Austin-based Whole Foods Market Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) passed a critical earnings test last week, regaining confidence from Wall Street, boosting its stock and putting a positive cap on an otherwise tough fiscal year. Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) in last trading activity increased 4.37% to close at $46.81. Company weekly performance is 19.02% while its quarterly performance stands at 22.73%. Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) is -20.74% away from its 52 week high.
Weatherford International Plc (NYSE:WFT) EVP Dharmesh Mehta bought 10,000 shares of Weatherford International Plc stock on the open market in a transaction dated Friday, October 31st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $16.00 per share, for a total transaction of $160,000.00. Following the acquisition, the executive vice president now directly owns 542,824 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,685,184. On last trading day Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) increased 1.89% to close at $15.67. Its volatility for the week is 5.43% while volatility for the month is 6.00%. WFT’s sales growth for past 5 years was 9.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -17.60%. Weatherford International plc (NYSE:WFT) monthly performance is -13.09%.
On November 5, 7Delta Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of ManTech International Corporation (Nasdaq:MANT
), has been awarded a task order by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under its Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology (T4) prime contract to deliver a comprehensive cloud computing solution. On last trading day ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) moved down -0.44% to close at $29.46. Its volatility for the week is 2.42% while volatility for the month is 2.40%. MANT’s sales growth for past 5 years was 4.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -15.60%. ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) monthly performance is 8.43%.
Triple-s Management Corp. (NYSE:GTS) reported Q3 EPS of $0.31, $0.01 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.32. Revenue for the quarter came in at $567.2 million versus the consensus estimate of $577.23 million. Triple-S Management Corporation (NYSE:GTS) has 2.20% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 85.80%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $22.69.
On October 24, 22nd Century Group (NYSE:XXII) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,036,706 shares, a growth of 4.3% from the September 30th total of 3,868,534 shares, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. Approximately 10.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 372,306 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.8 days. On Friday shares of 22nd Century Group, Inc. (NYSEMKT:XXII) closed at $2.31.