Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP) saw a big move last session, as the company’s shares fell by nearly 21% on the day. The move came on pretty good volume too with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This continues the recent downtrend for AFOP, as the stock is now down 27.2% in the past one-month time frame. Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 23.40% and weekly performance is -15.43%. On last trading day company shares ended up $14.25. Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc. (NASDAQ:AFOP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -23.61%.
Target beat out J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) in landing Brian Cornell as its next chief executive, people familiar with the matter said. J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) shares advanced 2.67% in last trading session and ended the day at $9.63. JCP Gross Margin is 30.00% and its return on assets is -11.90%. J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) quarterly performance is 12.24%.
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) produces and sells containerboard, corrugated products, and specialty paper products in the United States and internationally. The company offers containerboards consisting of linerboard and corrugated medium to converters in the corrugated packaging industry, and to other converters for various uses, including laminated tier sheets and wrapping materials. Its specialty paper products include Kraft paper comprising multiwall paper used to produce bags for agricultural products, pet food, baking products, cement and chemicals, and grocery bags, as well as specialty conversion products, such as wrapping paper products, dunnage bags, and roll wraps; specialty paper; and lightweight paper. On 01 August, KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) shares advanced 2.62% and was closed at $30.52. KS EPS growth in last 5 year was 35.40%. KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (NYSE:KS) year to date (YTD) performance is 9.27%.
On July 23, 2014, Black Diamond, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDE) and Gregory Mountain Products, LLC (“Gregory”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, completed the sale of certain assets to Samsonite LLC (“Samsonite”) comprising Gregory’s business of designing, manufacturing, marketing, distributing and selling technical, alpine, backpacking, hiking, mountaineering and active trail products and accessories as well as outdoor-inspired lifestyle bags (the “Business”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated as of June 18, 2014, by and among the Company, Gregory and Samsonite. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Samsonite paid $84.135 million in cash for Gregory’s assets comprising the Business and assumed certain specified liabilities. Black Diamond, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDE) ended the last trading day at $8.61. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.58%and price to cash ratio as 63.60. Black Diamond, Inc. (NASDAQ:BDE) showed a weekly performance of -15.84%.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) today announced that China Mobile Jiangsu Branch has leveraged Nuance’s speech and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) technology to vastly improve the phone experience for callers in need of service or support. Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) shares fell -1.93% in last trading session and ended the day on $17.83. NUAN Gross Margin is 57.00% and its return on assets is -2.70%. Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) quarterly performance is 8.65%.