Top Gainers - Avon Products, Hovnanian Ent., PulteGroup (NYSE:PHM), CNO Financial

Scottsdale, AZ -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/13/2013 -- Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) shares moved up after it reported its fourth quarter earnings and surpassed the analyst estimates. Its EPS is $0.37 while the 16 earnings estimates accumulated by S&P Capital IQ projected earnings of $0.27 per share.For the quarter ended Dec. 31 (Q4), Avon Products met expectations on revenues and booked revenue of $3.00 billion.

In the last trading session, Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE:AVP) reported the gain of +20.31% and closed at $20.79 with the overall traded volume of 32.19 million shares more than the average volume of 6.11 million. AVON has market cap of 8.98 billion.

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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV) surged +10.86% with the closing price of $5.92. The overall volume in the last trading session was 13.70 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $1.52-$7.43. The total market capitalization remained $796.19million.

HOV is ahead its 52 week low with 298.47% and its last month price volatility remained 5.47%. Its beta coefficient was 3.16 with a target price of $4.61. HOV has insider ownership of 8.94% with its institutional ownership remained 49.22%. Company’s current year earnings per share grew with 81.61% while the five year EPS growth rate was +5.00%.

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PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) declared financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012. For the quarter, it reported net income of $59 million, or $0.15 per share. Reported net income comprises charges of $49 million, or $0.13 per share, for possible future loan repurchase duties, and $32 million relating to the repurchase of $496 million of senior notes in the period. These charges were moderately balance by $8 million, or $0.02 per share, of income tax benefits related with the satisfactory resolution of certain tax matters.

In the last trading session, PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) jumped +5.28% to close at $20.32 and its total traded volume was 16.71 million shares. Stock price 52 weeks high was $21.97 and 52 weeks low price was $7.63.

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CNO Financial Group Inc (NYSE:CNO) went up +6.41% and closed at $10.95 in the last trading session and its overall traded volume was 10.46 million shares beating the average volume of 1.39 million. CNO has earnings per share of $0.65 and its price to earnings ratio ended at 16.74.

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