On December 30, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), which purchased AirTran Airways in 2011, has nearly completed the integration process with the departure of the latter’s final flight (Flight 1) from Atlanta to Tampa, FL. The flight departed from the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for the Tampa Bay International airport at 10.25 p.m on Dec 28. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) in last trading activity decreased -2.46% to close at $41.64. Company weekly performance is -0.64% while its quarterly performance stands at 24.75%. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) is -3.59% away from its 52 week high.
On December 22, Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL) said it will not release its 2015 capital spending plan until February, citing volatile oil prices. Budgets from Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp are also due out in early 2015, along with comprehensive spending surveys from industry analysts at Cowen and Barclays.
On last trading day Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL) decreased -10.39% to close at $29.74. Its volatility for the week is 6.36% while volatility for the month is 8.71%. WLL’s sales growth for past 5 years was 15.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 0.60%. Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:WLL) monthly performance is -26.86%.
Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:BHE), a leading integrated contract manufacturing provider, announced on December 9 that its Board of Directors approved the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock. This repurchase program is in addition to the current 2012 repurchase program, which also authorized the Company to purchase up to $100 million of its outstanding common shares. Benchmark Electronics Inc. (NYSE:BHE) has 0.70% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 97.10%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $24.82.
A Delaware Chancery judge on Monday rebuffed an effort by Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) investors seeking to challenge his decision to let shareholders vote on an $8.5 billion buyout offer from fellow discount retailer Dollar Tree Inc., finding there were no grounds to bless an interlocutory appeal. On Monday shares of Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE:FDO) closed at $78.66. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 7.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 7.35%.
Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, on December 19 announced the company has been named the estimated 2013 market share leader by Gartner for Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools in its recent Competitive Landscape Report1. On last trading day Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) decreased -2.28% to close at $6.85. Its volatility for the week is 4.34% while volatility for the month is 4.61%. GUID’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.80% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -12.50%. Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) monthly performance is 13.60%.