On Thursday shares of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE:SD) closed at $1.82. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 21.40% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 20.45%. SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) CEO James Bennett said Thursday the company is laying off 132 employees, or about 20 percent of the workforce at the Oklahoma City headquarters. The announcement follows after SandRidge laid off 265 employees earlier this year in the Permian Basin of west Texas.
Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) in last trading activity fell -4.25% to close at $41.44. Company weekly performance is 5.26% while its quarterly performance stands at 50.53%. Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) is -18.71% away from its 52 week high. ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (ZIOP) and Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) declared their oncology programs will be strengthened through Intrexon’s new global partnership focused exclusively on novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) products with Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Intrexon will share the economic provisions of this collaboration, counting upfront payment, milestones and royalties, equally with ZIOPHARM.
On last trading day HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST) advanced 0.43% to close at $18.70. Its volatility for the week is 2.25% while volatility for the month is 2.01%. HMST’s EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.70%. HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST) monthly performance is 3.43%. HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST) will conduct a quarterly earnings conference call on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.
Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) has 1.40% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 87.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $48.39. Murphy Oil Corp (NYSE: MUR) has been named as a Top 10 dividend paying energy stock, according to Dividend Channel, which published its weekly ”DividendRank” report. The report noted that among energy companies, MUR shares displayed both attractive valuation metrics and strong profitability metrics.
On last trading day Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) advanced 2.53% to close at $4.87. Its volatility for the week is 7.96% while volatility for the month is 7.45%. BTU’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -30.50%. Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) monthly performance is -27.96%. Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) on March 30, 2015, announced that the previously declared tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of the $650 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2016 expired at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on March 27, 2015. After the expiration of the early tender period on March 13, 2015, an additional $1,228,000 principal amount of notes were tendered and not validly withdrawn.