Hot Watch List: The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT)

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), and brewers AB InBev and Greene King have all launched new products and variants recently, and although their strategies differ, each has similar goals: to achieve greater penetration among current customers or appeal to new ones. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) stock performance was -0.09% in last session and finished the day at $79.86. Traded volume was 5.43million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 8.04million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.44. The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) insider ownership is 0.10%.

AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) will begin trading ex-dividend on June 04, 2014. A cash dividend payment of $0.095 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 20, 2014. Shareholders who purchased AVX stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 8.57% increase over the same period a year ago. AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) rose 0.34 percent to $13.21 Wednesday on volume of 108,671.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $13.15 to $13.23. AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) has a market capitalization of $2.22billion.

Chinese state media lashed out at Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Apple Inc and other U.S. technology companies on Wednesday, calling on Beijing “to punish severely the pawns” of the U.S. government for monitoring China and stealing secrets. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s stock on June 03, 2014 reported a decrease of -0.14% to the closing price of $553.76. Its fifty two weeks range is $511.00 -$1,228.88. The total market capitalization recorded $373.51billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 1.73million shares. In its share capital, GOOGL has 667.56million outstanding shares.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of various health care products. Janssen Biotech, Inc. has recently announced the results of IMAAGEN trials. On Wednesday, shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) advanced 0.21% to close the day at $102.68. Company return on investment (ROI) is 15.00% and its monthly performance is recorded as 3.39%. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) quarterly revenue growth is 11.67%.

Walmart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) is upping the ante on price matching. The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday that it’s expanding its online tool that compares prices on thousands of products with those of some of its competitors to cities nationwide in the next few months. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) stock performance was 0.55% in last session and finished the day at $77.13. Traded volume was 6.20million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 6.32million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.45. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) insider ownership is 0.20%.