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Saturday 17 October 2015
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Consumer Stocks Watch List - GoPro, (NASDAQ:GPRO), NIKE, (NYSE:NKE)

On Thursday, Shares of GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO), surged 1.60% to $28.54.

GoPro, declared the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) is a flagship partner in the creative community as it kicks off GoPro Awards. Declared yesterday, GoPro Awards is GoPro’s always-on content platform that rewards the GoPro community for sharing their best GoPro photos, raw video clips and video edits for inclusion in GoPro Channel programming, licensing and more. As part of the program with USC, GoPro offered cameras and accessories to film school students and will start guided workshops, education and one-on-one mentorship this fall.

“As user generated content evolves into mainstream entertainment, GoPro wants to work with the best creators in the world to enable high quality, sophisticated storytelling,” said Zander Lurie, SVP of Entertainment at GoPro. “Our program with universities such as USC’s School of Cinematic Arts is one of the best ways to achieve that aim. We’re excited to see the great things students will create with the assist of GoPro and we hope some of them will even join the GoPro team and work with us someday.”

Together at USC earlier recently, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman and USC’s Dean Elizabeth Daley declared this unique partnership before a live audience of GoPro employees, USC’s Cinematic Arts students, alumni and friends. In addition to the camera donation and workshops, it was declared that GoPro will showcase top talent from USC on its GoPro Awards platform and students will also be eligible to receive monetary rewards through the program.

GoPro, Inc. develops hardware and software solutions to alleviate consumer pain points associated with capturing, managing, sharing, and enjoying engaging content. The company offers HERO line of capture devices, such as cameras; premium accessories, counting battery BacPac, smart remote, and LCD touch BacPac accessories; and mounts comprising equipment-based mounts comprising of helmet, handlebar, roll bar, and grip and tripod mounts that enable consumers to capture content while engaged in a range of activities, in addition to mounts that enable customers to wear the mount on their bodies, such as wrist housings, chest harnesses, and head straps.

On other hand, In the last 12 months, NIKE, Inc. (NYSE:NKE), generated 17.77% using assets of the company. Reuters provide figures showing that industry’s suggest 4.09% and broadly in sector 7.46% seems favorable. The stock rose 2.34% to the closing price of $128.79. The overall volume in the last trading session was 5,382,399 shares. Its fifty two weeks range was $83.85 - 129.17. The total market capitalization remained at $109.75B.

NIKE, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories for men, women, and kids worldwide. The company offers products in eight categories, counting running, basketball, football, men’s training, women’s training, sportswear, action sports, and golf under the NIKE and Jordan brand names.




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