Stocks in Focus: ArcelorMittal SA (ADR) (NYSE:MT), Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM), Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Stone Energy (NYSE:SGY), Sun Bancorp (NASDAQ:SNBC)


On Thursday shares of ArcelorMittal SA (ADR) (NYSE:MT) closed at $10.08. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.40%. ArcelorMittal SA (NYSE:MT) has received a “BB+” credit rating from analysts at Morningstar. The firm’s “BB+” rating suggests that the company is an above-average default risk. They also gave their stock a four star rating.

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) in last trading activity moved up 0.70% to close at $1.43. Company quarterly performance stands at 6.72%. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) is -28.50% away from its 52 week high. On Apr 14, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM) announced that two preclinical abstracts and one clinical translation abstract are scheduled for poster presentations at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), to be held April 18-22, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On Thursday shares of Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK) closed at $57.51. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 9.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 5.13%.
Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the U.S. and Canada, announced the first presentations of data from its ongoing C-EDGE pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial program evaluating the efficacy and safety of grazoprevir/elbasvir (100mg/50mg) in patients with or without cirrhosis infected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1, 4 or 6 (GT1, 4 or 6) who received therapy for 12 weeks.

Stone Energy Corp. (NYSE:SGY) has 2.80% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 15.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $16.71. Stone Energy Corporation (NYSE:SGY) announced that David H. Welch, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, presented at the IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in New York at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel at 9:10 a.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, April 21, 2015.

On last trading day Sun Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:SNBC) moved up 1.23% to close at $19.78. Its volatility for the week is 1.69% while volatility for the month is 1.56%. SNBC’s sales growth for past 5 years was -9.80% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 19.20%. Sun Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ:SNBC) monthly performance is 3.07%. Sun Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNBC) will announce its first quarter earnings prior to market open on Monday, April 27, 2015.


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