Movers: AMC Entertainment, Berkshire Hathaway, Occidental Petroleum, PacWest, Viatris
- Scott Peters
- U.S.A. New York City
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AMC Entertainment settled its class action shareholder lawsuit. Berkshire Hathaway reported higher earnings after insurance segment income rebounded. Viatris reported a sharp decline in earnings. PacWest trimmed quarterly dividend.
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc declined 3.2% to $5.70 after the company said it reached a settlement in a shareholder class action lawsuit against its plan to convert Preferred Equity Units to common stocks.
The plan was previously approved by shareholders in March.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc class A share increased 0.5% to $491,840 and Class B share increased 1.3% to $323.88 after the insurance to utilities conglomerate reported its latest quarterly results.
The rebound in the insurance business lifted its operating earnings by 12%.
Occidental Petroleum Corporation decreased 1.7% to $59.67 after Warren Buffett said that Berkshire Hathaway is not interested in acquiring the full control of the company.
Berkshire Hathaway has acquired 23.5% of Occidental Petroleum and has an approval to increase its stake to 50%.
Regional banks extended gains for the third day in a row.
PacWest soared about 33.8% to $7.71 following a 81% increase Friday's trading after the regional bank trimmed its dividend to 1 cent a share to shareholders on record on May 15 payable on May 31.
The company also declared a quarterly cash dividend of 48.45 cents per depositary share on its 7.75% Fixed Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A.
The dividend will be payable June 1, 2023 to stockholders of record as of May 15, 2023.
Zions Bancorp increased 8.3% to $25.69 and Western Alliance jumped 14.1% to $30.99.
Viatris Inc increased 3.4% to $9.60 after the pharmaceutical company reiterated its full-year outlook.
Total net sales in the first quarter declined 11% to $3.7 billion from $4.2 billion and net income plunged 44% to $224.7 million from $399.2 million and diluted earnings per share decreased to 19 cents from 33 cents a year ago.
EverQuote Inc decreased 2.5% to $6.42 ahead of the company's earnings release after the bell.
EverQuote has been under pressure and the stock has plunged more than 55% in the year so far on the worries that the online marketplace for auto insurance may suffer from the lack of consistent profitability at its client companies.
Annual Returns
Company | Ticker | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
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AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc | AMC | 0% | 0% | -67% |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.B | BRK-B | -1% | 27% | 19% |
PacWest Bancorp | PACW | 0% | 0% | -70% |
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.A | BRK-A | -1% | 25% | 20% |
EverQuote Inc. | EVER | 3% | 61% | 8% |
Zions Bancorporation N A | ZION | -1% | 24% | -9% |