Announced Jan 30, that FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM), adopted a stockholder-rights plan making it harder for anyone to take control of the company. Each shareholder was given the right to buy a new class of stock if someone else accumulates more than 10 percent of the firm, New York-based FXCM said Friday in a filing. On Wednesday shares of FXCM Inc. (NYSE:FXCM) closed at $2.28. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 8.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as -0.70%.
JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) has agreed to pay $500 million to end more than six years of class action litigation over Bear Stearns’ sale of $17.58 billion of mortgage securities that proved defective during the U.S. housing and financial crises. The all-cash settlement was made public late Monday, and requires approval by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) in last trading activity moved down -0.60% to close at $56.38. Company weekly performance is 2.98% while its quarterly performance stands at -6.79%. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is -10.63% away from its 52 week high.
Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) and the Blood Bank of Delmarva (BBD) announced that they have signed a three-year purchase agreement for the INTERCEPT Blood System for platelets and plasma. BBD provides blood transfusion products and services to hospitals and patients in Delaware, Cecil County, Maryland, as well as Maryland’s and Virginia’s Eastern Shores. BBD supplies approximately 13,000 platelet and 21,000 plasma units per year. On last trading day Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) increased 1.69% to close at $5.42. Its volatility for the week is 4.27% while volatility for the month is 5.44%. CERS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 19.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 6.60%. Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ:CERS) monthly performance is -17.50%.
Rosetta Resources (NASDAQ:ROSE) had its price target decreased by Scotia Howard Weil from $48.00 to $26.00 in a research report sent to investors on Monday morning. The firm currently has a sector outperform rating on the stock. Rosetta Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROSE) has 1.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 98.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $21.36.
PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. (NASDAQ:PTEN) reported that for the month of January 2015, the Company had an average of 188 drilling rigs operating in the United States and 10 rigs in Canada. Average drilling rigs operating reported in the Company’s monthly announcements represent the average number of the Company’s drilling rigs that were operating under a drilling contract. On last trading day Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) moved down -4.72% to close at $16.94. Its volatility for the week is 8.09% while volatility for the month is 7.21%. PTEN’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -10.80%. Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:PTEN) monthly performance is 7.42%.