Active Stocks in Focus: Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY), Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM), Southern Company (NYSE:SO)

Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) released that its third quarter earnings of $0.14 a share, $0.01 lower than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.15. Non-performing assets dropped by 8.4% to $88.8M at September 30, 2014 as compared to $96.9M at June 30, 2014 largely due to the decline in non-accrual loans. Shares of Valley National Bancorp (NYSE:VLY) traded at $9.90 by moving down -0.30% with price volatility of 1.93% for a week and 2.18% for a month. Its beta stands at 0.95 times.Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) released that its third quarter earnings of $0.72 a share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.04 improved than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.68; revenues dropped 0.5% year/year to $3.6B as compared to the $3.66B consensus. Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) stock hit highest price at $48.50, beginning with a price of $48.38 and reported a loss of -1.43% to the closed at $47.73 with a day range of $46.4801-$48.50. The total market capitalization remained 22.261 Billion, total volume of 4.87 Million shares held in the session was surprisingly higher than its average volume of 1710.60 shares.Southern Company (NYSE:SO) released that its third quarter earnings of $1.09 per share, excluding non-recurring items, $0.02 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $1.07; revenues rose 6.4% year/year to $5.34B as compared to the $5.39B consensus. Southern Company (NYSE:SO) stock has highest price of $47.22 in last session, beginning with a price of $46.75 and reported a decrease of -2.01% to the closed at $46.42 with a day range of $45.94-$47.22. The stock is going forward its 52-week low with 20.21% and moving down from its 52 week high price with -2.66%.