On Thursday, Shares of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR), lost -9.05% to $36.08.
Alan Hoskins, Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Hamm, Chief Financial Officer of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (ENR) will be featured speakers at the Morgan Stanley Global Consumer & Retail Conference in New York City, Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 1:40 p.m. ET.
Energizer Holdings, Inc. manufactures and markets primary batteries and portable lighting products under the Energizer and EVEREADY brands worldwide. The company offers lithium, performance alkaline, alkaline, carbon zinc, silver zinc, zinc air, nickel metal hydride, nickel cadmium, and lithium ion batteries; and hearing aid, photo, and specialty batteries, in addition to battery chargers.
Shares of Just Energy Group Inc. (NYSE:JE), declined -10.80% to $6.28, during its last trading session.
Just Energy Group declared results for its second quarter fiscal 2016.
Key Fiscal 2016 Second Quarter Highlights:
- Sales of $1,087.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2016, an improvement of 18% from $918.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2015.
- Gross Margin of $167.2 million an improvement of 26% year over year, driven by the successful implementation of a margin per customer improvement initiative.
- Base EBITDA of $45.7 million, an improvement of 44% year over year.
- Payout ratio on Base Funds from ongoing operations was 50% for the second quarter, a noteworthy improvement from 78% one year ago as a Base Funds from ongoing operations raised by 59% year over year to $37.8 million.
- Cash and cash equivalents were $88.6 million as of September 30, 2015, an improvement of 197% from $29.8 million stated in the same quarter a year ago.
- During the quarter, the Company declared the successful renegotiation of its credit facility, resulting in an improvement of its line of credit to $277.5 million from $210.0 million. The credit facility was also extended for an additional three years through September 1, 2018 under favorable terms. No cash was withdrawn on the facility as of September 30, 2015.
- Long-term debt as of September 30, 2015 was $685.5 million, a decrease of 16% contrast to $811.8 million as of September 30, 2014. Book value net debt was under 3.0x for the trailing 12 month Base EBITDA, significantly improved from 4.3x just one year ago.
Just Energy Group Inc., through its auxiliaries, retails electricity, natural gas, and green energy in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The company operates through Consumer Energy and Commercial Energy segments. It sells primarily natural gas and/or electricity to residential and commercial customers under long-term fixed-price, price-protected, or variable-priced contracts under various trade names comprising Just Energy, Hudson Energy, Commerce Energy, Amigo Energy, Tara Energy, Green Star Energy, and TerraPass. Just Energy Group Inc. markets smart thermostats; and offers green energy products under the JustGreen name.
Finally, Shares of WidePoint Corp. (NYSEMKT:WYY), ended its last trade with -6.27% loss, and closed at $0.67.
WidePoint Corporation, declared financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Recent Business Highlights
- Awarded initial task orders to commence work from one of the three remaining Department of Homeland Security (DHS) component agencies under our $600 million DHS BPA
- Partnered with Bob Day & Associates LLC to pursue new and expanded business opportunities within the Homeland Security and cyber technology markets
- Engaged Deep Water Point to develop, pursue, and expand our federal business reach as we scale our marketing footprint with other departmental-level federal organizations
- Awarded about $6.5 million in new managed mobility services for federal, municipal, and commercial work
- Awarded about $2.3 million, with renewals, in new consulting support work
- Launched New Online Bill Presentment and Analytics Solutions for the Communication Service Provider (CSP) consumer market at BroadSoft Connections 2015
- Continued engagements with DoD and DHS component/agencies for Certificate-on-DeviceTM – derived credentialing and other next-generation identity administration services
- Continued development with planned partners of our Certificate-on-Device product roadmap for individuals, derived credentials, machine device credentials, and other “Internet of Things” components; continued consolidation of platforms and integration efforts of our enterprise solutions
WidePoint Corporation provides information technology (IT) based products, services, and solutions worldwide. The company offers expense administration solutions, which provide a range of dash boards and reports to evaluate communications carrier compliance against a contract, and manage communication assets and expenses; identity administration and identity assurance services to protect and defend information and information systems; and Certificate-on-Device solution, a robust cloud-based service that provides secure digital certificates to various mobile devices.