Following U.S. Stocks were among the “Top Gainers” during Monday’s trade: UTi Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:UTIW), Vivint Solar Inc (NYSE:VSLR), Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:NWBO), Macerich Co (NYSE:MAC)

Their insights are depicted underneath:

UTi Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:UTIW)’s shares picked up 10.56%, and closed at $13.92. The company holds the market capitalization of 1.46B. The stock return on equity value is -21.30%, while return on assets value is - 6.60%, in response to its return on investment value of - 4.10%. Its 20-day moving average gained 10.25%, and the stock moved below 50-day moving average of 14.55%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.80.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).

UTi Worldwide Inc., through its auxiliaries, provides non-asset-based supply chain services and solutions worldwide. It operates in two segments, Freight Forwarding, and Contract Logistics and Distribution.

Vivint Solar Inc (NYSE:VSLR), raised 7.46%, and closed at $11.52.

Through PRNewswire, Vivint Solar, Inc. (VSLR), declared financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014.

Fourth Quarter 2014 GAAP Financial Results:

Summary GAAP financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2014 comprise:

• Operating Leases and Incentives Proceed was $5.9 million, up 202% from $1.9 million in the fourth quarter of the preceding year. Total proceed for the quarter was $6.9 million, up 248% from $2.0 million in the fourth quarter of the preceding year.
• Cost of Proceed – Operating Leases and Incentives was $20.8 million, up from $6.2 million in the same period of 2013.
• Total Operating Expenses, counting cost of proceed, were $46.8 million, contrast to $18.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Operating expenses comprised of non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $2.8 million and amortization of intangibles of $3.8 million.
• Loss from Operations was $40.0 million contrast to $16.7 million in the same period of 2013.
• GAAP Net Loss Attributable to Stockholders per Share was ($0.06).
• Non-GAAP Loss Before Non-Controlling Interests and Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests per Share was ($0.36). See below for a further talk aboution of Non-GAAP Loss per Share.
• Cash and Cash Equivalents as of December 31, 2014 were $261.6 million.

Vivint Solar is a leading provider of distributed solar energy systems – electricity generated by a solar energy system installed at a customer’s location – to residential customers in the United States. Vivint Solar’s customers pay little to no money upfront, receive noteworthysavings relative to utility generated electricity rates and continue to benefit from guaranteed energy prices over the 20-year term of their contracts.

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc (NASDAQ:NWBO), enhanced 7.07%, and closed at $8.03. The company holds the book value per share of -0.51, whereas cash per share is 0.02. Price to sale value is 832.58. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 2.00 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc., a development stage biotechnology corporation, discovers and develops immunotherapy products to treat cancers in the United States and internationally.

Macerich Co (NYSE:MAC), rose 6.96%, and closed at $92.76, hitting new 52-week high of $93.17.

Through PRNewswire, The Macerich Company (MAC), confirmed that it has received an unsolicited, conditional proposal from Simon Property Group, Inc. (SPG) to attain the Corporation for $91.00 per share in cash and stock.

The Macerich Board of Directors will review the proposal with its financial and legal advisors. Macerich stockholders are advised to take no action at this time.

Macerich is one of the country’s leading owners, operators and developers of major retail properties, with a dynamic portfolio of unique and irreplaceable assets in planned and high-barrier-to-entry markets around the country. By focusing on highly productive results for retail partners, Macerich has achieved a total shareholder return of 186% over the last five years ending December 31, 2014, representing a compounded annual return of 23%. Macerich’s total shareholder returns have exceeded those of the RMZ REIT index and the S&P 500 index over the last one, three, five and ten year periods.

Macerich continues to pursue its proven planned plan of transforming its portfolio through opportunistic dispositions of non-core assets and recycling the proceeds into the Corporation’s highly value-creative redevelopment pipeline. At the same time, the Corporation remains committed to further enhancing productivity, and 53.5% of its 2015 forecasted Net Operating Revenue is predictable to be generated from properties that average sales in excess of $600 per square foot. The Corporation also recently merged its ownership in five top super regional malls to 100% through a ordinary stock for asset exchange, significantly improving the Corporation’s overall portfolio quality and growth prospects. These malls are highly productive, market dominant centers, two of which are in Macerich’s top five most productive assets on a sales per-square-foot basis.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and JP Morgan Securities LLC are acting as financial advisors to Macerich and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Goodwin Procter LLP and Venable LLP are acting as legal counsel.

Macerich, an S&P 500 corporation, is a fully integrated self-managed and self-administered real estate investment trust, which focuses on the attainment, leasing, administration, development and redevelopment of regional malls throughout the United States.