Stocks to Watch: Masco (NYSE:MAS), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD), Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC), Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC)

TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) as a buy. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management … Continue reading Stocks to Watch: Masco (NYSE:MAS), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD), Kforce Inc. (NASDAQ:KFRC), Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC)

Industrial Goods Active Stocks: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE:CBI), Masco (NYSE:MAS)

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) saw a small decline in the short interest, but that short interest dove in July, down almost 15% to 58,090,804 shares as of 15 July from 68,273,172 shares short as of 30 June. GE’s common stock dividend yield is 3.4% now that shares have pulled back to under 26 from its 52 wk high at 28.09. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) stock … Continue reading Industrial Goods Active Stocks: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), Chicago Bridge & Iron (NYSE:CBI), Masco (NYSE:MAS)

Industrial Goods Stocks In News; Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY), Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP)

Zacks Investment Research downgraded Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) to a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell) on May 21. Masco has been witnessing sharp downward estimate revisions ever since it reported weak first-quarter fiscal 2014 results on Apr 24, 2014. Also, the stock price has declined slightly more than 7% since then. Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) stock performance was 0.14% in last session and finished the day at … Continue reading Industrial Goods Stocks In News; Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM), Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY), Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP)

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Industrial Goods Active Movers: Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), Cemex SAB (NYSE:CX)

Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) on May 15, 2014 declared that the company’s Board of Directors has confirmed a 20% climb in its quarterly ordinary stock dividend. The dividend on common stocks scaled up from $0.75 to $0.09 per ordinary share. The escalated dividend rate is payable to the company’s shareholders on July 15, 2014 as per the record on June 16, 2014. Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) stock … Continue reading Industrial Goods Active Movers: Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), Cemex SAB (NYSE:CX)

Industrial Sector Top 4 Laggards: Masco (NYSE:MAS), China Ming Yang Wind Power (NYSE:MY), Clean Diesel (NASDAQ:CDTI), ZBB Energy (NYSEMKT:ZBB)

The stock of Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) was one of the biggest decliners on the NYSE. The company missed expectations for earnings in the first quarter. Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) reported earnings of 15 cents a share, which missed analysts’ estimates of 17 cents a share by 2 cents. Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) stock performance was -7.44% in last session and finished the day at $20.78. Traded volume … Continue reading Industrial Sector Top 4 Laggards: Masco (NYSE:MAS), China Ming Yang Wind Power (NYSE:MY), Clean Diesel (NASDAQ:CDTI), ZBB Energy (NYSEMKT:ZBB)

Investors Alert: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), LiveDeal, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Graham Corporation (NYSE:GHM)

Equities researchers at ISI Group assumed coverage on shares of Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD) in a research report issued on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm set a “buy” rating and a $6.00 price target on the stock. ISI Group’s target price suggests a potential upside of 25.00% from the stock’s previous close. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 1.00% … Continue reading Investors Alert: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), LiveDeal, Inc. (NASDAQ:LIVE), Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Graham Corporation (NYSE:GHM)