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Investors Watch List : Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (NYSEMKT:APT), Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC), Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO), HPT

Investors Watch List : Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (NYSEMKT:APT), Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC), Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO), HPT
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Charles Donlon
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October 21, 2014
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Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) will issue its Q314 quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 21st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $1.34 per share and revenue of $2.20 billion for the quarter. Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) in last trading activity moved up 0.40% to close at $62.70. Company weekly performance is 1.26% while its quarterly performance stands at -2.12%. Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) is -4.97% away from its 52 week high. The direction of the stock of Alpha Pro Tech, Ltd. (NYSEMKT:APT) can be traced to the latest Ebola update. WHO today declared Nigeria free of Ebola virus. That followed several weeks of no new infections. Nigeria was one of the West African countries that had been threatened by Ebola. On last trading day Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (NYSEMKT:APT) moved down -20.18% to close at $4.43. Its volatility for the week is 34.26% while volatility for the month is 19.88%. APT's sales growth for past 5 years was 4.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 12.90%. Alpha Pro Tech Ltd. (NYSEMKT:APT) monthly performance is 59.35%. Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC), the holding company for Hanmi Bank, today announced that it will report third quarter 2014 financial results before the open of the stock market on Friday, November 7, 2014. Management will host a conference call that same day, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time) to discuss the results. On last trading day Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC) moved up 0.25% to close at $19.93. Its volatility for the week is 3.60% while volatility for the month is 2.78%. HAFC's sales growth for past 5 years was -12.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 15.70%. Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:HAFC) monthly performance is -1.68%. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) will report third quarter financial results pre-market on Thursday, November 6, 2014, and will host a conference call that same day at 10 a.m. Eastern time. Career Education Corp. (NASDAQ:CECO) has 0.80% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 67.40%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $5.34. Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) recently announced a quarterly dividend, which is scheduled for Friday, November 21st. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.49 per share. This represents a $1.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.12%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 22nd. On Monday shares of Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) closed at $28.56. Company's sales growth for last 5 years was 4.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 6.00%.

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