Top News: Macy’s (NYSE:M), Exact Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS), The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG), Ameriana Bancorp (NASDAQ:ASBI), Torchmark Corporation (NYSE:TMK)


On Thursday shares of Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) closed at $67.85. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 3.70% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.38%. On Mar 27, John A. Bryant, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Kellogg Company, has been elected to the Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) board of directors.

Exact Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) in last trading activity fell -0.41% to close at $21.63. Company weekly performance is 1.41% while its quarterly performance stands at -21.17%. Exact Sciences Corporation (NASDAQ:EXAS) is -27.83% away from its 52 week high. On March 30, Exact Sciences Corp. (NASDAQ:EXAS) announced that Tufts Health Plan, with more than 1 million members across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, will cover Cologuard as a colon cancer screening test effective March 15, 2015.

On Thursday shares of The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) closed at $45.97. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 13.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 15.00%. On April 2, the Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG), announced that it has acquired the underlying real estate of Panorama Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 149-bed skilled nursing facility in Panorama City, California. An Ensign subsidiary has been operating the facility since September 2000 under a lease. The acquisition was effective April 1, 2015.

Ameriana Bancorp (NASDAQ:ASBI) has 0.50% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 36.10%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $17.13. On march 30, Jerome J. Gassen, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameriana Bancorp (NASDAQ: ASBI), announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has doubled Ameriana’s quarterly cash dividend to $0.04 per share. The quarterly dividend is payable on May 1, 2015, to shareholders of record as of April 10, 2015.

On last trading day Torchmark Corporation (NYSE:TMK) increased 0.24% to close at $55.11. Its volatility for the week is 0.91% while volatility for the month is 1.24%. TMK’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.90% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 14.60%. Torchmark Corporation (NYSE:TMK) monthly performance is 3.45%. Torchmark Corporation (NYSE:TMK) begin trading ex-dividend on March 31, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.135 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 01, 2015.

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