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Hot Stocks : MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD), NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR), PriceSmart Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT), Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP), NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR)

MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ:MNKD) signed a $925 million worldwide licensing agreement with Sanofi SA (ADR) (NYSE:SNY) (EPA:SAN) on August 11. The French drugmaker already has five principal products in diabetes. However, its top-selling diabetes drug Lantus will lose patent protection next year. Lantus is sold in more than 120 countries, generating $7.6 billion in annual revenue. MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is -3.07%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.25. MannKind Corp. (NASDAQ:MNKD) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -23.03%.

Technology solutions provider NCR Corp. (NCR) reported its second quarter results on July 29. NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) shares advanced 1.56% in last trading session and ended the day at $33.29. NCR Gross Margin is 28.70% and its return on assets is 5.70%. NCR Corp. (NYSE:NCR) quarterly performance is 5.72%.

PriceSmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) announced a semiannual dividend on Friday, January 24th. Investors of record on Friday, August 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.35 per share on Friday, August 29th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 13th.On 19 August, PriceSmart Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) shares advanced 1.50% and was closed at $88.84. PSMT EPS growth in last 5 year was 16.60%. PriceSmart Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) year to date (YTD) performance is -22.51%.

Alliance Fiber Optic Products (NASDAQ:AFOP) was downgraded by equities research analysts at B. Riley from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday. Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP) ended the last trading day at $13.85. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.51%and price to cash ratio as 4.61. Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP) showed a weekly performance of -2.33%.

On July 31, 2014 NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of $300 million of its outstanding common stock. The purchases will occur from time to time in the open market and/or in privately negotiated transactions as market conditions permit.NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR) shares advanced 2.03% in last trading session and ended the day on $1183.50. NVR Gross Margin is 19.50% and its return on assets is 11.00%. NVR, Inc. (NYSE:NVR) quarterly performance is 8.08%.