On Jan. 27, AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014. AK Steel reported net income of $13.5 million, or $0.07 per diluted share of common stock, for the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $35.2 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013. Excluding the fourth quarter effects of pension and other postretirement benefit (“OPEB”) charges and one-time expenses associated with the acquisition of Severstal Dearborn, LLC (“Dearborn”), the company reported adjusted net income of $26.1 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2014. On Monday shares of AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) closed at $3.86. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 9.80% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 5.00%.
Announced Jan 21, that low oil prices and a mushrooming debt load are hampering plans by Halcón Resources Corp Chief Executive Floyd Wilson to sell the oil producer, with analysts saying the company’s 131,000 acres in North Dakota’s Bakken shale formation remains its only growth option. Halcon Resources Corporation (NYSE:HK) in last trading activity moved up 9.29% to close at $1.53. Company weekly performance is 8.51% while its quarterly performance stands at -51.74%. Halcon Resources Corporation (NYSE:HK) is -79.60% away from its 52 week high.
AV Homes (NASDAQ:AVHI) CEO Roger A. Cregg bought 7,475 shares of AV Homes stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $14.94 per share, for a total transaction of $111,676.50. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer now directly owns 125,773 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,879,048.62. On last trading day AV Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVHI) moved up 4.00% to close at $15.59. Its volatility for the week is 3.92% while volatility for the month is 3.90%. AVHI’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 36.40%. AV Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVHI) monthly performance is 7.00%.
Media and information services company News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) revealed Monday in a regulatory filing that the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to prosecute it or Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. related to the phone hacking scandal in the U.K. The DoJ has closed its investigations without filing any charges. On Monday shares of News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) closed at $14.94. Company’s EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.05%.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTA), announced topline Phase 3 results from the GIFT-1 study, AbbVie’s investigational, all-oral, ribavirin-free, two direct-acting antiviral treatment with ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir (OBT/PTV/r) in patients with genotype 1b (GT1b) chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Japan. The primary endpoint of the GIFT-I study was achieved, demonstrating a 95 percent (n= 106/112) sustained virologic response rate at 12 weeks post-treatment (SVR12) in the sub-group of previously untreated non-cirrhotic adult GT1b Japanese patients who were eligible for therapy with interferon (IFN) and had a high viral load. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) in last trading activity moved up 0.58% to close at $60.70. Company weekly performance is -3.39% while its quarterly performance stands at -0.03%. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) is -13.57% away from its 52 week high.