C.R. Bard Inc (NYSE:BCR) raised its quarterly dividend by 5% to $0.22 per share and announced its plans to buy back up to $500 million of its common stock. C.R. Bard shares surged 2.19% to $141 in after-hours trading. C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) net profit margin is 26.50% and weekly performance is -6.38%. On last trading day company shares ended up $137.98. Analysts mean target price for the company is $148.13. C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -3.85%.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) launched a streaming music service that comes free with its US$99-a-year (RM317.92) Prime membership program, but offers a smaller selection of recent hits than rivals Spotify and Apple Inc’s Beats Music. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares advanced 0.84% in last trading session and ended the day on $335.20. Gross Margin is 27.80% and its return on assets is 0.90%. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) quarterly performance is -9.56%.
Shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) fell 2.2 percent to $48.51 after news late Monday that David Marcus, who has led eBay’s fast-growing payments unit PayPal for the past two years, will step down this month to run Facebook’s messaging products. eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) shares moved up 1.20% in last trading session and was closed at $48.83 , while trading in range of $48.14 – $48.90. eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) year to date (YTD) performance is -11.01%.
The Vancouver-based Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) also announced on Thursday that its chief financial officer, John Currie, who has been with the yoga wear retailer since 2007 and helped take it public, will retire at the end of the fiscal year. Lululemon has faced a string of top executive departures in the past year, including that of chief executive officer Christine Day. She was replaced in January by Laurent Potdevin, a former global shoe and snowboard executive. Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) ended the last trading day at $44.53. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.08% and price to cash ratio as 9.22. Lululemon Athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) showed a positive weekly performance of 3.07%.
A leading vaporizer and electronic cigarette company based in the U.S., Vapor Corp., (NASDAQ:VPCO) on May 28, 2014 declared that The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC has given the approval to the company’s application to have its ordinary share listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market. Vapor Corp., (NASDAQ:VPCO) net profit margin is 3.10% and weekly performance is 2.41%. On last trading day company shares ended up $5.53. Analysts mean target price for the company is $10.00. Vapor Corp., (NASDAQ:VPCO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -3.89%.