showed a positive weekly performance of 15.31%.
Kraft Foods Group (NASDAQ: KRFT) was said to have raised prices on some of its ground coffee, the first time the company has done so in over three years. Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) net profit margin is 15.30% and weekly performance is 0.44%. On last trading day company shares ended up $59.72. Analysts mean target price for the company is $58.53. Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 4.78%.