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Benzinga's Picks And Pans: BlackBerry, McDonald's, Rite Aid And More
Monday, March 20, 2017 - 10:09am | 699Benzinga has featured a look at many investor favorite stocks over the past week. That includes how one fast-food giant is taking on the competition and how traders can play a potential failed merger. The outlooks for rail stocks, a struggling retailer and a cellphone maker left for dead are also...
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Pure-Play Gun Stocks Explode Amid Obama Town Hall Anticipation
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 1:27pm | 259Smith & Wesson Holding Corp (NASDAQ: SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger & Company (NYSE: RGR) shares are up several percentage points on the first day of 2016 amid anticipation of a Town Hall event on Thursday. Hosted by CNN's Anderson Cooper, the event will be held at George Mason University in...
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Defense Stocks Aren't Guaranteed: 5 Of 2014's Worst
Thursday, October 30, 2014 - 3:42pm | 757Like other sectors, defense stocks have seen their share of winners and losers this year. Five of the worst performers in the sector since the beginning of the year are: B/E Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ: BEAV) DigitalGlobe Inc (NYSE:DGI) Heico Corp (NYSE: HEI) Sturm, Ruger & Company (...
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Taking Stock Of Smith & Wesson Versus Sturm Ruger
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 10:21am | 456Guns have famously been called "The Great Equalizer," but that doesn't mean every gun stock is equal. For those interested in guns, which is the better play: Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) or Sturm Ruger (NYSE: RGR)? Fear Driven Sales Spike Over Smith & Wesson and Sturm...
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Smith & Wesson Earnings Preview: Have Sales Peaked? (SWHC)
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:51pm | 736Smith & Wesson (NYSE: SWHC), shares of which slumped in August following suggestions that the surge in gun sales might have peaked, is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2014 results Thursday, September 5, after the markets close. Investors will be watching to see whether the company...
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Las Vegas Sands Announces Special Dividend Ahead of Fiscal Cliff
Tuesday, November 27, 2012 - 12:05pm | 457Shares of Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) jumped in price after the company announced yesterday that it will pay out a special cash dividend of $2.75 per share on any common stock. The dividend is payable on December 18th to all shareholders of record on December 10th. In after-market activity...
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Nine Dividend Payers Up More Than 20% in 90 Days
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:03pm | 978With all the volatility in the past couple of months, which stocks have been riding above it all? Well, here are nine dividend-paying companies with share prices that are more than 20% higher than three months ago. Perhaps not surprisingly, gold-related companies are well represented on the list....
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RadioShack and Smith & Wesson Open to 52-Week Lows
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 10:34am | 224Following today's open bell, RadioShack (NYSE: RSH) and Smith & Wesson (NASDAQ: SWHC) fell to new 52-week lows of $12.64 and $3.10 per share, respectively. RadioShack was initiated as Underweight at Barclays this week. The company has a market cap of $1.3 billion and is a leading consumer...