Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is the one to watch in the pharmaceutical industry after the $201 billion drug maker was spurned by AstraZeneca Plc last year. As the company faces flat sales and limited upside to its stock price, a big acquisition could be the remedy, and it’s already shown a willingness to be bold. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) in last trading activity advanced 0.58% to close at $31.33. Company weekly performance is -0.29% while its quarterly performance stands at 8.75%. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) is -5.40% away from its 52 week high.
A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled against General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) retirees who had tried to force the company from getting rid of Medicare insurance coverage for its retirees. U.S. District Court Judge Lynn Adelman wrote in a Dec. 30 opinion to deny an injunction against GE that retirees were “unlikely to succeed” in their case and that forcing GE to reinstate the health insurance coverage would be “burdensome and confusing” and would likely result in higher premiums or denied coverage for retirees who had recently purchased new medical coverage. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) in last trading activity decreased -0.83% to close at $25.06. Company weekly performance is -2.98% while its quarterly performance stands at 0.68%. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is -7.13% away from its 52 week high.
Analysts at B. Riley reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKS) in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Brooks Automation, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKS) has 2.90% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 90.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $12.61.
Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:UPL) was upgraded by investment analysts at Global Hunter Securities from a “reduce” rating to a “neutral” rating in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, 23 December 2014. On Friday shares of Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:UPL) closed at $13.16. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -3.00% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.67%.
David Brain, CEO of EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR), an entertainment-focused real estate investment trust that has invested about $200 million in the nationwide rollout of new TopGolf facilites, said each complex costs about $16 million to $18 million to develop. On last trading day EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) advanced 1.74% to close at $58.63. Its volatility for the week is 1.61% while volatility for the month is 1.71%. EPR’s sales growth for past 5 years was 5.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -0.20%. EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) monthly performance is 4.94%.