ARMOUR Residential REIT (NYSE:ARR) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 13th will be paid a dividend of 0.04 per share on Friday, February 27th. This represents a $0.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 12.97%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 11th. ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) in last trading activity decreased -0.27% to close at $3.69. Company weekly performance is 0.82% while its quarterly performance stands at -6.82%. ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (NYSE:ARR) is -12.32% away from its 52 week high.
Maxima Acuña, a farmworker from Cajamarca, has won a legal case against the U.S. based Newmont Mining Corporation. Newmont is known in Peru by the name of its operations in the area, Yanacocha. The company sued Maxima for alleged land invasion in an attempt to expel her and her family from her property. Yanacocha wanted her land in order to pursue their massive gold mining project, known as Conga. On last trading day Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) increased 2.94% to close at $18.57. Its volatility for the week is 4.75% while volatility for the month is 4.07%. NEM’s sales growth for past 5 years was 6.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -37.00%. Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) monthly performance is -3.03%.
A major shareholder Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE:BEN) unloaded 600,000 shares of Dynegy stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, December 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.08, for a total transaction of $18,648,000.00. On last trading day Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE:BEN) decreased -0.25% to close at $56.99. Its volatility for the week is 1.27% while volatility for the month is 1.87%. BEN’s sales growth for past 5 years was 15.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 24.20%. Franklin Resources Inc. (NYSE:BEN) monthly performance is -0.09%.
TheStreet downgraded shares of Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SAL) from a buy rating to a hold rating. Salisbury Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:SAL) has 1.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 10.40%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $27.26.
The Board of Directors of Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC), the holding company for Great Southern Bank, declared a $0.20 per common share dividend for the fourth quarter of the calendar year ending December 31, 2014. The dividend will be payable on January 12, 2015, to shareholders of record on December 31, 2014. On Wednesday shares of Great Southern Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:GSBC) closed at $38.83. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 4.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 6.00%.