Northwest Indiana is set to benefit from some of the biggest IEDC deals inked this year, particularly Alcoa’s plans for a $100 million facility expansion in LaPorte to manufacture jet engine parts. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net profit margin is -10.40% and weekly performance is -1.67%. On last trading day company shares ended up $16.44. Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.13%.

Investment analysts at Evercore Partners raised their price target on shares of InvenSense Inc (NASDAQ:INVN) from $25.00 to $32.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday. Evercore Partners’ price objective suggests a potential upside of 42.67% from the company’s current price. InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN) shares advanced 2.85% in last trading session and ended the day at $24.17. INVN Gross Margin is 49.40% and its return on assets is 7.40%. InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN) quarterly performance is 29.25%.

Heritage Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:HBOS), the holding company for HeritageBank of the South, reports net income for the second quarter of 2014 of $1.8 million or $0.23 per diluted share, down 33 percent from $2.7 million or $0.36 per diluted share for the year-earlier quarter. The company reported loan growth – excluding loans acquired through FDIC-assisted acquisitions – of $42.2 million, up 17 percent from the year-earlier quarter. On 06 August, Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBOS) shares advanced 2.10% and was closed at $19.91. HBOS EPS growth in last 5 year was 120.40%. Heritage Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBOS) year to date (YTD) performance is 4.19%.

Sun Life Financial (NYSE:SLF) announced its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.81 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.11. Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE:SLF) ended the last trading day at $37.68. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.71%and price to cash ratio as 8.82. Sun Life Financial Inc. (NYSE:SLF) showed a weekly performance of -2.91%.

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAR) advanced 2.6 percent after it raised its full-year sales and earnings forecast. Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAR) shares fell -0.44% in last trading session and ended the day on $59.36. CAR Gross Margin is 48.60% and its return on assets is 0.40%. Avis Budget Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CAR) quarterly performance is 9.86%.