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Stock Runners : Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), B2Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:BTG), MDC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MDC), Iteris, Inc. (NYSEMKT:ITI)

Stock Runners : Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV), Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB), B2Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:BTG), MDC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MDC), Iteris, Inc. (NYSEMKT:ITI)
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Charles Donlon
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October 22, 2014
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Southwest Airlines Co (NYSE:LUV) would be announcing its third financial results on October 23 before the market opens. It would also hold a conference call at 12.30 p.m. ET the same day. Its third quarter results are expected to indicate a slender 50 basis points improvement in load factor sequentially. However, YOY, it would have recorded 3.6 percentage points uptick. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) in last trading activity increased 5.33% to close at $34.59. Company weekly performance is 15.30% while its quarterly performance stands at 19.81%. Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE:LUV) is -2.54% away from its 52 week high. Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 16th. The company reported $1.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.47 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $12.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $12.65 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.29 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, analysts predict that Schlumberger Limited. will post $5.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. On last trading day Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) increased 3.33% to close at $97.75. Its volatility for the week is 3.88% while volatility for the month is 3.12%. SLB's sales growth for past 5 years was 11.00% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 2.90%. Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) monthly performance is -3.90%. On October 3, 2014 B2Gold Corp. (NYSE: BTG) announced the closing of its $543 million acquisition of Papillon Resources (NASDAQ: PAPQF). This was another African asset acquisition. The Papillon acquisition is expected to increase B2Gold’s annual production from 400,000 ounces to 900,000 ounces by 2017. On last trading day B2Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:BTG) remains unchanged to close at $2.14. Its volatility for the week is 5.81% while volatility for the month is 5.86%. BTG's EPS growth for past 5 years was 0.00%. B2Gold Corp. (NYSEMKT:BTG) monthly performance is 5.42%. M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MDC) today announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of twenty-five cents ($.25) per share on the Company’s common stock. The dividend will be paid on Wednesday, November 19, 2014 to shareowners of record on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. MDC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MDC) has 0.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 90.60%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $26.06. Odetics Inc. subsidiary Iteris Inc. (NYSEMKT:ITI) has agreed to become the exclusive supplier of optical lane departure warning systems for Ford Motor Co. vehicles, Iteris announced Wednesday. Iteris' video-based, in-vehicle AutoVue sensor will be made available as early as the 2003 model year. On Tuesday shares of Iteris, Inc. (NYSEMKT:ITI) closed at $1.82. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was -0.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 12.00%.

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