Investor’s pick: IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG), CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX), Solera Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLH), Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA), DSW Inc. (NYSE:DSW)


IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG) received approval to complete the sale of its Niobec mine in Quebec, Canada. The company will sell the niobium mine to a group of companies led by Margis Resources for cash proceeds of $500 million after tax. The sale of the mine will strengthen IAMGOLD’s liquid assets to more than $800 million when it closes by the end of January. On Friday shares of IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG) closed at $3.07. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 3.00%.

On Jan 13, CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) reported Q4 EPS of $0.49, in-line with the analyst estimate of $0.49. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.2 billion versus the consensus estimate of $3.18 billion. CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX) in last trading activity increased 2.20% to close at $34.86. Company weekly performance is 1.34% while its quarterly performance stands at 6.15%. CSX Corp. (NYSE:CSX) is -8.24% away from its 52 week high.

Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of Solera Holdings (NYSE:SLH) from a neutral rating to a buy rating in a report issued on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $63.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $60.00. On last trading day Solera Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLH) fell -0.23% to close at $52.14. Its volatility for the week is 2.26% while volatility for the month is 2.10%. SLH’s sales growth for past 5 years was 12.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -16.60%. Solera Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SLH) monthly performance is 12.86%.

With Bethany Mayer now at the helm at network visibility and test company Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA), the company is seeking to stay on top of the virtualizing of networks and transition itself alongside the telecom and networking industries, announced Jan, 08. Ixia (NASDAQ:XXIA) has 1.50% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 71.30%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $10.42.

DSW (NYSE:DSW) Chairman Deborah L. Ferree sold 133,496 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction dated Thursday, January 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.01, for a total value of $4,940,686.96. Following the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 90,533 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,350,626.33. On last trading day DSW Inc. (NYSE:DSW) fell -0.50% to close at $35.69. Its volatility for the week is 2.70% while volatility for the month is 2.32%. DSW’s sales growth for past 5 years was 10.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 40.60%. DSW Inc. (NYSE:DSW) monthly performance is -0.39%.


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