On Friday, Following Stocks were among the “Most Active” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Rite Aid (NYSE:RAD), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Micron Technology, (NASDAQ:MU), AT&T (NYSE:T)

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) disclosed its participation in The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network. The Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, first announced in January, was established in support of the Administration’s work to advance value and quality in the country’s health care system.

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) enhanced 4.51%, and closed at $8.57, hitting new 52-week high of $8.73. The company holds the market capitalization of $8.41B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at -16.80%, while return on assets at 4.70%, in response to its return on investment at 18.10%. Its 20-day moving average gained 8.92%, below 50-day moving average of 10.65%, below 200-day moving average of 30.02% from the latest market price of $9.50. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.00. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

Rite Aid Corporation (RAD) along with its subsidiaries works a chain of retail drugstores in the United States. The company sells prescription drugs and a range of other merchandise, including over-the-counter medications, health and beauty aids, personal care items, cosmetics, household items, food and beverages, greeting cards, seasonal merchandise, and other everyday and convenience goods.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported that Apple Watch™, its most personal device yet and the newest innovative addition to Apple’s ecosystem, will be available on April 24 to customers in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, the UK and the US. Apple Watch is an incredibly accurate timepiece, an intimate and immediate communication device and a groundbreaking health and fitness companion.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s shares picked down -0.80%, and closed at $123.25. The stock volatility for the week is 1.66%, while for the month remained 1.97%. The company holds consensus target price of $139.05.

If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:

The company showed 7.42 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 13.60% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as 37.80%.

The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 1.90. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

Apple Inc. (AAPL) designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players worldwide. The company also sells related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. It offers iPhone, a line of smartphones that comprise a phone, music player, and Internet device; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; Mac, a line of desktop and portable personal computers; and iPod, a line of portable digital music and media players, such as iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle.

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) and Intel Corporation revealed the availability of their 3D NAND technology, the world’s highest-density flash memory. Flash is the storage technology used inside the lightest laptops, fastest data centers, and nearly every cellphone, tablet and mobile device. This new 3D NAND technology, which was jointly developed by Intel and Micron, stacks layers of data storage cells vertically with extraordinary precision to create storage devices with three times higher capacity1 than competing NAND technologies. This enables more storage in a smaller space, bringing significant cost savings, low power usage and high performance to a range of mobile consumer devices as well as the most demanding enterprise deployments.

Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) inclined 0.06%, and closed at $26.67. The company has the market capitalization of $28.74 billion. The beta value of the stock is 1.58. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 4.00%, and for the month is 3.10%. The stock’s price to book ratio is $2.45, however price to sale ratio is $1.70. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.00. (Where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) along with its subsidiaries, provides semiconductor solutions worldwide. The company manufactures and markets dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash, and NOR flash memory products; and packaging solutions and semiconductor systems.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) uncovered a quarterly dividend of $0.47 a share on the company’s common shares. The dividend is due on May 1, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on April 10, 2015.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) fell -0.21%, and closed at $32.75. The stock has the beta value of 0.42, and its volatility for the week is 1.22%, while for the month it is 1.23%. The company has the market capitalization of $169.98 billion. The company holds the book value per share of 16.62, whereas cash per share is 1.66. Price to book ratio remained 1.97, while price to sale ratio is 1.28. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.80 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).

AT&T Inc. (T) offers telecommunications services in the United States and globally. The company operates through two segments, Wireless and Wireline. The Wireless segment offers data and voice services, including local, long-distance, and network access services, as well as roaming services to youth, family, professionals, small businesses, government, and business customers.

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