H&R Block, Campbell Soup, Ulta, Quiksilver among companies making big moves in stock market

H&R Block, Campbell Soup, Ulta are big movers

NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

NYSE

H&R Block Inc., up 73 cents at $13.30

The nation’s largest tax preparer reported a better-than-expected quarter and its new CEO laid out plans to further boost results.

Monster Worldwide Inc., up 81 cents at $12.33

A government jobs report for August was stronger than economists had expected, boosting shares of the online jobs site.

Campbell Soup Co., down $1.11 at $36.21

The food company expects revenue growth for fiscal 2011 slightly below its long term outlook, but hopes to boost profit with cost cuts.

Quiksilver Inc., down 47 cents at $3.63

The teen sportswear chain forecast a double-digit revenue decline for its current quarter and its profit forecast fell short of expectations.

NASDAQ

SeaChange International Inc., down $1.33 at $7.21

The provider of video-on-demand technology posted a profit forecast that fell short of analyst forecasts.

Ulta Salon, Cosmetics and & Fragrances Inc., up $4.07 at $26.30

Cost cuts and stronger sales gave a boost to the retailer’s quarterly results, and its outlook surpassed Wall Street expectations.

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., up 65 cents at $9.50

The video game published expects a profit in fiscal 2010, even without a new launch of its popular “Grand Theft Auto” game.

Celldex Therapeutics Inc., down $1.25 at $3.53

Drug giant Pfizer Inc. is pulling out of a development deal with the biopharmaceutical company on a potential brain cancer drug.