Investors Watch List: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX), NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), OvaScience (NASDAQ:OVAS), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD)

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was the first major company from the drug manufacturing industry to post impressive second-quarter earnings. The NYSE ARCA Pharmaceutical Index is up almost 20.1% in the last year. So far in 2014, the index increased10%. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 21.20% and weekly…

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Citing Slowing Housing, Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) Downgraded to Neutral by Wedbush

On Wednesday, Wedbush downgraded Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) to Neutral from Outperform. The firm downgraded the stock because it believes a slowing housing market may pressure the company’s results more than expected.  Wedbush has reduced the price target to $50 from $60. Read more of the analyst’s thoughts below: We lower our rating on NYSE:LOW from OUTPERFORM…

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Notable Ups And Down: CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS), Yelp, Inc. (NYSE:YELP), WEX Inc. (NYSE:WEX), Willis Group Holdings PLC (NYSE:WSH), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)

CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) will raise its quarterly shareholder payout by 27 percent, and the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain also said Tuesday that it expects another year of earnings growth in 2015. CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit margin is 3.40% and weekly performance is 1.16%. On last trading day…

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Stock Focus: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) To Continue Spending Aggressively

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that he will continue to spend profusely on new technologies in the future, and also explained how this quarter’s numbers was impacted by mega-deals such as the WhatsApp acquisition. Facebook is asking analysts and investors to take a long-term perspective. Revenue for Facebook (NASDAQ FB) increased 59%…

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Investors Watch List: FireEye (NASDAQ:FEYE), Yelp (NYSE:YELP), Orient Paper (NYSEMKT: ONP), Kayne Anderson Energy Development (NYSE:KED), Mitsubishi (NYSE:MTU)

Quantum Corp. (QTM) today announced the integration of the FireEye, Inc. (NASDAQ:FEYE) Network Forensics Platform (PX) with Quantum’s StorNext® scale-out storage. Combining high-speed packet indexing and search from FireEye (FEYE) with scale-out storage from Quantum, the joint solution provides organizations with access to months of network traffic data to quickly conduct incident response in the…

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Investor’s Choice: Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), Exelixis, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXEL), NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (NYSE:DCM), Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK), Air Methods Corp. (NASDAQ:AIRM)

On Dec 22, Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) says nearly 1.2 million customer payment cards may have been exposed during a security breach earlier this year. The office supply retailer announced in October that it was looking into a potential credit card breach, adding to a long list of retailers recently hit by cyberattacks. Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS)…

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