On Wednesday, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (NYSE:HOT)s shares inclined 6.38% to $79.58.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc (HOT) has 93.80% institutional ownership while its EPS ratio was 3.36. The company has 170.38 million shares outstanding while market capitalization of the company was $12.75 billion. Price to book ratio was -10.03. Net profit margin of the company was 9.80% while gross profit margin was 72.30%. Stock volatility for the month was booked as 6.76% while for the week was recorded as 3.30%.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, stated third quarter 2015 financial results.
Third Quarter 2015 Highlights
- Not Taking Into Account special items, EPS from ongoing operations was $0.74. Counting special items, EPS from ongoing operations was $0.53.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $294 million.
- Not Taking Into Account special items, income from ongoing operations was $125 million. Counting special items, income from ongoing operations was $88 million.
- Worldwide Systemwide REVPAR for Same-Store Hotels raised 5.4% in constant dollars (reduced 0.3% in actual dollars) contrast to 2014. Systemwide REVPAR for Same-Store Hotels in North America raised 5.3% in constant dollars (raised 3.6% in actual dollars).
- Administration fees, franchise fees and other income raised 3.1% contrast to 2014. Core fees raised 1.9% contrast to 2014.
- Earnings from Starwood’s vacation ownership and residential business raised about $8 million contrast to 2014.
- During the quarter, the Company signed 44 hotel administration and franchise contracts, representing about 8,600 rooms and opened 27 hotels and resorts with about 4,800 rooms.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is a hotel and leisure company. The Company’s hotel business is focused on the global operation of hotels and resorts primarily in the luxury and upper upscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a provider of world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged access to Starwood brands.
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES)s shares gained 0.25% to $57.07.
Hess Corp. (HES) has the market capitalization of $16.34 billion. The stock has P/B ratio of 0.77 while EPS was $-1.91. Institutional ownership of the company was 77.90% while 287.06 million shares were outstanding. Net profit margin of the Company was 15.60% while its gross profit margin was 78.60%. Share of the company moved above its SMA 50 with 2.53%. ROE ratio was 6.10% while ROI was 4.20%.
Hess Corp., stated an adjusted net loss, which excludes items affecting comparability, of $291 million or $1.03 per common share, for the third quarter of 2015 contrast with adjusted net income of $377 million or $1.24 per share in the third quarter of 2014. Lower realized selling prices reduced adjusted net income by about $745 million after-tax contrast with the prior-year quarter. Third quarter 2015 results benefitted from higher production and lower cash operating costs but were partially offset by higher depreciation, depletion, and amortization expense. On an unadjusted basis, the Corporation stated a net loss of $279 million for the third quarter of 2015 and net income of $1,008 million in the prior-year quarter, which comprised after-tax gains from asset sales totaling $635 million.
Exploration and Production:
The Exploration and Production adjusted net loss in the third quarter of 2015 was $221 million contrast with adjusted net income of $404 million in the third quarter of 2014. On an unadjusted basis, Exploration and Production activities had a net loss of $188 million in the third quarter of 2015, contrast with net income of $433 million in the third quarter of 2014.
The Corporation’s average worldwide crude oil selling price, counting the effect of hedging, was down 53 percent to $45.66 per barrel in the third quarter of 2015 from $96.78 per barrel in the third quarter of 2014. The average worldwide natural gas liquids selling price was $7.17 per barrel, down from $29.62 per barrel in the year-ago quarter while the average worldwide natural gas selling price was $4.02 per mcf in the third quarter of 2015 contrast with $5.59 per mcf in the third quarter a year-ago.
Hess Corporation (Hess) is an exploration and production (E&P) company that develops, produces, purchases, transports and sells crude oil and natural gas. Its production operations are located primarily in the United States, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, the Joint Development Area of Malaysia/Thailand, Malaysia and Norway.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL)s shares surged 5.64% to $34.84.
Noble Energy, Inc. (NBL) Its past 5-day performance at -6.09%. So far in 2015, the company has a year-to-date performance of -26.54%. The stock, as of last close, traded 19.60% up from its 52 week low and was -41.32% below its 52 week high. Its latest closing price was -16.45% below the SMA200 while the distance from SMA 50 and SMA 20 was 5.37% and 0.17% respectively.
Noble Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company engaged in crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids exploration and production. Its operations are grouped into four components: the United States; West Africa (Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon and Sierra Leone; Eastern Mediterranean (Israel and Cyprus), and Other International and Corporate.
