On Monday, Following U.S. Stocks were among the “Top Gainers”: Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD), Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET), Noble Energy, Inc (NYSE:NBL)
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc (NASDAQ:IRWD)’s shares picked up 3.65%, and closed at $15.62. The stock has the beta value of 1.40, and its volatility for the week is 4.16%, while for the month it is 4.23%. The company has the market capitalization of $ 2.13B. The company holds the book value per share of 0.63, whereas cash per share is 1.76. Price to book ratio remained 24.79, while price to sale ratio is 28.86. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.80 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a pharmaceutical company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of human therapeutic products. The company markets linaclotide, a guanylate cyclase type-C agonist for the treatment of adult men and women suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or chronic idiopathic constipation (CIC) under the LINZESS name in the United States and Constella name in the European Union.
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), raised 3.64%, and closed at $86.77, hitting new 52-week high of $86.89. The company holds the market capitalization of 91.25B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at 9.80%, while return on assets at 5.10%, in response to its return on investment at 10.70%. Its 20-day moving average gained 6.82%, above 50-day moving average of 11.62%, above 200-day moving average of 25.03% from the latest market price of $86.77. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.40.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a network of drugstores in the United States. It provides consumer goods and services, pharmacy, and health and wellness services through drugstores, in addition to through mail, and by telephone and online. The company sells prescription and non-prescription drugs; and general merchandise, counting convenience and fresh foods, household items, personal care, photofinishing and candy, and beauty care. It also provides specialty pharmacy services for managing complex and chronic health conditions; customers infusion therapy services comprising of administration of intravenous medications for cancer treatments, chronic pain, heart failure, and other infections and disorders; and clinical services, such as laboratory monitoring, medication profile review, nutritional assessments, and patient and caregiver education.
Arista Networks Inc (NYSE:ANET), enhanced 3.59%, and closed at $71.53. The company has the market capitalization of $4.57M. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 2.17%, and for the month is 3.24%. The stock’s price to book ratio is $8.14, however price to sale ratio is $8.11. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Arista Networks, Inc. provides cloud networking solutions. The company offers extensible operating systems, a set of network applications, and Ethernet switches. It serves a range of industries, counting Internet companies, service providers, financial services organizations, government agencies, media and entertainment companies, and others. Arista Networks, Inc. markets its products through direct sales force and channel partners, such as distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, and original equipment manufacturer partners. The company was formerly known as Arastra, Inc. and changed its name to Arista Networks, Inc. in October 2008. Arista Networks, Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Noble Energy, Inc (NYSE:NBL), rose 3.59%, and closed at $45.61. The stock volatility for the week is 2.48%, while for the month remained 2.75%. The company holds consensus target price of $55.29.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed 3.31 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained 32.40% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as 60.70%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.30. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Noble Energy, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the attainment, exploration, and production of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids worldwide. Its principal projects are located in onshore DJ Basin and Marcellus Shale, the United States; the deepwater Gulf of Mexico; offshore West Africa; and offshore Eastern Mediterranean. As of December 31, 2014, the company had about 1,404 million barrels oil equivalent of total proved reserves. Noble Energy, Inc. was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
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