Ever Green Stocks: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL), Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS), Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ:HEOP), Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN)

An Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) affiliate faces a tussle to complete a deal struck in 2013 giving it control of Tianhong Asset Management Co., the manager of $93 billion raised by online fund Yu’E Bao. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 46.30% and weekly performance is -3.42%. On last trading day company shares ended up $102.13. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -5.06%.

Raymond James upgraded shares of Carnival (NYSE:CCL) from a market perform rating to an outperform rating in a report released on Monday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) shares advanced 0.37% in last trading session and ended the day at $46.00. CCL Gross Margin is 34.50% and its return on assets is 3.10%. Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) quarterly performance is 23.92%.

Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) was the target of a large increase in short interest in November. As of November 28th, there was short interest totalling 2,893,498 shares, an increase of 37.3% from the November 14th total of 2,107,770 shares, AR Network reports. On 07 January, Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) shares decreased -1.46% and was closed at $10.09. PAAS EPS growth in last 5 year was -63.80%. Pan American Silver Corp. (NASDAQ:PAAS) year to date (YTD) performance is 9.67%.

Heritage Oaks Bancorp. (NASDAQ:HEOP) Tuesday announced the appointment of Rick Arredondo as President and Chief Banking Officer of Heritage Oaks Bank. Arredondo joined Heritage Oaks Bank on January 5. Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ:HEOP) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 7.50% and weekly performance is -0.59%. On last trading day company shares ended up $8.37. Heritage Oaks Bancorp (NASDAQ:HEOP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 7.96%.

Santander Bank, N.A. (the Bank), a wholly-owned, financially autonomous subsidiary of Banco Santander (NYSE: SAN), announced that it has priced its previously announced private placement offering of senior unsecured notes, consisting of $750 million aggregate principal amount of 2.00% notes due 2018 (the Fixed Rate Notes) and $250 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate notes due 2018 (the Floating Rate Notes). The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a rate of 93 basis points above three-month LIBOR, reset quarterly. Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE:SAN) shares increased 1.54% in last trading session and ended the day at $7.90. SAN return on assets is 0.50%. Banco Santander, S.A. (NYSE:SAN) quarterly performance is -11.24%.