Movers roundup: Walter Industries, Hain Celestial

Recs

1

Among the stock activity stories for Monday, May 5, from AP Financial News:

NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Walter Industries Inc. climbed to a fresh 52-week high Monday after several analysts raised their estimates on the diversified industrial company, citing higher coal prices.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Hain Celestial Group Inc., which makes natural and organic food and personal care products, jumped Monday after the company's fiscal third-quarter profit matched the estimates of Wall Street analysts.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Apple shares rose modestly Monday after an American Technology Research analyst raised his rating to "Buy" and an RBC Capital Markets analyst increased his price target for the computer and gadget maker's stock.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of Bucyrus International Inc. hit a fresh 52-week high on Monday after a Lehman Brothers analyst started coverage of the mining equipment maker at "Overweight," saying it is poised to take advantage of growing commodities demand.

WARRINGTON, Pa. (AP) _ Shares of Discovery Laboratories Inc. soared Monday after the biotechnology company said it will not need to conduct additional clinical trials of its lead drug candidate and a Jefferies & Co. analyst reinstated his "Buy" rating on the stock.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of memory chip maker SanDisk Corp. rose Monday after an analyst said he saw a surge in memory chip prices.

NEW YORK (AP) _ Shares of automotive components maker Stoneridge Inc. fell Monday, as analysts said the stock has reached a fair price after reporting strong first-quarter earnings and forecast.

Comments from our Foolish Readers

Help us keep this a respectfully Foolish area! This is a place for our readers to discuss, debate, and learn more about the Foolish investing topic you read about above. Help us keep it clean and safe. If you believe a comment is abusive or otherwise violates our Fool's Rules, please report it via the Report this Comment Report this Comment icon found on every comment.

Be the first one to comment on this article.

Compare Brokers

TD AMERITRADE
more info
ShareBuilder
more info
Power E*Trade

more info
Scottrade
more info
Fool Disclosure

DocumentId: 637538, ~/articles/articlehandler.aspx, 12/2/2008 7:12:27 AM,

Sign up for FREE Motley Fool site access to keep reading:

“Movers roundup: Walter Industries, Hain Celestial”

Signing up allows you to comment on articles and on the discussion boards.

It's completely FREE and will take only 10 seconds.

Privacy / Legal Information

We will use your email address only to keep you informed about updates to our web site and about other products and services that we think might interest you. The Motley Fool respects your privacy. Please read our Privacy Statement

.

Report This Comment

Use this area to report a comment that you believe is in violation of the community guidelines. Our team will review the entry and take any appropriate action.

Sending report...

What Fools Are Saying

Most Recent

Most Recommended

Market Summary

S&P 500816.21 -8.93%
DJIA8,149.09 -7.70%
NASD1,398.07 -8.95%
Updated: 4:04:56 PM
Sponsored by:

Related Tickers

Bucyrus International, Inc.

CAPS Rating 4/5 Stars

$17.08

-2.45 (-12.54%)

Outperform866

Underperform26

Rate This Stock