Astoria Financial Corp. (NYSE:AF)’s share price rose 4.9% on Thursday following a stronger than expected earnings report, Analyst Ratings News reports. The company traded as high as $14.09 and last traded at $13.76, with a volume of 490,900 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $13.12. Astoria Financial Corp (NYSE:AF) shares after opening at $13.34 moved to $14.09 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $13.82. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.65 and price to cash ratio as 5.00. Astoria Financial Corp (NYSE:AF) showed a positive weekly performance of 5.74%.
TheStreet Ratings team rates BLACKROCK INC as a Buy with a ratings score of A+. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) shares fell -0.57% in last trading session and ended the day on $308.38. BLK return on equity ratio is recorded as 11.30% and its return on assets is 1.40%. BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) yearly performance is 28.85%.
Platinum Underwriters Holdings (NYSE:PTP) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $2.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.22 by $1.05, Analyst RN reports. The company had revenue of $144.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $156.91 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.63 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:PTP) shares moved up 3.93% in last trading session and was closed at $62.16, while trading in range of $60.46-$62.49. Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:PTP) shares year to date performance is 1.57%.
Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ), a premier provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, recently was named to the 2014 list of “America’s 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies” published by Forbes magazine. Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) weekly performance is 3.42%. On last trading day company shares ended up $65.95. Assurant, Inc. (NYSE:AIZ) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 1.52%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $65.00.