Why Making Dramatic Moves: Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX), Selective Insurance (NASDAQ:SIGI), Alcatel Lucent (NYSE:ALU)

On Monday shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) closed at $35.05. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 0.10% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 2.17%. Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) announced that they are preparing to resume the Phase 3 clinical program for tanezumab. As a result, Pfizer expects to receive a $200 million upfront payment from Lilly in accordance with their collaboration agreement.

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) in last trading activity decreased -0.60% to close at $82.20. Company weekly performance is 0.86% while its quarterly performance stands at -11.52%. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) is -13.85% away from its 52 week high. Dan Schulman, who joined the digital-payments unit from American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) will be CEO of PayPal, the company said in September. Devin Wenig, now president of the Marketplaces division, will become CEO of eBay post-breakup.

On last trading day Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) decreased -0.29% to close at $203.67. Its volatility for the week is 1.71% while volatility for the month is 3.08%. VRX’s sales growth for past 5 years was 58.70% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 19.20%. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) monthly performance is 17.55%. On 18 March 2015, Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) announced that it has priced its previously announced share offering at $199.00 per share.

Selective Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGI) has 2.60% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 71.50%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $29.94. Zacks downgraded shares of Selective Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGI) from an outperform rating to a neutral rating.

On Monday shares of Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) closed at $3.87. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -2.30%. Alcatel-Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) said it signed an agreement with Etisalat to deploy its motive customer experience management (CEM) portfolio for the operator’s mobile and fixed-line customers in the UAE.