Early Day Buzz: ESSA Bancorp (NASDAQ:ESSA), Sasol (NYSE:SSL), Internet Patents Corporation (NASDAQ:PTNT), T-Mobile US (NYSE:TMUS), Taubman Centers (NYSE:TCO)


ESSA Bancorp, Inc., (NASDAQ:ESSA) the holding company for ESSA Bank & Trust of Stroudsburg, said it entered into an agreement for ESSA Bancorp to acquire Eagle National Bancorp Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Eagle National Bank, an all-cash transaction. The deal value of $25.3 million is based on 4,250,820 ENB shares outstanding and the cost of cashing out ENB’s outstanding shares in money stock options, according to a news release. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) shares moved down -0.08% in last trading session and ended the day at $12.85. ESSA has a return on assets of 0.60%. ESSA Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESSA) quarterly performance is -0.62%.

Zacks cut shares of Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL) from a buy rating to a sell rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Sasol Ltd. (NYSE:SSL) ended the last trading day at $34.48. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.33% and price to cash ratio as 6.35. Sasol Ltd. (NYSE:SSL) showed a weekly performance of 4.48%.

On 31 July, Internet Patents Corporation (NASDAQ:PTNT) shares moved up 0.98% and was closed at $3.10. PTNT EPS growth in last 5 year was -6.10%. Internet Patents Corporation (NASDAQ:PTNT) year to date (YTD) performance is 11.51%.

T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE:TMUS) reported Quarterly revenue jumped 14 percent to $8.18 billion (roughly Rs. 52,360 crores) as aggressive promotions helped win customers in the second quarter. This beat analysts’ estimate of $7.94 billion (roughly Rs. 50,824 crores). It posted net income of $361 million (roughly Rs. 2,310 crores), or 42 cents per share, surpassing analysts’ forecast of 18 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE:TMUS) shares moved up 4.63% in last trading session and ended the day at $40.66. TMUS Gross Margin is 48.40% and its has a return on assets of 0.60%. T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE:TMUS) quarterly performance is 20.12%.

Taubman Centers Inc. (NYSE:TCO) ‘s second-quarter 2015 adjusted funds from operations (“FFO”) per share of 76 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 72 cents. However, the figure was down 11.6% from 86 cents earned a year ago. Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE:TCO) caters to the Financial space. Its weekly performance is 5.44%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up $74.80. Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE:TCO) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.53%.


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