The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announces that this summer, Charmin is visiting beaches across the country and providing beachgoers with a better bathroom experience. The program kicks off in Huntington Beach, CA, with three additional stops across the nation before Labor Day. Starting on July 1, consumers will be able to vote on the fourth and final beachside location by visiting the website “Finding a clean and useable restroom is the last thing people need to worry about while enjoying their day at the beach,” said Scott Mautz, Regional Brand Director. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) stock performance was -0.16% in last session and finished the day at $80.52. Traded volume was 4,472,635 shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 8.31 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.45. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) insider ownership is 0.10%.
Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) has earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the nine analysts that are covering the stock, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month target price among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $40.75. Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) closed at $40.68 yesterday on volume of 4.30 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $40.58 to $40.83. Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) has a market capitalization of $80.18 billion.
Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 21st, American Banking News reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of 0.14 per share on Monday, July 14th. This represents a $0.56 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.49%. Analysts at Societe Generale raised their price target on shares of Mondelez International from $36.00 to $40.00 in a research note on Monday. Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ)’s stock on May 23, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.13% to the closing price of $37.24. Its fifty two weeks range is $28.22 -$38.47. The total market capitalization recorded $63.15 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 4,481,642 shares. In its share capital, Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) has 1.69 billion outstanding shares.
Apple Inc. (AAPL), following a jury verdict that Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) infringed three of its patents, is seeking a U.S. sales ban on some older models of the South Korean company’s smart phones. Apple’s bid “seems like a hard sell, given that it failed to achieve an injunction in the last trial with significant design patent infringement and similar feature patent infringement,” said Michael Risch, a law professor at Villanova University. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) closed at $614.13 yesterday on volume of 8,293,213 shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $606.47 to $614.73. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has a market capitalization of $529.00 billion