On 4 January Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) said that it will be expanding its presence with a new store the discount retailer hopes to build in Millinocket this spring. On Friday shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) closed at $75.28. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 7.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 7.35%.
Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT: GTE) has earned a consensus rating of “Buy” from the ten ratings firms that are currently covering the company. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $9.36. Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT: GTE) in last trading activity advanced 10.77% to close at $3.60. Company weekly performance is 4.65% while its quarterly performance stands at -22.75%. Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (NYSEMKT: GTE) is -55.99% away from its 52 week high.
On 6 January Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) announced the Company closed an $82.5 million mezzanine loan, $49 million of which was funded at closing, for the development of a mixed-use property on the Upper West Side of New York City. With the closing of this transaction, ARI has committed to invest over $1.1 billion of equity into $1.5 billion of transactions in 2014, the Company’s most active year since inception. On last trading day Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) advanced 1.58% to close at $16.72. Its volatility for the week is 1.51% while volatility for the month is 1.44%. ARI’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 13.43%. Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE:ARI) monthly performance is 2.58%.
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) Director Robert Chess sold 29,500 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.34, for a total transaction of $452,530.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 260,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,997,957. Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) has 0.20% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 92.70%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $15.25.
On 15 January McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX) announced Q4 and 2014 full-year production results. Due to the volatility in the silver-to-gold ratio, we have decided to highlight both gold and silver ounces for our production instead of on a gold-equivalent (gold eq.) basis. For reference our 2014 guidance of 135,000 – 140,000 gold eq. oz was based on a silver-to-gold ratio of 60:1. On last trading day McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX) decreased -0.79% to close at $1.25. Its volatility for the week is 9.09% while volatility for the month is 8.82%. MUX’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.40%. McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX) monthly performance is 34.41%.