MFRI (NASDAQ:MFRI) VP Wayne Bosch acquired 4,443 shares of MFRI stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $6.75 per share, with a total value of $29,990.25. Following the completion of the purchase, the vice president now directly owns 10,164 shares in the company, valued at approximately $68,607. MFRI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MFRI) in last trading activity advanced 11.61% to close at $6.73. Company weekly performance is 12.92% while its quarterly performance stands at -28.56%. MFRI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MFRI) is -61.41% away from its 52 week high.
Analysts at BMO Capital Markets downgraded shares of Energy XXI Ltd (NASDAQ:EXXI) Limited from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, December 8th. On last trading day Energy XXI Ltd (NASDAQ:EXXI) advanced 10.54% to close at $3.67. Its volatility for the week is 15.84% while volatility for the month is 15.70%. EXXI’s sales growth for past 5 years was 23.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.20%. Energy XXI Ltd (NASDAQ:EXXI) monthly performance is -50.20%.
Sony Corp. (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) has been considering a sale of its music publishing operation, according to a Bloomberg report on the latest leak of hacked Sony emails. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) in last trading activity moved up 0.38% to close at $20.86. Company weekly performance is 5.78% while its quarterly performance stands at 20.23%. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) is -6.54% away from its 52 week high.
MVC Capital (NYSE:MVC) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of 0.135 per share on Wednesday, January 7th. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 29th. MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE:MVC) has 4.70% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 56.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $10.03.
Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APL) on Dec. 15 announced the Board of Directors of APL has approved the quarterly distribution for the Class E Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred units. The Partnership has declared a cash distribution of $0.515625 per unit, payable Thursday, January 15, 2015 to holders of record as of Friday, January 2, 2015. The distribution represents payment for the period from October 15, 2014 through January 14, 2015. On Tuesday shares of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APL) closed at $26.60. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 11.90% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 35.10%.