Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is seeking new vaccine opportunities across the age spectrum as it broadens its portfolio by delivering shots into the arms of adolescents and the elderly, as well as infants. Previously reliant on just one vaccine, the blockbuster Prevnar, the U.S. drugmaker is now expanding its product line-up through both in-house development and by shopping for assets in a consolidating sector. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) in last trading activity moved up 1.10% to close at $34.00. Company weekly performance is -1.36% while its quarterly performance stands at 7.36%. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is -2.77% away from its 52 week high.
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) presented at the JP Morgan’s 2015 Aviation, Transportation & Industrials Conference in New York, NY, on Mar. 5,2015. On last trading day Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) moved up 0.91% to close at $47.53. Its volatility for the week is 2.17% while volatility for the month is 2.04%. OSK’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.50%. Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) monthly performance is 3.62%.
Struggling teen-apparel retailer Aeropostale Inc. (NYSE:ARO), Thursday said its fourth-quarter loss narrowed from a year ago, driven largely by stronger margins even as revenues dropped. Loss for the quarter was better than Wall Street expected, while revenues trumped expectations. New York-based Aeropostale’s fourth-quarter loss narrowed to $13.5 million or $0.17 per share from last year’s loss of $70.3 million or $0.90 per share. On Thursday shares of Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE:ARO) closed at $3.70. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 2.10% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.00%.
First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) announced that it has agreed to sell 3,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. First Republic has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 525,000 shares from First Republic. BofA Merrill Lynch, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and J.P. Morgan are serving as joint bookrunning managers. First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) in last trading activity advanced 2.07% to close at $59.67. Company weekly performance is 3.41% while its quarterly performance stands at 14.49%. First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) is 0.96% away from its 52 week high.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) has received notice of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 1,500,000 shares of UPS’s Class B common stock, or approximately 0.2% of the outstanding Class B shares as of February 18, 2015. TRC Capital’s unsolicited “mini-tender” offer price of $95.25 per share is approximately 4.4% below the $99.67 per share closing price of UPS’s Class B common stock on March 12, 2015. On last trading day United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) advanced 0.96% to close at $99.67. Its volatility for the week is 0.98% while volatility for the month is 0.89%. UPS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 10.80%. United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) monthly performance is -0.69%.