On Friday, Following U.S. Stocks were among the “Top Losers“: RPC, Inc (NYSE:RES), First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC), Rex Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:REXX), U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA)

RPC, Inc (NYSE:RES)’s shares dwindled -4.49%, and closed at $11.92. The stock volatility for the week is 4.38%, while for the month remained 5.07%. The company holds consensus target price of $14.04.

If we consider EPS growth of the company, then we will notice the following observations:

The company showed 1.14 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 48.10% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as 68.00%.

The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.40. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

RPC, Inc. provides a range of oilfield services and equipment for oil and gas companies involved in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, Africa, Canada, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and New Zealand. The company operates in two segments, Technical Services and Support Services. The Technical Services segment offers pressure pumping, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen pumping, well control consulting and firefighting, downhole tools, wireline, fishing, and fluid pumping services that are used in the completion, production, and maintenance of oil and gas wells.

First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC), declined -4.41%, and closed at $57.04. The stock has price to sale value of 5.31, however, price to book value is 2.02. With recent decline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a 9.73% gained above last year. During the past month the stocks gain 9.27%, bringing three-month performance to 12.82% and six-month performance to 17.13%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.50. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

First Republic Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides private banking, private business banking, real estate lending, and wealth administration services to clients in metropolitan areas of the United States. It operates through two segments, Commercial Banking and Wealth Administration. The company offers deposit products, such as checking, money market checking, savings, and passbook deposits, in addition to certificates of deposit.

Rex Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:REXX), dipped -4.38%, and closed at $3.93. The company holds the market capitalization of 217.20M. For the trailing twelve months, the stock’s return on equity value remains -4.70%, while return on assets value is -1.80%, in response to its return on investment value of -4.00%. Its 20-day moving average declined -16.34%, below50-day moving average of -6.12%, below 200-day moving average of -62.14% from the latest market price of $3.93. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.50 (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

Rex Energy Corporation operates as an independent oil, natural gas liquid, and natural gas company in the Appalachian and Illinois basins in the United States. The company focuses on the Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, and Burkett Shale drilling and exploration activities in the Appalachian Basin, in addition to on developmental oil drilling and the implementation of improved oil recovery on its properties in the Illinois Basins. As of December 31, 2014, it had estimated proved reserves of 1,336.8 billion cubic feet equivalent; and owned interests in about 1,902 oil and natural gas wells. Rex Energy Corporation was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) dropped -4.26%, and closed at $29.46. The stock volatility for the week is 4.92%, while for the month it is 5.93%. The company has the market capitalization of $1.57B. The company holds the book value per share of 7.50, whereas cash per share is 6.42. Price to book value is estimated to be 3.93, while price to sale value is 1.79. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.10 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).

U.S. Silica Holdings, Inc. produces and sells commercial silica in the United States. It operates through two segments, Oil & Gas Proppants, and Industrial & Specialty Products. The company offers whole grain commercial silica products to be used as fracturing sand in connection with oil and natural gas recovery, in addition to sells its whole grain silica products in various size distributions, grain shapes, and chemical purity levels for manufacturing glass products. It also provides ground commercial silica products for use in plastics, rubber, polishes, cleansers, paints, glazes, textile fiberglass, and precision castings; and fine ground silica for use in premium paints, specialty coatings, sealants, silicone rubber, and epoxies.

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