Jason Knox

Jason Knox covers the Software & Services sector. A financial analyst for 20 years, Jason joined Tech Insider in 2006. Previously, he was an analyst with Cleary Gull Inc. and with Blunt, Ellis & Loewi, both in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During his career, Jason has been named in The Wall Street Journal “All-Star Analysts’ Survey,” and highlighted as one of the NASDAQ-StarMine top analysts within the Internet Software & Services industry.

Stocks in Focus: Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (NASDAQ:PME), International Rectifier Corporation (NYSE:IRF), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX), Clovis Oncology (NASDAQ:CLVS), Endo International (NASDAQ:ENDP)

Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd. (NASDAQ:PME) announced that the Company has declared a cash dividend of $0.01 per share of common stock outstanding, payable in cash on or about February 18, 2015 to shareholders of record on January 22, 2015. This marks the second consecutive quarterly dividend paid by the Company, which it intends to continue…

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Sizzling Stocks: SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA), HomeStreet, Inc. (NASDAQ:HMST), Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN), The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO), Knight Transportation Inc. (NYSE:KNX)

On Jan 07, SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA), was told to pay $113 million to PharmAthene Inc. in a dispute over the medicine that forced Siga to seek bankruptcy protection last year. SIGA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGA) shares fell -6.63% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.55. SIGA return on assets is -128.10%. SIGA…

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Active Movers: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), Capella Education Co. (NASDAQ:CPLA), Nacco Industries (NYSE:NC), Synageva BioPharma (NASDAQ:GEVA)

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) says it has spent more than $160m (£103m) fighting fake goods on its websites from the beginning of 2013 to November of this year. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) belongs to Services sector. Its net profit margin is 46.30% and weekly performance is -0.24%. On last trading…

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5 Active Stocks: Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE:GNW), Allergan Inc. (NYSE:AGN), Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:VNDA), Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC)

Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) sweetened its final offer only slightly from its first bid for rival Baker Hughes Inc., but the bump was magnified by a drop in Baker Hughes’s share price during merger talks this autumn between the world’s second- and third-largest oil-field service companies. Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its net…

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Stocks Getting Investor’s Attention: OmegaFlex, Inc. (NASDAQ:OFLX), SeaDrill Limited (NYSE:SDRL), Impax Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ:IPXL), Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPHM), Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ:RENT)

On Dec. 18, OmegaFlex, Inc. (NASDAQ:OFLX) announced that a United States District Court in Ohio has dismissed the latest frivolous lawsuit by plaintiffs’ attorneys questioning CSST’s unparalleled safety record. In the most recent case – Schoelwer vs Omega Flex, Inc. – the trial attorneys unsuccessfully attempted to seek class action certification for their lawsuit against…

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Why These Are Hot: Regional Management Corp. (NYSE:RM), American Apparel, Inc. (NYSEMKT:APP), Travelzoo Inc. (NASDAQ:TZOO), United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS), Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY)

Regional Management Corp (NYSE:RM) CEO Michael R. Dunn purchased 75,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was purchased at an average price of $13.05 per share, with a total value of $978,750.00. Regional Management Corp. (NYSE:RM) belongs to Financial sector. Its net profit margin is 9.90% and…

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