5 Stocks: Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), Columbia Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE:CPPL), Beneficial Bancorp (NASDAQ:BNCL), Aceto Corp. (NASDAQ:ACET), Mast Therapeutics (NYSEMKT:MSTX)


Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) said that Mark Graf, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Discover, will present at the Credit Suisse Financial Services Forum in Aventura, Florida on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. On Friday shares of Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) closed at $58.55. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 4.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 8.85%.

On 5 February, Columbia Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE:CPPL) said that it priced its initial public offering at $23 a share. Columbia Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE:CPPL) in last trading activity moved up 16.48% to close at $26.79.

On 5 February, Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNCL) announced net income of $4.5 million and $18.0 million, or $0.06 and $0.24 per diluted share, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively, compared to $3.0 million and $12.6 million, or $0.04 and $0.17 per diluted share, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013, respectively. On last trading day Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNCL) moved up 3.54% to close at $11.41. Its volatility for the week is 1.76% while volatility for the month is 1.19%. BNCL’s sales growth for past 5 years was -5.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -4.60%. Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNCL) monthly performance is 4.58%.

Aceto Corp. (NASDAQ:ACET) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.06 per common share. This quarterly cash dividend will be distributed on March 26, 2015 to shareholders of record as of March 12, 2015. Aceto Corp. (NASDAQ:ACET) has 2.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 74.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $21.23.

Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX) announced that the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian M. Culley, will present at the 17th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference on Monday, February 9, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time in the Park South Salon at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York. On last trading day Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX) decreased -7.96% to close at $0.44. Its volatility for the week is 7.75% while volatility for the month is 6.72%. MSTX’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 48.00%. Mast Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:MSTX) monthly performance is -15.04%.


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