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Yesterday’s Gainers To Watch - InvenSense, (NYSE:INVN), Atmel Corporation, (NASDAQ:ATML), Criteo SA, (NASDAQ:CRTO), Virgin America, (NASDAQ:VA)

On Monday, InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE:INVN)’s shares surged 3.60% to $15.56, as InvenSense has planned its fourth quarter and fiscal year financial results conference call for May 4, 2015 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The company will release its financial results at about 1:05 p.m. Pacific Time.

InvenSense, Inc. designs, develops, markets, and sells micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) gyroscopes for motion tracking devices in consumer electronics. The company delivers motion interface solutions based on its multi-axis technology that target smartphones and tablets, console and portable video gaming devices, digital still and video cameras, smart TVs, navigation devices, toys, and health and fitness accessories.

Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML)’s shares gained 3.55% to $8.45, during the last trading session on Monday, as a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, will hold a conference call Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 2 p.m. PT to talk about its first quarter 2015 financial results. Atmel President and CEO, Steven Laub, and Senior Vice President and CFO, Steve Skaggs, will be participating on this call. The earnings release will be issued at the close of market that same day.

Atmel Corporation designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor integrated circuit products primarily in the United States, Asia, Europe, South Africa, and Central and South America. It operates in four segments: Microcontroller, Nonvolatile Memory, Automotive, and Multi-Market and Other.

At the end of Monday’s trade, Criteo SA (NASDAQ:CRTO)’s shares gained 3.51% to $43.03, as on March 31, a technology company, released its Q1 2015 State of Mobile Commerce Report, highlighting that mobile devices are now responsible for more than one third of eCommerce globally. Smartphones are becoming the dominant mobile device replacing tablets. As a result, advertisers’ future success now depends on their ability to offer a compelling mobile site.

The findings in this report are based on Criteo’s analysis of individual transaction-level data from more than $160 billion of sales globally. Key takeaways comprise:

  • It’s all about smartphones. Smartphones now account for 44 percent of mobile purchases in the UK. Increasing adoption of devices with larger screens such as the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy will be an added accelerant to this existing trend.
  • Growth in mobile commerce is unstoppable. Mobile share of eCommerce transactions is forecast to reach 40 percent globally, and 45 percent in the UK, by the end of the year.
  • There is no limit. Mobile is now the majority of all eCommerce transactions in Japan and South Korea, with the UK a close third.
  • The mobile conversion funnel has arrived. Consumers now view the same amount of products on both desktops and smartphones. Lower mobile conversion rates are due to weaknesses in turning product views into accomplished purchases

Criteo S.A., a technology company, engages in the digital performance marketing in France and internationally. The company leverages granular data to engage and convert customers on behalf of its advertiser clients. Its Criteo Engine solution comprises prediction algorithms that predict the probability and nature of a user’s engagement with a given advertisement; and recommendation algorithms that create and tailor advertisements to specific user interest through modifying the advertisement’s creative content and presentation, and determining the specific products and services to comprise in the advertisement.

Finally, Virgin America Inc. (NASDAQ:VA), ended its Monday’s trading session with 3.45% gain, and closed at $30.30, as Virgin America for the third successive year, has been recognized as the number one carrier in the Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report, an annual study of U.S. domestic airline performance conducted by professors at Wichita State University and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Based on publicly stated data all carriers must submit to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the AQR provides a comparative ranking based on key airline metrics important to air travelers recently counting: on-time performance, customer complaints, denied boarding and mishandled bags. When contrast to 13 other major U.S. carriers in these categories, Virgin America achieved the highest score in 2014 at -0.30. The California-based airline has led the industry every year since it became eligible for the AQR, which only ranks airlines that make up at least 1 percent of domestic planned-service proceed.

Lauded for its unique amenities and top-notch guest service, Virgin America has also been a stand-out in the industry for its operational performance. Most recently, Virgin America was named the fastest airline in America based on analysis of on-time performance conducted by noted statistician, Nate Silver. Using 12 month data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Silver contrast the average flight times of U.S. airlines on a route-to-route basis, which showed that in 2014, Virgin America was faster than the competition on 87% of shared routes. The report can be found on Silver’s blog FiveThirtyEight.

Virgin America Inc. provides planned air travel services. As of December 31, 2014, it offered services to 21 airports in the United States and Mexico with a fleet of about 53 Airbus single-aisle aircraft, counting of 10 Airbus A319s and 43 Airbus A320s. The company was formerly known as Best Air Holdings, Inc., and changed its name to Virgin America Inc. in November 2005. Virgin America Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlingame, California.

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