Category: Services Sector

Services Sector

Services Sector New Highs: Sonic (NASDAQ:SONC), Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK), Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL), Knightsbridge Tankers (NASDAQ:VLCCF)

Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants announced that it will release results for the quarter ended February 28, 2014 after the market close on March 24, 2014. Sonic Corporation (NASDAQ:SONC) stock performance was 1.19% in last session and finished the day at $22.06. Traded volume was 699,330.00 shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 749,047.00 … Continue reading Services Sector New Highs: Sonic (NASDAQ:SONC), Alaska Air Group (NYSE:ALK), Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL), Knightsbridge Tankers (NASDAQ:VLCCF)

Kevin Long
Services Sector

Services Sector Losers: Cosi Inc. (NASDAQ:COSI), Bona Film Group (NASDAQ:BONA), Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), Media General (NYSE:MEG)

Cosi (NASDAQ:COSI) major shareholder Lloyd Miller III unloaded 250,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.16, for a total value of $290,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 156,428 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $181,456. Cosi … Continue reading Services Sector Losers: Cosi Inc. (NASDAQ:COSI), Bona Film Group (NASDAQ:BONA), Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK), Media General (NYSE:MEG)

Kristen Barton
Services Sector

Services Sector Active Stocks: Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ), Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) has received another vote of confidence this week, this time from Evercore which reinstated an “overweight” rating on the satellite radio company in the aftermath of the failed buyout attempt from Liberty Media Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI) stock performance was -0.58% in last session and finished the day at $3.42. Traded volume was 50.08 million shares in the last session and … Continue reading Services Sector Active Stocks: Sirius XM Holdings (NASDAQ:SIRI), Hertz Global Holdings (NYSE:HTZ), Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

John Bellich
Services Sector

Services Sector Weeks 20% Losers: China Distance Education (NYSE:DL), CHC (NYSE:HELI), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI), China Lodging Group (NASDAQ:HTHT)

China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE:DL) (“CDEL”, or the “Company”), a leading provider of online education in China focusing on professional education, today announced that the follow-on public offering of an aggregate of 4,000,000 American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) by the Company and several selling shareholders was priced at US$21.00 per ADS. China Distance Education Hldgs Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:DL) stock performance was -1.84% in last session … Continue reading Services Sector Weeks 20% Losers: China Distance Education (NYSE:DL), CHC (NYSE:HELI), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE:BPI), China Lodging Group (NASDAQ:HTHT)

Ryan Holtz
Services Sector, Software

Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) Agrees to Buy Spanish Cable Operator Ono

The American Depositary Receipts of Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) edged up in recent pre-market trading on Monday after a Reuters report that said the British mobile communications company has agreed to buy Spanish cable operator Ono for $7.2 billion euros ($10 billion). Reuters said the acquisition will boost its portfolio of offerings by adding a combination of mobile and fixed-line telephony, pay-TV, and broadband. Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) was … Continue reading Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD) Agrees to Buy Spanish Cable Operator Ono

Adam Keintzel
Services Sector

Services Sector Touching New Lows: Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), ADT Corp (NYSE:ADT), CONN’S (NASDAQ:CONN), CHC Group Ltd (NYSE:HELI)

Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) on Mar. 6 announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Staples, Inc. common stock of $0.12 per share. The dividend is payable on April 17, 2014, to shareholders of record on March 28, 2014. Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) stock performance was -2.43% in last session and finished the day at $11.22. Traded volume was 22.10 million shares … Continue reading Services Sector Touching New Lows: Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), ADT Corp (NYSE:ADT), CONN’S (NASDAQ:CONN), CHC Group Ltd (NYSE:HELI)

Colin Pettis