Industrial Goods Active Runners: Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ:BLDP), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), KB Home (NYSE:KBH)

Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) announced that four buses had been deployed with Ballard modules. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) announced Van Hool NV, the fourth-largest bus manufacturer in Europe, delivered the first four buses powered by Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP)’s 150-kilowatt FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell module. Van Hool will deliver the other six buses in the fleet of ten known as the “Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project” to transit agencies in Aberdeen, Scotland in the next few weeks. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) stock performance was 8.46% in last session and finished the day at $4.87. Traded volume was 26.38million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 10.48million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.88. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) insider ownership is 7.22%.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) moving amid certain executives testifying before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) earlier this week. Officials claim that Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) skirted about $2.4 billion in taxes, though the company refuted that allegations. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) rose 2.83 percent to $102.63 Wednesday on volume of 9.36million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $99.88 to $102.76. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) has a market capitalization of $65.46billion.

United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX)’s helicopter production and services segment, Sikorsky, faced a very challenging last couple of years due to declining U.S. government defense spending. As the segment generates more than half of its sales from the government, largely through sale and service of military helicopters such as the UH-60 Back Hawk, its revenues over the past two years fell by nearly 15% to $6.3 billion in 2013. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX)’s stock on Apr 02, 2014 reported a increase of 1.65% to the closing price of $119.87. Its fifty two weeks range is $90.30 -$120.13. The total market capitalization recorded $109.85billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 7.47million shares. In its share capital, UTX has 916.44million outstanding shares.

KB Home (NYSE:KBH), one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced that development has commenced at Oakwood North, a new community of 39 single-family homes the builder is constructing in the heart of Raleigh. With a grand opening planned for May, KB Home (NYSE:KBH)’s Oakwood North will give homebuyers an exclusive opportunity to own a spacious, Built to Order™ home in a well-established Raleigh location. On Wednesday, shares of KB Home (NYSE:KBH) advanced 1.59% to close the day at $17.85. Company return on investment (ROI) is 3.40% and its monthly performance is recorded as -11.19%. KB Home (NYSE:KBH) quarterly revenue growth is -2.25%.