On 29 January, The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings as lower oil and natural-gas costs helped improve margins at its plastics business. Earnings in the plastics unit gained 5.9 percent to $1.19 billion, excluding a gain from the sale of a business in the year earlier period. Sales fell as average prices dropped 6 percent and sales volumes gained 3 percent. On Tuesday shares of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) closed at $46.89. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 11.84%.
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) said that it is planning to cut spending for 2015 due to the collapse of oil prices. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) in last trading activity increased 3.42% to close at $85.60. Company weekly performance is 3.57% while its quarterly performance stands at -6.42%. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is -24.14% away from its 52 week high.
Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD) announced that it will offer the EMC® VSPEX® BLUE hyper-converged infrastructure, built on Intel® Xeon® processor-based x86 servers, to its channel of solution providers in the United States, Latin America, and Europe. On last trading day Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD) increased 3.18% to close at $58.12. Its volatility for the week is 2.99% while volatility for the month is 2.89%. TECD’s sales growth for past 5 years was 2.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.60%. Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD) monthly performance is -6.56%.
On 2 February, Chambers Street Properties (NYSE:CSG) announced it has completed the sale of Regency Creek I, a 122,087 square foot office building located in Cary, North Carolina for $16.4 million. Mortgage loans of approximately $8.6 million were assumed by the buyer in this transaction. This property was included in the Company’s joint venture with Duke Realty Corporation and the dollar amounts stated above represent Chambers Street’s 80% pro rata share. Chambers Street Properties (NYSE:CSG) has 0.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 45.50%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $8.82.
On 2 February, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) said that it is nearing wrapping up deals to sell more than $10 billion in assets. On last trading day Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) advanced 1.81% to close at $47.83. Its volatility for the week is 2.18% while volatility for the month is 1.86%. VZ’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 7.10%. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) monthly performance is 3.06%.