Today’s Watch List – Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) , VeriFone Systems (NYSE:PAY) , Blackbaud (NASDAQ:BLKB) , Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI)

Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) has completed the acquisition of Solid Concepts and the Harvest Technologies buyout and is expected to be closed by the end of this month. Stratasys inked a deal to acquire the two privately-held companies on Apr 2, 2014. The company has agreed to pay $295 million for the Solid Concepts acquisition, while financial details of the Harvest deal were not available. Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) stock performance was -1.29% in last session and finished the day at $102.70. Traded volume was 562,931.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.23million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.42. Stratasys, Ltd. (NASDAQ:SSYS) insider ownership is 42.22%.

VeriFone Systems (NYSE:PAY)‘s stock had its “neutral” rating restated by equities researchers at Goldman Sachs in a research report issued on Tuesday. VeriFone Systems Inc (NYSE:PAY) rose 1.20 percent to $35.56 Wednesday on volume of 1.34million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $35.03 to $35.66. VeriFone Systems Inc (NYSE:PAY) has a market capitalization of $3.97billion.

Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB), a leading global provider of software and services for nonprofits, today announced that it will report its financial results for the 2014 second quarter after the U.S. financial markets close for trading on Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ:BLKB)’s stock on July 16, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.32% to the closing price of $34.52. Its fifty two weeks range is $29.42 -$42.23. The total market capitalization recorded $1.59billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 79,523.00million shares. In its share capital, BLKB has 46.16million outstanding shares.

Group 1 Automotive Inc (NYSE:GPI)’s stock had its “buy” rating restated by research analysts at KeyCorp in a report released on Wednesday. They currently have a $92.00 price target on the stock, up from their previous price target of $87.00. KeyCorp’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 11.89% from the company’s current price. On Wednesday, shares of Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) advanced 0.32% to close the day at $82.48. Company return on investment (ROI) is 6.10% and its monthly performance is recorded as 2.61%. Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE:GPI) quarterly revenue growth is 30.94%.