$2.00
8.8%
Badger Meter Inc. stock advanced to $24.75. The Milwaukee-based manufacturer and marketer of water meters was raised to “outperform” from “neutral” by an analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.
$5.11
45.2%
Shares of CFC International Inc. surged to $16.41. The Chicago Heights-based maker of specialty coatings will be bought by Illinois Tool Works Inc. for $16.75 a share in cash, a 48 percent premium to CFC’s closing price Monday.
$0.70
6.1%
Shares of JetBlue Airways Corp. climbed to $12.23. A Morgan Stanley analyst initiated coverage of the stock with an “overweight” rating, saying revenue this summer will be more than forecast and a new focus on efficiency will lower costs.
$1.01
5.2%
Kroger Co. stock rose to $20.47. The nation’s largest grocer boosted its revenue forecast and its fiscal-year sales-growth forecast for stores open at least a year to 4 percent from 3.5 percent.
$2.89
7.1%
Shares of J.M. Smucker Co. increased to $43.30. The nation’s largest maker of jellies and jams said fiscal fourth-quarter net income jumped 61 percent, to $35.7 million, from a year ago.
-$2.91
5.3%
Apollo Group Inc. stock slid to $51.91. The owner of the University of Phoenix and other for-profit schools said third-quarter earnings fell 5.9 percent. Revenue was less than analysts expected.
