Unusual Volume Buzz: NewLead Holdings (NASDAQ:NEWL), Investors Bancorp (NASDAQ:ISBC), Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO), PowerSecure International (NYSE:POWR)

NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) announced that its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (the “Annual Report”) has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.NewLead is expected to have a fleet of ten vessels, seven owned and three vessels under management. Furthermore, the Company owns a wash plant and a mine in Kentucky, USA and has been granted access to develop and mine one more mine, that includes a CSX rail load facility, the Andy Rail Terminal, in Kentucky, USA. NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) stock performance was -12.50% in last session and finished the day at $0.0560. Traded volume was 58,228,928 shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 7.78 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 2.29. NewLead Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:NEWL) insider ownership is 6.59%.

Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) COO Domenick Cama acquired 31,888 shares of Investors Bancorp stock on the open market in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $10.00 per share, with a total value of $318,880.00. Following the purchase, the chief operating officer now directly owns 658,170 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,581,700. Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) rose 1.34% to $10.60 yesterday on volume of 27,118,736 shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $10.44 – 10.63. Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC) has a market capitalization of $3.80 billion.

Apollo Global Management LLC(NYSE:APO) had its price objective cut by Evercore Partners from $35.00 to $34.00 in a research report released on Friday morning, Analyst RN reports. Evercore Partners currently has an overweight rating on the stock.Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $491.40 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $525.05 million. Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO)’s stock on May 12, 2014 reported a decrease of -2.06% to the closing price of $25.65 . Its fifty two weeks range is $20.86 – 36.51. The total market capitalization recorded $3.82 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 4,238,646 shares. In its share capital, Apollo Global Management LLC(NYSE:APO) has 148.95 million outstanding shares.

PowerSecure International, Inc. (NYSE:POWR)last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported ($0.17) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the analysts’ consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.19. The company had revenue of $52.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $59.33 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.04 earnings per share. On Friday, shares of PowerSecure International, Inc. (NYSE:POWR) dropped -3.51% to close the day at $6.59. Company return on investment (ROI) is 2.60% and its monthly performance is recorded as -68.65%. PowerSecure International, Inc. (NYSE:POWR)quarterly revenue growth is -66.60%.