Why Need to Watch : QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN), Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALDX), Navios Maritime Acquisition (NYSE:NNA)

QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., has taken a further step towards the vision of demonstrating how technology innovations can help address some of the challenges the education sector faces, by completing the acquisition of EmpoweredU, a pioneer in the development of an intuitive, mobile-centric cloud-based learning environment that is both device and operating system agnostic. The integration of EmpoweredU, with other education initiatives within Qualcomm, will allow Qualcomm Technologies to accelerate mobile innovation and 24/7 learning into education – providing institutions, students and parents access to best-in-class education tools.  QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s stock on 30 July traded at beginning with a price of $75.68and when day-trade ended the stock finally moved up 0.97% to end at $76.04. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)’s showed weekly performance of -6.81%.

 

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has created an app to offer free basic internet services to users in emerging markets and is teaming up first with a carrier in Zambia to offer job searches, weather forecasts and Wikipedia.  Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) on Wednesday closed at $74.68. Stock institutional ownership is 66.00% while insider ownership includes 0.50%. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 13.58%.

 

Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) confirmed that it will discuss its second-quarter 2014 financial and operating results in a conference call at 10 a.m. Central Time (11 a.m. Eastern Time) on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN)’s shares on Wednesday traded in the range of 77.16 – 78.47and ended up on $77.31. Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) distance from 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) is 16.11%. DVN’s sales growth for past 5 years was -5.60% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 62.60%.

 

Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALDX) announced that it will issue its financial results for the second quarter of 2014 on Monday, August 4, 2014, prior to the market open. Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALDX)’s stock on 30 July moved down -3.90% to the closing price of $3.70. Its fifty two weeks range is $3.54 – 8.222. The total market capitalization recorded $23.1M. Aldeyra Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALDX) monthly performance is -43.60%.

 

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:NNA)  announced that the Nave Electron, a 2002-built VLCC of 305,178 dwt, was delivered to Navios Acquisition’s owned fleet on July 21. The company also announced that the Nave Electron has been chartered out to a high quality counterparty for minimum one year at a rate based on charterer’s VLCC pool earnings. Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:NNA) on Wednesday closed at $3.37. Stock institutional ownership is 30.60%. Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE:NNA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -5.41%.