On Thursday shares of Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) closed at $57.60. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 9.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 4.79%. Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) announced a collaboration with the American Diabetes Association (ADA). The collaboration aims to educate adults with diabetes about their increased risk for potentially serious health problems, including pneumococcal pneumonia, influenza (flu) and hepatitis B, making it important for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes to talk to their health care professional (HCP) about these diseases.
On Thursday shares of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL) closed at $44.09. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 7.50% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 19.75%. Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will boost travel options for customers between Greece and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport from March 30, 2015, by restarting services to the Big Apple from Athens International Airport.
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) in last trading activity decreased -1.35% to close at $27.09. Company weekly performance is -4.14% while its quarterly performance stands at -3.46%. Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is -10.62% away from its 52 week high. Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has received an “AA” credit rating from analysts at Morningstar.
On last trading day Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) decreased -0.31% to close at $12.83. Its volatility for the week is 1.29% while volatility for the month is 1.40%. ERIC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 2.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 25.80%. Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) monthly performance is -0.77%. Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Canonical have agreed a three year Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) partnership, claiming their respective strengths in networking, cloud and open source can help drive cloud innovation and create new, scalable services for enterprises and communication firms.
On Thursday shares of KB Home (NYSE:KBH) closed at $15.11. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as -7.80%. KB Home (NYSE:KBH) reported its first quarter earnings for the fiscal year 2015 on March 20, and the home builder was able to top the Street estimates both in terms of the top and bottom lines. For the quarter, KB Home reported net income of $7.8 million on earnings per share of $0.08 per share and revenue of $580.1 million. Interestingly, both revenue and earnings surpassed analyst estimates of $476.5 million in revenue and $0.02 per share in earnings, for the first quarter.