Trader’s Watch List – Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) , United Community Financial (NASDAQ:UCFC) , CVR Partners (NYSE:UAN), National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG)

MasterCard Inc (NYSE:MA) will take its turn in the earnings limelight ahead of the open on Thursday, July 31. Option traders at the International Securities Exchange (ISE), Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and NASDAQ OMX PHLX (PHLX) appear to be positioning themselves for a well-received report. Specifically, the stock’s 10-day call/put volume ratio of 3.75 on this trio of exchanges ranks in the 96th annual percentile, meaning calls have been bought to open over puts with more rapidity just 4% of the time within the past year. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) stock performance was -0.01% in last session and finished the day at $78.31. Traded volume was 3.62million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.75million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.95. Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) insider ownership is 10.60%.

On May 27, 2014, United Community Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:UCFC) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the close of business on April 7, 2014, the voting record date, there were 50,554,281 UCFC common shares outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, 37,388,488, or 73.96%, of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote were represented by proxy or in person. United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) dropped -0.25 percent to $3.95 Wednesday on volume of 136,971.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $3.92 to $3.96. United Community Financial Corp (NASDAQ:UCFC) has a market capitalization of $199.17million.

CVR Partners, LP (NYSE:UAN), a manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer products, on 23 June 2014 announced that Matt Green has been named vice president of marketing for the partnership’s general partner, CVR GP, LLC, effective immediately. CVR Partners LP (NYSE:UAN)’s stock on July 16, 2014 reported a increase of 3.32% to the closing price of $18.04. Its fifty two weeks range is $15.11 -$23.81. The total market capitalization recorded $1.32billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 241,937.00million shares. In its share capital, UAN has 73.11million outstanding shares.

The teleconference of National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) will be held on Friday, August 8, 2014, at 11 a.m. (ET). Representing management will be Ronald J. Tanski, President and Chief Executive Officer; Matthew D. Cabell, Senior Vice President of National Fuel Gas Company and President of Seneca Resources Corporation; and David P. Bauer, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer. Prepared remarks are planned for approximately 20 minutes with ample time for questions and answers. On Wednesday, shares of National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) dropped -0.80% to close the day at $73.60. Company return on investment (ROI) is 9.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as -1.89%. National Fuel Gas Co. (NYSE:NFG) quarterly revenue growth is 6.34%.