Author: Colin Pettis

Colin Pettis covers the senior semiconductor sector and is a managing director at Tech Insider, joining in 2012. Colin has 20 years of experience in equity research including 15 years in semiconductor components. Colin is currently responsible for the coverage of 18 large-cap and small-cap semiconductor companies.
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NASDAQ Losers: ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN), Endocyte (NASDAQ:ECYT), Actuate Corp (NASDAQ:BIRT), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK)

ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN)’s adjusted earnings totaled $75.2 million, or 17 cents a share, while revenue increased year over year to $706.5 million from $661 million. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to earn 15 cents a share on revenue of $711.67 million. The company issued second-quarter revenue guidance in the range of $738 million to $768 million. ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN) stock … Continue reading NASDAQ Losers: ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN), Endocyte (NASDAQ:ECYT), Actuate Corp (NASDAQ:BIRT), Merrimack Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MACK)

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NASDAQ Active Stocks: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN)

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO), for instance, andWilocity, the first chipset maker to launch and support WiGig/802.11ad products in volume production, recently announced that they are working together to develop 60 GHz enterprise networking products supporting transmission speeds of 5 Gbit/s. The new technology is based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard for ultra-fast in-building networks and will eventually be certified by the WiFi Alliance under the … Continue reading NASDAQ Active Stocks: Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU), Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN)

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Tech Active Movers: Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

SunEdison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) has announced it has secured construction financing for the 60 MW Regulus solar power plant located in Kern County, California. Regulus will consist of around 250,000 solar panels and once operational; SunEdison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) will provide management and monitoring, field dispatch and reporting services via its Renewable Operation Center (ROC). Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE) stock performance was 5.67% in last session and finished … Continue reading Tech Active Movers: Sunedison Inc (NYSE:SUNE), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)

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Financial Sector Volatile Stocks: QC Holdings (NASDAQ:QCCO), American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL), Blackrock MuniYield Arizona Fund (NYSEMKT:MZA), Marlin Business (NASDAQ:MRLN)

On May 1, 2014, QC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCCO) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2014. QC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCCO) stock performance was 7.73% in last session and finished the day at $2.23. Traded volume was 50,099.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 20.20K shares. The beta of the stock … Continue reading Financial Sector Volatile Stocks: QC Holdings (NASDAQ:QCCO), American Realty Investors (NYSE:ARL), Blackrock MuniYield Arizona Fund (NYSEMKT:MZA), Marlin Business (NASDAQ:MRLN)

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Financial Sector Most Active Stocks: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), Regions Financial (NYSE:RF), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)

Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) looks closer to being normal, but Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) is unable to return much capital to shareholders. And as long as interest rates and inflation a low, analyists cannot expect much real growth from banks. Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) stock performance was -0.33% in last session and finished the day at $15.09. Traded volume was 68.37million shares in … Continue reading Financial Sector Most Active Stocks: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), SLM Corp (NASDAQ:SLM), Regions Financial (NYSE:RF), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM)

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Stock Upgrades: Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE:FBHS), Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ:WMGI)

Yelp (NASDAQ:YELP) was upgraded by investment analysts at Piper Jaffray from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a note issued to investors on Thursday. A number of other analysts have also recently weighed in on YELP. Analysts at Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Yelp from $78.00 to $80.00 in a research note on Thursday. They now have an “outperform” rating … Continue reading Stock Upgrades: Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), Glu Mobile (NASDAQ:GLUU), Fortune Brands Home & Security (NYSE:FBHS), Wright Medical Group (NASDAQ:WMGI)

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