On Tuesday, Following Stocks were among the “Top Losers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Amgen, Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AUY), Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:HIMX), Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM)
Amgen, Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN)’s shares dwindled -2.71%, and closed at $159.85. The stock has price to sale ratio of 6.05, however, price to book ratio is 4.73. With recent decline, the year-to-date (YTD) performance reflected a 0.88% incline below last year. During the past month the stocks gain 0.14%, bringing three-month performance to -1.32% and six-month performance to 15.17%. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.40. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Amgen Inc., a biotechnology company, discovers, develops, manufactures, and delivers human therapeutics worldwide. It focuses for the treatment of illness in the areas of oncology, hematology, inflammation, bone health, nephrology, cardiovascular, and general medicine. The company’s principal products comprise Neulasta, a pegylated protein to decrease the incidence of infection associated with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia in cancer patients; NEUPOGEN, a recombinant-methionyl human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for reducing the incidence of infection as manifested by febrile neutropenia for patients with non-myeloid malignancies; and Enbrel to treat rheumatoid arthritis, plaque psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis in adult patients
Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AUY), declined -3.75%, and closed at $3.59. The stock volatility for the week is 5.23%, while for the month remained 5.64%. The company holds consensus target price of $5.57.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed -1.46 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained -305.60% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as -57.50%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.50. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Yamana Gold Inc. is engaged in gold mining and related activities, counting exploration, extraction, processing, and reclamation. The company has precious metal properties and land positions throughout the Americas, counting in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. Its portfolio comprises seven operating gold mines, such as Chapada (copper/gold), El Pen (gold/silver), Jacobina, Gualcamayo, Minera Florida (gold/silver/zinc), Fazenda Brasileiro, and Mercedes (gold/silver), in addition to a 12.5% indirect interest in the Alumbrera mine (copper/gold/molybdenum); and various development stage projects and exploration properties in Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Mexico. The company was formerly known as Yamana Resources Inc. and changed its name to Yamana Gold Inc. in July 2003. Yamana Gold Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:HIMX), dipped -1.71%, and closed at $6.33. The company holds the market capitalization of $1.10B. For the last twelve months, the stock was able to keep return on equity at 14.70%, while return on assets at 8.60%, in response to its return on investment at 9.90%. Its 20-day moving average declined -11.29%, below 50-day moving average of -16.99%, below 200-day moving average of -16.91% from the latest market price of $6.33. The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 2.90.(where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Himax Technologies, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company, provides display imaging processing technologies to consumer electronics worldwide. The company operates through Driver IC and Non-Driver Products segments. It offers display driver integrated circuits (ICs) and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, and other consumer electronics devices. The company also designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, liquid crystal on silicon micro-displays used in palm-size projectors and head-mounted displays, light-emitting diode driver ICs, power administration ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, and silicon IPs.
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), dropped -1.86%, and closed at $43.29. The company has the market capitalization of $26.42B. The beta value of the stock is 0.93. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 3.42%, and for the month is 2.17%. The stock’s price to book ratio is 2.87, however price to sale ratio is 3.08. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 2.30. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Broadcom Corporation provides semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Its products offer voice, video, data, and multimedia connectivity in the home, office, and mobile environments. The company operates in two segments: Broadband and Connectivity, and Infrastructure and Networking. The Broadband and Connectivity segment offers platform solutions for cable, satellite, Internet protocol, over-the-top, and terrestrial set-top boxes; DSL, cable, and fiber broadband access services; femtocell to enhance cellular coverage and small cell low-powered radio access nodes, in addition to location-based services technology and touch controllers; and integrated and discrete Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and near field communication solutions. The Infrastructure and Networking segment offers Ethernet switches and PHYs for service provider networks, data center implementations, and enterprise and small-and-medium businesses; Ethernet copper transceivers; automotive Ethernet products; and backplane and optical front-end physical layer devices.
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