On Friday, Following Stocks were among the “Top 100 Gainers” In U.S. Stock Exchange: Hercules Offshore, Inc (NASDAQ:HERO), Gray Television, Inc (NYSE:GTN), Horizon Pharma PLC (NASDAQ:HZNP)
Hercules Offshore, Inc (NASDAQ:HERO)’s shares picked up 3.06%, and closed at $0.465. The stock volatility for the week is 14.42%, while for the month remained 20.04%.
If we consider EPS growth of the company, then the company indicated the following observations:
The company showed -1.34 diluted EPS growth for trailing twelve months. However, YTD EPS growth remained -694.10% and Annual EPS growth for the past 5 years is considered as 4.60%.
The mean recommendation of analysts for this stock is 3.10. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Hercules Offshore, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides shallow-water drilling and marine services to the oil and natural gas exploration and production industry worldwide. The company operates through Domestic Offshore, International Offshore, and International Liftboats segments. It offers oil and gas exploration and development drilling, well services, platform inspection, maintenance, and decommissioning services in various shallow-water provinces. As of February 19, 2015, the company operated a fleet of 33 jackup rigs and 24 liftboat vessels. It serves national oil and gas companies, integrated energy companies, and independent oil and natural gas operators. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Gray Television, Inc (NYSE:GTN), enhanced 3.31%, and closed at $13.42.The stock has the beta value of 3.06, and its volatility for the week is 5.77%, while for the month it is 4.70%. The company has the market capitalization of $772.59M. The company holds the book value per share of 3.74, whereas cash per share is 0.54. Price to book ratio remained 3.59, while price to sale ratio is 1.52. Analysts mean recommendation for the stock is said to be 1.00 (where 1=Buy, 5=sale).
Gray Television, Inc. operates as a television broadcast company in the United States. The company owns and operates television stations in 44 television markets broadcasting 139 program streams comprising 76 associates of the Big Four networks, such as ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Its stations comprise 26 channels associated with the CBS Network, 24 channels associated with the NBC Network, 16 channels associated with the ABC Network, and 10 channels associated with the FOX Network. The company was formerly known as Gray Communications Systems, Inc. and changed its name to Gray Television, Inc. in August 2002. Gray Television, Inc. was founded in 1897 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Horizon Pharma PLC (NASDAQ:HZNP), rose 3.27%, and closed at $21.81. The company has the market capitalization of $2.73B. The beta value of the stock is 2.36. On the other hand the stock’s volatility for the week is 5.84%, and for the month is 4.48%. The stock’s price to book ratio is 9.19, however price to sale ratio is 4.67. Analyst’s mean recommendation regarding this stock is 1.60. (where 1=Buy, 5=Sale).
Horizon Pharma plc, a specialty biopharmaceutical company, engages in identifying, developing, acquiring or in-licensing, and commercializing medicines for the treatment of arthritis, pain, inflammatory, and/or orphan diseases in the United States and internationally. It offers ACTIMMUNE for reducing the frequency and severity of serious infections associated with chronic granulomatous disease; DUEXIS, a proprietary tablet formulation for the relief of signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA), and to decrease the risk of developing upper gastrointestinal ulcers in patients who are taking ibuprofen for these indications; PENNSAID for the treatment of pain of OA of the knee; and VIMOVO, a proprietary fixed-dose multi-layer delayed-release tablet for the relief of the signs and symptoms of OA, RA, and ankylosing spondylitis (AS).
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