On Thursday, Shares of Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO), lost -0.26% to $ 53.82.
Altria Group, will host a live audio webcast on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to talk about its 2015 second-quarter business results. Altria will issue a press release containing its business results at about 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time the same day. The webcast can be accessed at altria.com.
During the webcast, Marty Barrington, Altria’s Chairman, CEO and President, and Billy Gifford, Chief Financial Officer, will talk about the Company’s 2015 second-quarter business results and answer questions from the investment community and news media.
Altria Group, Inc., through its auxiliaries, manufactures and sells cigarettes, smokeless products, and wine in the United States and internationally. It offers cigarettes primarily under the Marlboro brand; cigars principally under the Black & Mild brand; and moist smokeless tobacco products under the Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky, and Marlboro Snus brand names.
Shares of AES Corp (NYSE:AES), declined -1.75% to $12.94, during its last trading session.
AES Corporation, declared a quarterly common stock dividend of 10 cents per share payable August 17, 2015, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 3, 2015.
Additional information regarding dividends paid by AES, counting tax treatment, can be found on www.aes.com by selecting “Investors” and then “Dividend History.”
The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company. It owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers, such as utilities, industrial users, and other intermediaries.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Shares of Select Comfort Corp. (NASDAQ:SCSS), lost -10.60% to $25.56.
Select Comfort Corporation, stated second quarter 2015 results for the period ended July 4, 2015.
“We are delivering above market performance as we execute our consumer-driven innovation strategy,” said Shelly Ibach, President and CEO of Select Comfort. “Steady progress on our EPS drivers is delivering shareholder value while we make important investments for sustainable profitable growth.”
Select Comfort Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, provides sleep solutions and services in the United States. It designs, manufactures, markets, and retails in beds and bedding accessories, such as mattresses, adjustable bases, pillows, sheets, and other bedding products under the Sleep Number brand name.
Finally, CYS Investments Inc (NYSE:CYS), ended its last trade with -2.20% gain, and closed at $7.55.
CYS Investments declared financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (the “Second Quarter”).
Second Quarter 2015 Summary Results
- June 30, 2015 book value per common share of $9.62, after declaring a $0.28 dividend per common share on June 8, 2015.
- GAAP net loss accessible to common stockholders of $(102.2) million, or $(0.66) per diluted common share.
- Core earnings plus drop income of $42.8 million ($34.2 million core earnings and $8.6 million drop income), or $0.27 per diluted common share ($0.22 core earnings and $0.05 drop income).
- Interest rate spread, net of hedge, counting drop income, of 1.34%.
- Operating expenses of 1.27% of average stockholders’ equity.
- Weighted-average amortized cost of Agency RMBS and U.S. Treasuries (collectively, “Debt Securities”) of $103.98.
- Leverage ratio of 7.06 to 1 at June 30, 2015.
- Constant Prepayment Rate (“CPR”) of 13.0%.
- Repurchased 1,286,586 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted-average purchase price of $8.87 for an aggregate of about $11.4 million.
CYS Investments, Inc., a specialty finance company, invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities in the United States. It also focuses on investing in residential mortgage-backed securities that are issued and the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by a federally chartered corporation (Agency RMBS); debt securities issued by the United States Department of Treasury or a government sponsored entity; and collateralized mortgage obligations issued by a government agency or government-sponsored entity that are collateralized by Agency RMBS.
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