Irvine, California-based TRI Pointe Homes Inc. (NYSE:TPH) has acquired Weyerhaeuser Co.’s homebuilding division, which includes Bethesda-based Winchester Homes. The $2.8 billion deal is one of the largest homebuilding mergers ever and makes TRI Pointe (NYSE: TPH) one of the 10 largest public homebuilders in the country. Tri Pointe Homes Inc (NYSE:TPH) stock performance was 1.26% in last session and finished the day at $16.05. Traded volume was 23.06million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.64million shares. Tri Pointe Homes Inc (NYSE:TPH) insider ownership is 9.50%.
OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS), on 30 June 2014 announced that its Security division, Rapiscan Systems, has received an order for approximately $12 million from a U.S. government agency to perform on-going maintenance and support services on several Rapiscan inspection platforms including the Eagle® M60 mobile high energy X-ray cargo and vehicle inspection system and 620DV (Dual View) baggage and parcel inspection system. OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS) dropped -1.95 percent to $64.47 Tuesday on volume of 570,970.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $64.38 to $65.63. OSI Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIS) has a market capitalization of $1.29billion.
Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF) announced that The Ames Companies acquired the Australia Garden and Tools division of Illinois Tool Works (ITW). The G&T purchase price approximated $36M, financed through a combination of cash and local borrowings, and is subject to a final working capital adjustment. Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF)’s stock on July 08, 2014 reported a decrease of -3.43% to the closing price of $11.81. Its fifty two weeks range is $10.44 -$14.34. The total market capitalization recorded $643.79million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 504,468.00million shares. In its share capital, GFF has 54.51million outstanding shares.
Veolia Environnement SA (ADR) (NYSE:VE), Europe’s biggest water company, won a 193 million euro ($264 million) contract from Hunter Water to operate 25 production and wastewater treatment plants in New South Wales, Australia. On Tuesday, shares of Veolia Environnement SA (ADR) (NYSE:VE) dropped -2.97% to close the day at $17.66. Company return on investment (ROI) is 1.70% and its monthly performance is recorded as -8.40%. Veolia Environnement SA (ADR) (NYSE:VE) quarterly revenue growth is -6.86%.
Orion Marine Group (NYSE:ORN) Director Austin J. Shanfelter unloaded 11,206 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.70, for a total value of $131,110.20. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 8,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $97,683. Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) stock performance was 1.31% in last session and finished the day at $10.80. Traded volume was 274,644.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 94.36K shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.44. Orion Marine Group, Inc. (NYSE:ORN) insider ownership is 2.31%.