Top Stocks: Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) shows money, offers $2B for 2015 minimum dividend; The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG)

Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) shows  money, offers $2B for 2015 minimum dividend. Vale S.A. has a pleasant announcement for its shareholders and declared  that its Executive Board has granted a proposal, which will be  submitted to the Board of Directors,  an offer  to distribute  a minimum dividend of US$ 2B in 2015, which will be equivalent to US$ 0.388095186 per share for both common and preferred shares outstanding,. The dividend is to be distributed in two equal tranches, in April and October, 2015. The closing for VALE was $7.03 at the day’s end. It was a change of $0.12. VALE saw a volume of 38,977,932 shares and market cap of $36.23B.

 

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) hits government jackpot, awarded  $222.72M contract. St. Louis, Missouri based The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has been awarded a $222,722,137 government  contract  which includes fixed-price-incentive and is requirements-type contract for  consumable items that have performance based support and are used across various platforms. This estimated value of contract is cited based on demand quantities for the life term of the contract. BA is part of the Industrial Goods sector in Aerospace/Defense Products & Services  industry. The stock closed for the day at $145.37 with a change of $2.41 or 1.63%. BA traded in a range of $144.37 to $146.85 through the day. The stock’s 52 week range is $116.32 to $148.25.

 

GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG) out  hunting for strategic alternatives. General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD) is hunting for  strategic alternatives with any and all interested parties so as to maximize shareholder value for company’s all shareholders. These alternatives could include, but not restricted to,  joint ventures, mergers and/or acquisitions. GFIG closed for the day at $5.16 with a change of $0.07.Trailing 12 month’s profit margin for GFIG is -15.92% and for the same period, its operating margin is -2.93%.