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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Industrial Goods Active Movers: Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS), ABB Ltd (NYSE:ABB), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI), Cemex SAB (NYSE:CX)

Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) on May 15, 2014 declared that the company’s Board of Directors has confirmed a 20% climb in its quarterly ordinary stock dividend. The dividend on common stocks scaled up from $0.75 to $0.09 per ordinary share. The escalated dividend rate is payable to the company’s shareholders on July 15, 2014 as per…

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Services Sector Losers: Command Security Corporation (NYSEMKT:MOC), China Auto Logistics Inc (NASDAQ:CALI), A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE:AHC), Shoe Carnival (NASDAQ:SCVL)

Command Security Corporation (NYSEMKT:MOC) stock performance was -6.53% in last session and finished the day at $1.72. Traded volume was 31,574.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 17.64K shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.53. Command Security Corporation (NYSEMKT:MOC) insider ownership is 55.74%. China Auto Logistics Inc….

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Notable Stocks: Mentor Graphics Corp (NASDAQ:MENT), Youku Tudou Inc (ADR) (NYSE:YOKU), Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL), DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS)

Analysts at Canaccord Genuity raised their price target on shares of Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) from $25.00 to $27.00 in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday. Canaccord Genuity’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 25.23% from the company’s current price. The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which is…

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NYSE bullish Stocks: Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM), JGWPT Holdings Inc (NYSE:JGW), CIBER, Inc. (NYSE:CBR), ReneSola Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:SOL)

Canada’s Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM) said on Wednesday it would buy Sulliden Gold Corp Ltd  for about C$300 million ($275 million) in an all-stock deal to create a Peru-focused gold miner. After the announcement Rio Alto Mining Ltd (NYSE:RIOM)’s stock fell on concerns the price it was paying was steep. The friendly takeover will…

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Biotech decliners: Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX), Uniqure NV (NASDAQ:QURE), Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RGLS), Genetic Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:GENE)

Aldeyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ALDX) Director C. Boyd Clarke purchased 12,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 7th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $8.00 per share, with a total value of $100,000.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 12,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately…

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Tech Insider Selling: EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), RF Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:RFMD), Maxim Integrated Products Inc. (NASDAQ:MXIM), Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA)

EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) Chairman Arthur W. Coviello, Jr. sold 131,690 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $26.15, for a total transaction of $3,443,693.50. Following the transaction, the chairman now directly owns 382,410 shares of the company’s stock, valued…

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