Ducommun (DCO) Given Daily Media Impact Score of 0.26

News coverage about Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) has been trending positive on Tuesday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Ducommun earned a daily sentiment score of 0.26 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the aerospace company an impact score of 46.9455624944772 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.

Here are some of the headlines that may have effected Accern Sentiment’s rankings:

• Ducommun Lands New Work for 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter Program (globenewswire.com)
• Critical Comparison: Ducommun (DCO) versus Curtiss-Wright Corporation (CW) (americanbankingnews.com)
• Canaccord Genuity Increases Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE:DCO) Price Target to $36.00 (americanbankingnews.com)
• Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE:DCO) Upgraded by Zacks Investment Research to Strong-Buy (americanbankingnews.com)
• Ducommun’s (NYSE:DCO) “Buy” Rating Reaffirmed at B. Riley (americanbankingnews.com)

Shares of Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) opened at 28.25 on Tuesday. Ducommun has a 12-month low of $18.70 and a 12-month high of $35.58. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $31.55 and a 200 day moving average of $30.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $318.35 million, a P/E ratio of 23.29 and a beta of 0.90.

Ducommun (NYSE:DCO) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 3rd. The aerospace company reported $0.33 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.30 by $0.03. Ducommun had a net margin of 2.50% and a return on equity of 7.49%. The company had revenue of $140.90 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $138.39 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.34 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. Equities research analysts anticipate that Ducommun will post $1.33 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on DCO. B. Riley restated a “neutral” rating and set a $32.50 price target on shares of Ducommun in a research note on Tuesday, May 2nd. Noble Financial restated a “hold” rating on shares of Ducommun in a research note on Saturday, May 20th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Ducommun from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $34.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity upped their price target on shares of Ducommun from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Ducommun currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $36.25.

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In other Ducommun news, CEO Stephen G. Oswald bought 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 29th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $28.56 per share, with a total value of $285,600.00. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer now directly owns 55,700 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,590,792. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Robert C. Ducommun sold 4,900 shares of Ducommun stock in a transaction on Friday, June 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.01, for a total transaction of $156,849.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 416,300 shares in the company, valued at $13,325,763. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 9,000 shares of company stock worth $289,784 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 8.20% of the company’s stock.

About Ducommun

Ducommun Incorporated is a global provider of engineering and manufacturing services for various products and failure applications used primarily in the aerospace, defense, industrial, natural resources, medical and other industries. The Company is a solution-based provider, offering a range of value-added products and services in its primary businesses of electronics, structures and integrated solutions.