When judging a company's prospects, how quickly it turns cash outflows into cash inflows can be just as important as how much profit it's booking in the accounting fantasy world we call "earnings." ...

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 1/30/15, Bank of New York Mellon Corp (NYSE: BK), Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK), and Western Gas Equity Partners LP (NYSE: WGP ...

According to Dividend Channel, on 9/2/11, Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE: ATK) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.20, payable on 9/29/11. As a percentage of ATK's recent stock ...

While it’s widely known that Utah-based Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has been working on a new rocket, they managed to keep their spacecraft a secret until today. With their entry, there now are five ...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) was downgraded to “sector perform” from “outperform” at RBC Capital on Monday. The firm said it lowered its rating on the aerospace, defense, and ...

Margins matter. The more Alliant Techsystems (NYS: ATK) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to ...

It takes money to make money. Most investors know that, but with business media so focused on the "how much," very few investors bother to ask, "How fast?" When judging a company's prospects, how ...

In trading on Friday, shares of Alliant Techsystems Inc. (Symbol: ATK) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $129.33, changing hands as low as $128.35 per share. Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Defense Systems Inc.), Northridge, California, is awarded a $45,662,690 firm-fixed-price modification (P00001) to a ...

Margins matter. The more Alliant Techsystems (NYS: ATK) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Alliant Techsystems, the Minneapolis weapon and space-systems company, reported third-quarter earnings rose 8.8% on 17% higher revenue. Earnings reached $51.2 million, or ...

After shouldering years of government spending cuts, Alliant Techsystems Inc. announced Tuesday that it will merge its defense and aerospace business with Virginia-based Orbital Sciences and spin off ...