STock Alert: Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI), Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE), Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP), Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW), Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS)

Viad Corp. (NYSE:VVI) Director Albert M. Teplin sold 4,000 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.67, for a total value of $94,680.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 21,482 shares in the company, valued at approximately $508,479. Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI) stock performance was 0.74% in last session and finished the day at $23.03. Traded volume was 49,363.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 108.68K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.50. Viad Corp (NYSE:VVI) insider ownership is 2.20%.

Travel websites Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) rose sharply after analysts with UBS and Susquehanna released separate reports, both optimistic about growth. Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) rose 3.52 percent to $80.35 Wednesday on volume of 3.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $77.37 to $80.46. Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) has a market capitalization of $10.43billion.

TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) recommends that visitors enjoy the Stanley Park seawall — which tops the to-do list for many tourists — as well as ‘walking, running, viewing wildlife, jogging, inline skating, and biking.’ Tripadvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP)’s stock on June 18, 2014 reported a increase of 0.64% to the closing price of $105.24. Its fifty two weeks range is $58.74 -$109.79. The total market capitalization recorded $15.01billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.22million shares. In its share capital, TRIP has 142.65million outstanding shares.

Shares of Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:OWW) have been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the ten brokerages that are covering the stock, Analyst RN reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $8.72. On Wednesday, shares of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW) advanced 2.82% to close the day at $8.74. Company return on investment (ROI) is 46.80% and its monthly performance is recorded as 15.61%. Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:OWW) quarterly revenue growth is 7.50%.

Barclays Plc (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) recommended trades that profit when the yield spread between 10-year and 40-year securities widens. Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) stock performance was 0.62% in last session and finished the day at $16.22. Traded volume was 1.59million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.43million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.90.