Winners to Watch - H.J. Heinz, Applied Materials, Halliburton, the Procter & Gamble

Masapequa Park, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/14/2013 -- StockRunway.com issues special report on the Hot Intraday Movers – H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ), Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG)

H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) declared that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an investment group comprised of Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. According to the terms of the agreement, Heinz shareholders will get $72.50 in cash for each share of common stock they own, in a deal worth of $28 billion, together with the assumption of Heinz’s outstanding debt.

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During the mid-day, H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) surged +19.87% to $72.50 and its total traded volume was 29.97 million shares.

Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) will initiate trading ex-dividend on February 15, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.09 per share is planned to be paid on March 13, 2013. Shareholders who bought AMAT stock prior to the ex-dividend date are entitled for the cash dividend payment.

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This marks the 4th quarter that AMAT has paid the same dividend. During the mid-day, Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) jumped +0.09% to $13.78 with the total traded volume of 8.47 million shares.

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) announced that it has been nominated by Statoil to provide multilateral technology (MLT) for two mature fields offshore Norway. The three-year frame contract includes two optional periods of two years each and has a projected value of more than $200 million.

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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) moved up +3.94% to $42.45 in the mid-day trading hours and its total traded volume was 6.09 million shares. HAL has earnings per share of $2.78 and its price to earnings ratio ended at 15.29.

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) gained +0.44% to $76.90 in the mid-day trading with the total traded volume of 4.94 million shares. Its fifty two week range was $59.07-$76.95. The total market capitalization remained $210.04 billion.

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PG is ahead its 52 week low with 33.48% and its last month price volatility remained 0.91%. Its beta coefficient was 0.45 with a target price of $78.56. In its share capital PG has 2.73 billion outstanding shares while 2.70 billion shares have been floated in market.

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