Why These 4 Stocks Lagged: Fortress Investment Group (NYSE:FIG), Capstone Turbine (NASDAQ:CPST), Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX), Himax Technologies (NASDAQ:HIMX)

Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) options established a new 90-day record for traded call and put contracts. A total of 3,078 put and 12,438 call contracts were traded raising a 0.25 put/call ratio on shares of FIG Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) stock performance was -6.69% in last session and finished the day at $7.81….

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Western Digital Surpasses Expectations in Fiscal Q3

Western Digital posted third quarter results that surpassed our expectations and management’s quarterly guidance, making it clear that the market hasn’t forgotten about hard disk drives (HDDs). While Western Digital’s near-term prospects are better than we had anticipated, we are maintaining our stable moat rating as these opportunities are balanced by adverse secular trends that…

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Still-Weak European Paper Demand Weighed on UPM’s 1Q Results

Despite relatively steady performance from the energy and pulp segments, UPM’s quarterly EBITDA contracted 20% year over year; EBITDA from the paper business was nearly halved over the same period. As the world’s largest producer of graphic paper, UPM remains highly dependent on its paper business, where volume continues to decline–European magazine papers fell 6%,…

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