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Wednesday 20 May 2015
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3 Hot Stocks to Watch: Oracle Corporation, (NYSE:ORCL), Antero Resources Corporation, (NYSE:AR), Xenia Hotels & Resorts, (NYSE:XHR)

On Monday, in the course of current trade, Shares of Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL), gained 0.58%, and is now trading at $44.40.

Ahead of the OpenStack Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia, Oracle Corporation, declared a partnership with Mirantis to enable Oracle Solaris and Mirantis OpenStack users to accelerate application and database provisioning in private cloud environments via Murano, the application project in the OpenStack ecosystem. This effort brings Oracle Database 12c and Oracle Multitenant deployed on Oracle Solaris to Murano — the first Oracle cloud-ready products to be accessible in the catalog.

Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Solaris combines the advanced security, enterprise class reliability, and ease of administration of the Oracle Solaris operating system with the agility of OpenStack to create the premier, comprehensive cloud platform for running enterprise applications and Oracle Database.

Oracle Corporation develops, manufactures, markets, hosts, and supports database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure, hardware systems, and related services worldwide.

Shares of Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE:AR), during its Monday’s current trading session fell -1.89%, and is now trading at $41.94.

On April 29, Antero Resources, released its first quarter 2015 financial results. The relevant financial statements are comprised of in Antero’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Highlights for the First Quarter of 2015:

  • Net daily gas equivalent production averaged 1,485 MMcfe/d, an 89% enhance contrast to the preceding year quarter and a 17% enhance sequentially
  • Net daily liquids production, comprised of in the above, averaged 40,074 Bbl/d, a 145% enhance contrast to the preceding year quarter and a 32% enhance sequentially
  • Realized natural gas price before hedging averaged $2.81 per Mcf, a $0.17 negative differential to Nymex
  • Realized natural gas equivalent price counting NGLs, oil and hedges averaged $4.42 per Mcfe
  • Adjusted net income of $71 million ($0.27 per share), a 20% decrease contrast to the preceding year quarter and a 9% decrease sequentially
  • Adjusted EBITDAX of $355 million, a 30% enhance contrast to the preceding year quarter and a 7% enhance sequentially
  • Hedge portfolio was raised to 2.5 Tcfe of future natural gas equivalent production at an average index price of $4.17 per MMBtu.

Antero Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, explores, and develops natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2014, the company had 543,000 net acres of oil and gas properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Finally, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE:XHR), gained 0.51% Monday.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, declared results for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

First Quarter 2015 Highlights

  • Separation from InvenTrust: The Company successfully accomplished the spin-off from its former parent InvenTrust (formerly Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.) on February 3.
  • Listing of Shares on the NYSE: The Company began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “XHR” on February 4 and rang The Opening Bell to celebrate the first day of trading.
  • Completion of Tender Offer: The Company accomplished its “Dutch Auction” self-tender offer on March 5 and accepted for purchase 1.8 million shares at $21.00 per share for a total purchase price of $36.9 million.
  • Same-Property RevPAR: Same-Property RevPAR raised 2.6% from the first quarter in 2014 to $134.59, reflecting a 5.1% enhance in ADR partially offset by a 2.3% decrease in occupancy. The Company estimates USALI reclassifications negatively influenced RevPAR growth by a minimum of 100 bps. The Company also estimates that RevPAR growth was negatively influenced by about 300 bps year-over-year due to the renovation disruption at three of its largest hotels.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. operates as a self-advised and self-administered REIT that invests in full service hotels in the United States. As of December 31, 2014, it owned 46 hotels comprising 12,636 rooms across 19 states and the District of Columbia. The company is based in Orlando, Florida.

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