Gap Up Stocks: CRR, EOG, GS, WPPGY, VRTS, CRUS, BHP

CARBO Ceramics Inc. (Public, NYSE:CRR). Last Market Price: $134.31, Change +4.20, % Change (3.23%). Shares trade in the range of $132.57 – $135.00 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 3.10B dollars, making it a and has 23.11M outstanding shares. As per the most recent quarterly report, the current earnings per share (EPS) is 5.09. It operates in the Energy sector and belongs to the Oil Well Services and Equipment industry. The company has a 52 week high of $183.34 and a 52 week low of $90.41. The average shares traded over the past 30 days is 444,626.00, while the volume from the current trading session was at 66,399.00 which is 0.15 times the average volume. CARBO Ceramics Inc. is a supplier of ceramic proppant. The Company is a provider of software, and consulting services, spill prevention, containment and geotechnical monitoring. The Company sells its products and services to operators of oil and natural gas wells and to oilfield service companies. The Company’s products and services are primarily used in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas and oil wells. The Company primarily manufactures five ceramic proppants. During the year ended December 31, 2010, the Company began production of resin coated ceramic (CARBOBOND LITE) and resin coated sand (CARBOBOND RCS) proppants.

EOG Resources, Inc. (Public, NYSE:EOG) percentage change (4.10%), to its trade at $106.36 and its overall traded volume was 891,104.00 shares during the last session against its average 30 day volume of 2.32M. The stock has a 52-week range of $121.44-$66.81. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at 28.59B and it has 268.85M outstanding shares. EOG Resources, Inc. (EOG), together with its subsidiaries, explores, develops, produces and markets natural gas and crude oil primarily in producing basins in the United States, Canada, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (Trinidad), the United Kingdom, and The People’s Republic of China. As of December 31, 2010, EOG’s total net reserves were 1,950 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), of which 386 million barrels (MMBbl) were crude oil and condensate reserves, 152 MMBbl were natural gas liquids reserves and 8,470 billion cubic feet (Bcf) were natural gas reserves. As of December 31, 2010, approximately 82% of EOG’s reserves were located in the United States, 11% in Canada and 7% in Trinidad.

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Public, NYSE:GS). Last Market Price: $98.59, Change +3.90, % Change (4.12%). Shares trade in the range of $97.04 – $99.03 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 48.54B dollars, making it a Big Cap and has 492.31M outstanding shares. As per the most recent quarterly report, the current earnings per share (EPS) is 6.37. It operates in the Financial sector and belongs to the Money Center Banks industry. The company has a 52 week high of $175.34 and a 52 week low of $84.27. The average shares traded over the past 30 days is 7.43M, while the volume from the current trading session was at 1.89M which is 0.25 times the average volume. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman Sachs) is a bank holding and a financial holding company. Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and investment management company providing a range of financial services to a client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals. Its United States depository institution subsidiary, Goldman Sachs Bank USA (GS Bank USA), is a New York State-chartered bank. Goldman Sachs operates in three segments: Investment Banking, Institutional Client Services, Investing & Lending and Investment Management. In March 2010, the Company’s subsidiaries sold the La Francia mine and related infrastructure assets, including Concession 5160, and Adromi Capital Corp. In May 2010, Nexen Inc. sold its natural gas trading operations to a unit of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. In September 2011, the Company sold Litton Loan Servicing to Ocwen Financial Corporation.

WPP PLC (ADR)(Public, NASDAQ:WPPGY) percentage change (3.07%), to its trade at $56.00 and its overall traded volume was 33,571.00 shares during the last session against its average 30 day volume of 37,067.00. The stock has a 52-week range of $69.50-$43.98. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at 14.13B and it has 252.25M outstanding shares. WPP PLC (WPP) provides communications services on a national, multinational and global basis. The Company operates in almost 2,400 offices in 107 countries, including associates. It operates in four segments: Advertising and Media Investment Management, operating advertising networks Ogilvy & Mather, JWT, Y&R, Grey, Bates 141 and the United Network, and Media Investment Management companies, such as MediaCom, MEC, Mindshare and Maxus; Consumer Insight where operations are conducted through Kantar; Public Relations & Public Affairs where it operates Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, Hill & Knowlton and Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, and Branding & Identity, Healthcare and Specialist Communications, where operations are conducted by B to D Group, ghg, Wunderman, Sudler & Hennessey, OgilvyOne Worldwide, Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide, G2, OgilvyAction, 24/7 Real Media Inc and other companies. In May 2010, it acquired Midia Digital and I-Cherry, two of the digital agencies in Brazil.

Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:VRTS). Last Market Price: $81.99, Change +4.73, % Change (6.12%). Shares trade in the range of $79.63 – $82.00 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 506.01M dollars, making it a Small Cap and has 6.17M outstanding shares. As per the most recent quarterly report, the current earnings per share (EPS) is 0.66. It operates in the Financial sector and belongs to the Investment Services industry. The company has a 52 week high of $82.00 and a 52 week low of $43.26. The average shares traded over the past 30 days is 26,213.00, while the volume from the current trading session was at 38,838.00 which is 1.48 times the average volume. Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (Virtus) is a provider of investment management products and services to individuals and institutions. The Company operates a multi-manager investment management business, comprised of affiliated managers and unaffiliated sub-advisors, each having its own distinct investment style, autonomous investment process and brand. The Company provides its products in a number of forms and through multiple distribution channels. Its retail products include open-end mutual funds, closed-end funds, variable insurance funds and separately managed accounts. The Company’s variable insurance trust provides investment options in variable annuities and life insurance products distributed by third party life insurance companies. On November 5, 2010, it acquired the rights to advise and distribute the former Phoenix Edge Series Funds (excluding certain of the funds to be merged into a third-party variable insurance trust) from Phoenix Variable Advisors, Inc. (PVA).

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Public, NASDAQ:CRUS) percentage change (11.64%), to its trade at $18.95 and its overall traded volume was 3.19M shares during the last session against its average 30 day volume of 1.19M. The stock has a 52-week range of $25.48-$12.52. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at 1.21B and it has 63.93M outstanding shares. Cirrus Logic, Inc. (Cirrus Logic) develops high-precision, analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for a range of audio and energy markets. Building on the Company’s diverse analog mixed-signal patent portfolio, Cirrus Logic delivers products for consumer and commercial audio, automotive entertainment, and targeted industrial and energy-related applications. Cirrus Logic also develops ICs, board-level modules and hybrids for high-power amplifier applications branded as the Apex Precision Power (Apex) line of products. The Company’s audio and energy product lines consist of Audio Products and Energy Products. Cirrus Logic’s audio products consist of high-precision analog and mixed-signal components, as well as audio digital signal processor (DSP) products for consumer, professional and automotive entertainment markets. Cirrus Logic’s energy products consist of high-precision analog and mixed-signal components for energy-related applications.

BHP Billiton Limited (ADR)(Public, NYSE:BHP). Last Market Price: $75.15, Change +2.44, % Change (3.36%). Shares trade in the range of $74.79 – $75.45 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 200.00B dollars, making it a Big Cap and has 2.66B outstanding shares. As per the most recent quarterly report, the current earnings per share (EPS) is 8.55. It operates in the Basic Materials sector and belongs to the Metal Mining industry. The company has a 52 week high of $104.59 and a 52 week low of $62.54. The average shares traded over the past 30 days is 2.82M, while the volume from the current trading session was at 1.08M which is 0.38 times the average volume. BHP Billiton Limited is a diversified natural resources company. The Company operates nine customer sector groups (CSGs): petroleum, aluminium, base metals (including uranium), diamonds and specialty products, stainless steel materials, iron ore, manganese, metallurgical coal and energy coal. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010 (fiscal 2010), the Company realized an annual production volume of 158.56 million barrels of oil equivalent. During fiscal 2010, the company produced 1.2 million tonnes of aluminium. It also produced 13.9 million tonnes of bauxite and 3.8 million tonnes of alumina. On March 23, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Athabasca Potash Inc (API). In July 2011, BHP Billiton Limited acquired Petrohawk Energy Corp. In September 2011, the Company acquired Leighton Holdings Limited’s Pilbara Contracting Unit.