Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)’s shares slid the most since October after the company forecast revenue that fell short of some analysts’ estimates, as declines in the personal-computer market and the emergence of advanced hacking threats hurt demand for traditional antivirus software. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) stock opened today at $22.06 and is currently trading at $22.06. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -5.25%.
Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) announced its earnings results on Friday. The company reported $2.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.02 by $0.05, AnalystRatings.Net reports. The company had revenue of $5.10 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.98 billion. Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) stock opened at $131.00, in current trading session and currently is at $134.00, by gaining 1.35%. The 52 week range of $104.06 – $160.01. Company’s market capitalization is $10.32 billion.
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) saw a big move last session, as the company’s shares fell over 5% on the day. The move came on pretty good volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This continues the recent downtrend for MUR, as the stock is now down over 11% in the past one-month time frame. This slump shouldn’t be too much of a surprise to investors, as this oil & gas exploration and production company has seen 5 negative revisions in the past few weeks and its current year earnings consensus has moved lower over the last 30 days. This suggests there may be more trouble down the road. So make sure to keep an eye on this stock going forward to see if this recent slump will continue, as the earnings picture definitely suggests that this might be the case. Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) stock is open at $56.46 and currently trading at $56.42. The EPS of the stock is 5.14. Company’s market capitalization is $10.54 billion.
Selling beer and liquor in emerging markets has for a long time been investors’ main attraction to Diageo plc (ADR) (NYSE:DEO). On Thursday, some investors sold their shares because of it. Diageo, the British maker of Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker Scotch, joined other consumer brands in saying that slower growth in developing economies last year hurt its business. Diageo’s sales in the six months through the end of December rose 1.8 percent, about half of what a group of analysts polled by Bloomberg News expected. Diageo plc (ADR) (NYSE:DEO) stock opened the session at $118.49, and now is at $118.62. The 52 week range of the DEO stock remained $111.87 – $134.08 and the day range was $118.15 – $118.81.