Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) on 17 July 2014 announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of 3.749% senior unsecured notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”), $300 million aggregate principal amount of 4.915% senior unsecured notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes”) and $900 million aggregate principal amount of 5.165% senior unsecured notes due 2044 (the “2044 Notes” and, together with the 2024 Notes and the 2034 Notes, the “Notes”). Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) stock performance was -0.32% in last session and finished the day at $61.45. Traded volume was 2.24million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 3.48million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.00. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) insider ownership is 1.80%.
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) Pictures is in negotiations with Mike White to write the adaptation of Katherine Applegate’s children’s gorilla story “The One and Only Ivan.” The book, published by HarperCollins in 2011, centers on the silverback gorilla Ivan, who is in a cage at a shopping center with an elderly elephant named Stella and a stray dog named Bob. When a baby elephant arrives, Ivan regains his memories and plans an escape to protect the new elephant from their abusive owner. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) dropped -0.08 percent to $85.74 Monday on volume of 4.80million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $85.50 to $86.00. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has a market capitalization of $148.49billion.
Alere Inc. (NYSE:ALR) today announced the publication of a study demonstrating the viability of accurate and rapid HIV screening among infants at the point of care (POC). The study was conducted in five clinics in Maputo, Mozambique, with the prototype of Alere’s new POC nucleic acid test, the Alere™ q HIV-1/2 Detect assay. Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR)’s stock on July 21, 2014 reported a increase of 0.05% to the closing price of $38.53. Its fifty two weeks range is $27.64 -$40.80. The total market capitalization recorded $3.19billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 250,577.00million shares. In its share capital, ALR has 82.78million outstanding shares.
Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE:TUP) is the most profitable company on the list by far. Very few Consumer Discretionary companies can match its 22% ROIC. However, TUP’s 1.55 PEBV also makes it significantly more expensive than some of the other companies on the list. On Monday, shares of Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE:TUP) dropped -0.13% to close the day at $83.64. Company return on investment (ROI) is 2.60% and its monthly performance is recorded as 0.26%. Tupperware Brands Corporation (NYSE:TUP) quarterly revenue growth is -2.59%.
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) will release its second quarter 2014 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. A conference call is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on the same day. NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) stock performance was -1.00% in last session and finished the day at $32.77. Traded volume was 1.05million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.28million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.02. NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) insider ownership is 0.60%.