McDonald’s Co. (NYSE:MCD) saw unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Traders purchased 12,054 put options on the company, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. This is an increase of approximately 180% compared to the average volume of 4,304 put options. On last trading day McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) ended up 3.76%higher to close at $98.78 while trading in the range of $95.71 – $98.92. Its return on assets (ROA) is 16.00% while return on investment (ROI) is 21.20%.McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) monthly performance is 3.86%.

STAPLES INC (NASDAQ:SPLS) reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) in last trading activity ended up at $11.62 with day range of $11.62 – $11.79. Company weekly performance is -13.73% while its quarterly performance stands at -26.64%.Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) is -31.76% away from its 52 week high.

Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY), the second-largest U.S. mainstream grocery store operator, said private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management would acquire the company in a deal valued at about $9.4 billion. Safeway Inc. (NYSE:SWY) belongs to Services sector with market capitalization of 9.31 billion and has 0.40% insider ownership. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $38.65 while opening price was 39.01.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) SVP Arthur R. Block sold 1,685 shares of Comcast stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $51.58, for a total transaction of $86,912.30. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 28,836 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,487,361. On Tuesday shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) opened at $51.71 and closed at $51.22. This year Company’s Earnings per Share (EPS) growth is 2.56 and next year’s estimated EPS growth is 14.73%. Analysts mean target price for Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is 60.10.

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