On Thursday, Following Stocks were among the “Top Gainers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: CONSOL Energy (NYSE:CNX), Gold Fields (NYSE:GFI), Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, (NASDAQ:SNSS), Willbros Group (NYSE:WG)
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX) declared a revised 2015 E&P capital spending (CAPEX) forecast of $920 million, not taking into account business development, permitting, and land acquisitions, which is a decrease from the initial $1.0 billion E&P capital plan that was declared in January 2015. The revised financial plan reflects a continued focus to high-grade the improvement plan to further reduce resources in a lower product price environment, while maintaining the E&P production growth target of 30% in 2015.
CONSOL Energy Inc. (NYSE:CNX) enhanced 1.42%, and closed at $27.90. The company holds the market capitalization of $6.42B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at 3.10%, while return on assets at 1.40%, in response to its return on investment at 1.60%. Its 20-day moving average decreased -8.32%, above 50-day moving average of -9.73%, above 200-day moving average of -24.79% from the latest market price of $27.90. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.30. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
CONSOL Energy Inc. (CNX) together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated energy company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two divisions, Exploration and Production (E&P), and Coal. The E&P division produces pipeline quality natural gas primarily to gas wholesalers.
Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (NYSE:GFI) inclined 1.20%, and closed at $4.21. The company has the market capitalization of $3.10 billion. The beta value of the stock is 0.22. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 5.30%, and for the month is 4.45%. The stock’s price to book ratio is $0.92, however price to sale ratio is $1.15. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 3.50. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Gold Fields Limited (ADR) (GFI) Limited is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of gold properties. It also explores for copper. The company holds interests in eight operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru, and South Africa. It also has interests in the Granny Smith, Lawlers, and Darlot gold mines in Western Australia.
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNSS) raised 9.09%, and closed at $2.64. The stock has price to sale ratio of 31.38, however, price to book ratio is 12.00. With recent incline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a 4.76% incline below last year. During the past month the stock gain 10.92%, bringing three-month performance to 4.35% and six-month performance to -64.03%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.50 (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SNSS) a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of oncology therapeutics for the treatment of solid and hematologic cancers. The company’s lead product candidate is vosaroxin, an anti-cancer quinolone derivative for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia or AML.
Willbros Group Inc (NYSE:WG) declared that “it is filing a Form 12b-25 Notification of Late Filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with regard to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Company has determined that it is unable to file its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 with the arranged time period without complicated efforts or expense for the following reasons.
The Company does not expect to be in compliance with its Maximum Leverage Ratio and least Interest Coverage Ratio for the period from March 31, 2015 through March 31, 2016. As a result, the Company is in discussions with its lenders concerning amendments and waivers to its credit agreements.
Willbros Group Inc (NYSE:WG) shares picked up 15.24%, and closed at $3.10. The stock volatility for the week is 28.03%, while for the month remained 10.20%. The company holds consensus target price of $5.94.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed -0.43 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 5.90% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as -23.40%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 3.20. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Willbros Group Inc (WG) operates as an energy infrastructure contractor serving the oil, gas, refinery, petrochemical, and power industries worldwide. The company provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), turnarounds, maintenance, facilities development, and operations services to industry and government entities.
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