Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: REGN ) and Novartis (NYSE: NVS ) enjoy little competition for their vision-improving drugs Eylea and Lucentis. As a result, sales of Eylea grew to more than $1.8 billion last year, just two years after winning FDA approval in 2011, and sales of Novartis and Roche’s (NASDAQOTH: RHHBY ) Lucentis, which was first approved in 2006, have climbed to more than $4 billion a year. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) stock performance was -5.45% in last session and finished the day at $310.79. Traded volume was 2.85million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.06million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.72. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) insider ownership is 1.60%.
Shares of Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) tanked Friday after the company said it had ousted its chief executive officer. But its woes highlight the emergence of a new generation of security-protection companies. Some of these companies could become the new generation of data security, leaving Symantec in the dust. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) dropped -12.94 percent to $18.20 Friday on volume of 60.89million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $17.95 to $18.73. Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) has a market capitalization of $12.59billion.
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) enjoyed shipment increases within one category in the fourth quarter. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ)’s stock on Mar 21, 2014 reported a increase of 1.49% to the closing price of $31.95. Its fifty two weeks range is $19.07 -$32.41. The total market capitalization recorded $60.67billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 23.67million shares. In its share capital, HPQ has 1.91billion outstanding shares.
First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) was the biggest newsmaker this week when it met with investors to give guidance and a technology roadmap for the future. I took a detailed look at the presentations here, but there are a few takeaways for the whole industry. On Friday, shares of First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) advanced 4.10% to close the day at $73.37. Company return on investment (ROI) is 7.30% and its monthly performance is recorded as 28.99%. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) quarterly revenue growth is 32.39%.