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Mega- Cap Active Stocks: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT)

Shares of Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the thirteen ratings firms that are covering the stock, American Banking News reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and six have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock performance was 0.78% in last session and finished the day at $25.95. Traded volume was 25.18million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 37.08million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.60. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) insider ownership is 0.04%.

Analysts at Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE:WFC) downgraded shares of Medley Capital Corp from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) rose 0.55 percent to $49.10 Wednesday on volume of 15.93million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $48.61 to $49.10. Wells Fargo & Co (NYSE:WFC) has a market capitalization of $258.36billion.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) chief executive Jamie Dimon’s total compensation fell 37 percent last year to $11.8 million as the nation’s largest investment bank grappled with billions in legal costs and fines. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM)’s stock on Apr 09, 2014 reported a increase of 0.71% to the closing price of $59.27. Its fifty two weeks range is $46.05 -$61.48. The total market capitalization recorded $224.45billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 15.31million shares. In its share capital, JPM has 3.79billion outstanding shares.

The world’s largest retailer after Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) said first-quarter sales were 19.79 billion euros, close to the analyst consensus of 19.83 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S data. On Wednesday, shares of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) dropped -0.27% to close the day at $77.97. Company return on investment (ROI) is 14.10% and its monthly performance is recorded as 4.07%. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) quarterly revenue growth is 0.83%.