Medicine distributer Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PBH) will spend about $750 million to buy EPT home pregnancy test maker Insight Pharmaceuticals. Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PBH) shares after opening at $29.20 moved to $32.70 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $32.26. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.73 and price to cash ratio as 17.70. Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:PBH) showed a positive weekly performance of 17.01%.
DeVry Education Group Inc. (NYSE:DV), the for-profit college operator, rose the most in 14 months after posting fiscal third-quarter profit and revenue that topped analysts’ estimates. The shares gained 14 percent to $45.99 at the close in New York for the biggest daily increase since February 2013. DeVry Education Group Inc (NYSE:DV) shares advanced 13.95% in last trading session and ended the day on $45.99. DeVry Education Group Inc (NYSE:DV) return on equity ratio is recorded as 9.70% and its return on assets is 7.10%. DeVry Education Group Inc (NYSE:DV) yearly performance is 62.11%.
Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT) climbed the most in five years after reporting better-than-expected earnings and forecasting as much as $1 billion in divestiture proceeds by year-end amid a planned corporate turnaround. Weatherford International Ltd (NYSE:WFT) shares moved up 11.19% in last trading session and was closed at $20.47 while trading in range of $19.61 – $20.58 year to date (YTD) performance is 32.15%.
Among the five largest publicly traded systems, Tenet Healthcare Corp. (NYSE:THC) and HCA go farthest in tying executive pay to quality-of-care measures. Still, use of quality incentives—the cash awards that companies reserve for top operational and strategic priorities and that can double an executive’s salary—is uneven. At systems that explicitly pay executives based on quality, the weight given to incentives varies from 15% to 25%. Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC) weekly performance is 16.11%. On last trading day company shares ended up $46.12. Tenet Healthcare Corp (NYSE:THC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 9.24%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $48.97.