Noble Corporation plc (NYSE:NE) announced its Board of Directors has scheduled the payment of the Company’s quarterly cash dividend of $0.375 per share. The ex-dividend date for this payment is expected to be February 6, 2015, with a record date of February 10, 2015and a payment date of February 20, 2015. On Friday shares of Noble Corp plc (NYSE:NE) closed at $16.22. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 4.20%.
ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) reported fourth quarter EPS of $1.47 Friday morning, compared to $1.25 last year. The consensus estimate was for EPS of $1.43. First quarter EPS is expected to be between $0.73 and $0.81, which is below the consensus estimate of $0.86. ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) in last trading activity moved up 12.30% to close at $72.88. Company weekly performance is 7.70% while its quarterly performance stands at 11.78%. ManpowerGroup Inc. (NYSE:MAN) is -15.48% away from its 52 week high.
On January 27,2015, Resources Connection, Inc. (NASDAQ:RECN) declared a cash dividend of $0.08 with yield of 1.88%. The management has selected February 17,2015 as the ex-dividend date and February 19,2015 as the record date. March 19,2015 was confirmed to be the dividend payable date. On last trading day Resources Connection Inc. (NASDAQ:RECN) moved down -1.88% to close at $16.70. Its volatility for the week is 3.08% while volatility for the month is 3.00%. RECN’s sales growth for past 5 years was -3.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 5.50%. Resources Connection Inc. (NASDAQ:RECN) monthly performance is 1.27%.
BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) will hold its fourth-quarter 2014 results and 2015 guidance conference call with the financial community on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 8:00 a.m. ET. BCE Inc. (NYSE:BCE) institutional ownership stands at 52.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $45.95.
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) reported non-IFRS earnings per share (excluding restructuring) of SEK 1.71 (23 cents) in the fourth quarter of 2014, falling short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents. Also, earnings marked a decline of 29.3% year over year from the prior-year figure of SEK 2.42. On Friday shares of Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) closed at $12.13. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 1.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 8.25%.