Must Watch These 5 Stocks: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP), ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE), Saul Centers Inc. (NYSE:BFS), Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR)


On 3 march, ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) Chairman and CEO Ryan Lance delivered an energy policy speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that appealed to the congressional and executive branches of federal government to lift the outdated and economically constraining national ban on crude oil exports. On Thursday shares of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) closed at $63.33. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -18.80% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 0.58%.

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday allowed BP PLC (NYSE:BP) to pursue interlocutory appeal of an order allowing plaintiffs to amend their Employee Retirement Income Security Act class action over stock losses stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, although he refused to stay the case. BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) in last trading activity moved down -0.84% to close at $41.18. Company weekly performance is -0.44% while its quarterly performance stands at 2.62%. BP p.l.c. (NYSE:BP) is -19.75% away from its 52 week high.

ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend equal to $0.65 per share payable on April 21, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2015. ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE) has 0.60% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 92.30%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $113.19.

Saul Centers (NYSE: BFS) reported Q4 FFO of $0.62, $0.10 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.72. Revenue for the quarter came in at $51.3 million versus the consensus estimate of $49.4 million. Saul Centers Inc. (NYSE:BFS) has 0.80% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 44.20%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $54.47.

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR) reported Net income attributable to Darling climbed to $69.9 million, or $0.42 per share in the latest quarter, up from $22.5 million, or $0.18 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Its net sales surged to $1.0 billion, from $447.9 million, in the year-ago period. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.21 per share on revenue of $956.93 million. On last trading day Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR) decreased -7.08% to close at $16.00. Its volatility for the week is 3.14% while volatility for the month is 2.27%. DAR’s sales growth for past 5 years was 16.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 6.60%. Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR) monthly performance is -8.57%.


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