On Feb 13, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) said it is cutting between 100 and 200 employees, mostly in Canada, according to a person familiar with the matter, as Chief Executive Marissa Mayer works to reduce costs at the Internet company. On Friday shares of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) closed at $44.11. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -6.50% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as -10.55%.
Patterson Companies Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) reported net income of $54.7 million or $0.55 per share for the third quarter, compared to $57.0 million or $0.56 per share in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings per share for the latest quarter were $0.55, compared to $0.57 per share in the comparable quarter last year. On Friday shares of Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO) closed at $49.29. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.67%.
On Feb. 19, Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) and LinnCo, LLC (Nasdaq:LNCO) announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014, and outlook for 2015. Increased average daily production 53 percent to 1,358 MMcfe/d for the fourth quarter 2014, compared to 889 MMcfe/d for the fourth quarter 2013; and 47 percent to 1,210 MMcfe/d for the full-year 2014, compared to 822 MMcfe/d for 2013. Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) in last trading activity advanced 2.08% to close at $12.75. Company weekly performance is 1.67% while its quarterly performance stands at -42.52%. Linn Energy, LLC (NASDAQ:LINE) is -58.30% away from its 52 week high.
Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD) is the latest U.S. buyout loan to test investors’ apparently strong appetite for the type of highly leveraged loans that the U.S. regulator is trying to discourage in an otherwise quiet U.S. market. Riverbed launched a $1.525 billion seven-year term loan and a $100 million revolver on February 12 and is also planning to sell $625 million of senior notes to back its $3.6 billion buyout by Thoma Bravo LLC and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD) has 1.80% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 88.20%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $20.88.
Citizens & Northern Corp. (NASDAQ:CZNC) has been downgraded by TheStreet Ratings from Buy to Hold with a ratings score of C+. On last trading day Citizens & Northern Corp. (NASDAQ:CZNC) fell -0.36% to close at $19.32. Its volatility for the week is 0.98% while volatility for the month is 1.72%. CZNC’s sales growth for past 5 years was -7.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 18.30%. Citizens & Northern Corp. (NASDAQ:CZNC) monthly performance is -1.98%.