On Friday, Following Stocks were among the “Top 100 Gainers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Pacific Drilling SA (NYSE:PACD), Peabody Energy Corporation(NYSE:BTU), Sasol Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SSL), Owens Corning (NYSE:OC)
Pacific Drilling SA (NYSE:PACD)’s shares picked up 6.99%, and closed at $3.98. The stock has price to sale ratio of 0.79, however, price to book ratio is 0.34. With recent incline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a -13.85% decline below last year. During the past month the stocks gain 6.42%, bringing three-month performance to -17.26% and six-month performance to -54.77%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Pacific Drilling S.A., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an offshore drilling contractor. It provides offshore drilling services to the oil and natural gas industry. The company contracts drilling rigs, related equipment, and work crews primarily on a dayrate basis to drill wells for its customers. As of December 31, 2014, the company had a fleet of eight drillships, counting one under construction. Pacific Drilling S.A. was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg.
Peabody Energy Corporation(NYSE:BTU), raised 6.97%, and closed at $6.14. The company holds the market capitalization of $1.69B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at -22.00%, while return on assets at -5.80%, in response to its return on investment at -3.90%. Its 20-day moving average declined -8.07%, below 50-day moving average of -10.39%, below 200-day moving average of -45.81% from the latest market price of $6.14. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.70.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Peabody Energy Corporation engages in the mining of coal. The company operates through Western U.S. Mining, Midwestern U.S. Mining, Australian Mining, Trading and Brokerage, and Corporate and Other segments. It is involved in mining and sale of thermal coal to electric utilities and metallurgical coal for industrial customers. The company owns interests in 26 coal mining operations located in the United States and Australia. It also engages in direct and brokered trading of coal and freight-related contracts. In addition, the company operates a mine-mouth coal-fueled generating plant; manages its coal reserve and real estate holdings; and supports the development of Btu Conversion and clean coal technologies. As of December 31, 2014, it had 7.6 billion tons of proven and probable coal reserves. The company was founded in 1883 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Sasol Limited (ADR) (NYSE:SSL), enhanced 6.92%, and closed at $35.36. The stock has the beta value of 1.29, and its volatility for the week is 3.45%, while for the month it is 2.05%. The company has the market capitalization of $22.55B. The company holds the book value per share of 24.41, whereas cash per share is 5.66. Price to book ratio remained 1.45, while price to sale ratio is 1.33. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 3.00 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).
Sasol Limited operates as an integrated energy and petrochemicals company worldwide. The company mines saleable coal; distributes and markets natural gas and methane-rich gas; owns, operates, and maintains cross-border natural gas pipelines; produces coal-based synfuels; produces synthesis gas and converts into synthetic fuel components, chemical feedstock, and pipeline gas; and markets blended fuel products, such as petrol, diesel, jet fuel, illuminating paraffin, liquid petroleum gas, fuel oils, bitumen, motor and industrial lubricants, and sulphur to licensed wholesalers in South Africa. It also supplies ethylene, propylene, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, chlor-alkali chemicals, and mining reagents; solvents, acrylates, and associated products; and surfactants, linear alkylbenzene, surfactant intermediates, n-paraffins, n-olefins, C6-C22 alcohols, co-monomers, oleochemicals, and other organic intermediates, in addition to provides specialty aluminas, silica aluminas, and hydrotalcites.
Owens Corning (NYSE:OC), rose 6.82%, and closed at $42.43. The company has the market capitalization of $5.02B. The beta value of the stock is 1.67. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 2.96%, and for the month is 2.21%. The stock’s price to book ratio is 1.35, however price to sale ratio is 0.95. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.60. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Owens Corning, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells glass fiber reinforcements and other materials for composite systems; and residential and commercial building materials worldwide. It operates in three segments: Composites, Insulation, and Roofing. The Composites segment manufactures, fabricates, and sells glass reinforcements in the form of fiber; and manufactures and sells glass fiber products in the form of fabrics, mat, veil, and other specialized products. Its products are used in pipe, roofing shingles, sporting goods, consumer electronics, telecommunications cables, boats, aircraft, defense, automotive, industrial containers, and wind-energy applications in the power and energy, housing, water distribution, industrial, transportation, consumer, and aerospace/military markets. The Insulation segment manufactures and sells fiberglass insulation into residential, commercial, industrial, and other markets for thermal and acoustical applications; and manufactures and sells glass fiber pipe insulation, flexible duct media, bonded and granulated mineral wool insulation, and foam insulation used in above- and below-grade construction applications.
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