On Wednesday, Following Stocks were among the “Top Gainers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA), AngloGold Ashanti Limited (ADR) (NYSE:AU), Castlight Health Inc (NYSE:CSLT), WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX)
Penn Virginia Corporation (NYSE:PVA)’s shares picked up 8.07%, and closed at $7.77, during the last trading session. The stock has price to sale ratio of 1.08, however, price to book ratio is 0.83. With recent incline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a 16.32% incline above last year. During the past month the stock gained 6.44%, bringing three-month performance to 72.28% and six-month performance to -43.04%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.10. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Penn Virginia Corporation (Penn Virginia) is an independent oil and gas corporation. The Corporation is engaged in the exploration, development and production of crude oil, natural gas liquids (NGL) and natural gas in onshore regions of the United States.
AngloGold Ashanti Limited (ADR) (NYSE:AU), raised 8.01%, and closed at $9.57. The company holds the market capitalization of 7.74B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at -9.90%, while return on assets at -3.20%, in response to its return on investment at -30.10%. Its 20-day moving average lost -6.97%, above 50-day moving average of -12.50%, above 200-day moving average of -24.80% from the latest market price of $9.57. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.00.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
AngloGold Ashanti Limited operates as a gold mining and exploration corporation. It also produces silver, uranium oxide, copper, molybdenum, and sulphur.
Castlight Health Inc (NYSE:CSLT), enhanced 7.94%, and closed at $8.97. The stock has its 6.32% volatility for the week, while for the month it is 6.49%. The company has the market capitalization of $824.25M. The company holds the book value per share of 1.95, whereas cash per share is 2.09. Price to book ratio remained 4.60, while price to sale ratio is 18.08. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.30. (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).
Castlight Health, Inc. is a provider of cloud-based software, that enables enterprises to gain control over their rapidly escalating health care costs. The Corporation’s Enterprise Healthcare Cloud allows its customers to conquer the complexity of the existing health care system by providing personalized, actionable information to their employees, implementing technology-enabled benefit designs and integrating disparate systems and applications.
WPX Energy Inc (NYSE:WPX), rose 7.91%, and closed at $11.46. The company has the market capitalization of $2.17B. The beta value of the stock is 1.55. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 6.78%, and for the month is 5.95%. The stock’s price to book ratio is 0.54, however price to sale ratio is 0.67. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.20. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
WPX Energy, Inc., an independent natural gas and oil exploration and production corporation, engages in the exploitation and development of unconventional properties in the United States. The corporation focuses on exploiting natural gas reserves base and related natural gas liquids in the Piceance Basin of the Rocky Mountain region, in addition to developing and growing oil positions in the Williston Basin in North Dakota and the San Juan Basin in the southwestern United States.
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