Shares of GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GCAP) traded down 15.7% on Friday after the company announced weaker than expected quarterly earnings, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) net profit margin is 13.10% and weekly performance is -23.42%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.98. Analysts mean target price for the company is $13.25. Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -23.83%.
Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UVE) reported net income of $13.5 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, an increase of $0.09, for the first quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $12.0 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the same period in 2013. Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UVE) shares fell -15.80% in last trading session and ended the day on $12.74. Its return on assets is 6.10%. Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:UVE) quarterly performance is 20.64%.
Kemper Corporation (NYSE:KMPR) reported net income of $35.1 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $58.4 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013. Consolidated net operating income1 was $31.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2014, compared to $42.3 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013. Net operating income per diluted share decreased primarily from lower net investment income, higher catastrophe losses and higher expenses as a percentage of earned premiums. Kemper Corporation (NYSE:KMPR) shares moved down -7.13% in last trading session and was closed at $34.79, while trading in range of $34.73 – $37.35 -. Kemper Corporation (NYSE:KMPR) year to date (YTD) performance is -14.35%.
Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ:SOHO) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 22, 2014 (the “Annual Meeting”). The Company is providing the following information regarding the final results of the matters voted on by stockholders at the Annual Meeting. Sotherly Hotels Inc (NASDAQ:SOHO) ended the last trading day at $6.58. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.40% and price to cash ratio as 7.17. Sotherly Hotels Inc (NASDAQ:SOHO) showed a negative weekly performance of -6.53%.
Paulson Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:PLCC) a publicly traded Delaware corporation, and privately owned Variation Biotechnologies (US), Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VBI”), announced that they have signed a definitive merger agreement. Under the agreement, VBI will become the operating subsidiary of Paulson and VBI’s pre-merger stockholders will acquire shares of Paulson Common Stock that will represent approximately 59% of the outstanding voting power of Paulson capital stock upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement, including a concurrent private placement of Paulson Common Stock with gross proceeds of at least $11,000,000 to certain institutional stockholders of VBI and an additional institutional investor that has been identified. Paulson Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:PLCC) net profit margin is -32.00% and weekly performance is -9.68%. On last trading day company shares ended up $1.12. Paulson Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:PLCC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 10.94%.