NASDAQ Hot Stocks to watch are – NTRS, KLIC, CHKP, QLIK, OCLR
by Yvonne Magtibay in Business on Oct 26, 2011
Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ: NTRS) fell -3.03%, to close at $39.38 and its overall traded volume was 2.23M shares during the last session the stock had average daily volume of 2.76M shares. NTRS opened the day at $40.27, it made an intraday low of $39.32 and an intraday high of $40.27. The stock has a 52 week low of $33.20 and 52 week high of $56.86. The market capitalization of the company stands at $9.49B and it has 241.00M outstanding shares.
Northern Trust Corporation (Northern Trust) is a financial holding company. Northern Trust provides asset servicing, fund administration, investment management, banking and fiduciary solutions for corporations, institutions and individuals worldwide. The Company conducts business through various United States and non United States subsidiaries, including The Northern Trust Company (Bank). Northern Trust has organized its services globally around its two client-focused principal business units: Corporate and Institutional Services (C&IS), and Personal Financial Services (PFS). Two other business units provide services to the two principal business units: Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI), which provides investment management, and Operations and Technology (O&T), which provides operating and systems support. In December 2010, the Company acquired Waterline Partners, LLC.
Kulicke and Soffa Industries Inc. (NASDAQ: KLIC) soared 0.20%, to close at $9.78 and its overall traded volume was 2.22M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.25M. KLIC shares were trading within the range of $9.72-$10.21 while its opening price was $9.80. The 52-week range of the stock is $5.63-$12.72. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $711.00M and it has 72.70M outstanding shares. Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S) designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits (IC), high and low powered discrete devices, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and power modules. The Company also services, maintains, repairs and upgrades its equipment. Its customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers (OSAT), other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers. K &S operates in two main business segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. K&S manufactures and sells a line of ball bonders, heavy wire wedge bonders, stud bumpers, and die bonders. The Company manufactures and sells a variety of expendable tools for a range of semiconductor packaging applications.
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) percentage change fell -2.75%, to close at $57.95 and its overall traded volume was 2.21M shares during the last session with the total traded volume of 2.03M shares. CHKP opened at $59.53 and is trading within the range of $57.80-$60.00. The stock has a 52 week low of $41.41 and 52 week high of $61.46. At current market price, the market capitalization of the company stands at $12.03B and it has 207.59M outstanding shares. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Check Point) develop technologies to secure communications and transactions over the Internet by enterprises and consumers. Check Point develops, markets and supports a range of software, as well as combined hardware and software products and services for information technology (IT) security. The Company offers its customers an extensive portfolio of network and gateway security solutions, data and endpoint security solutions and management solutions. During the year ended Decemb er 31, 2010, it introduced new software blades, such as Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Application Control, Security Gateway Virtual Edition and Multi-domain software blades to provide a set of protections to its customers in the midst of evolving threats and IT trends. On June 9, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Liquid Machines, Inc.
Qlik Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: QLIK) percentage change grew 0.29%, to close at $27.36 and its overall traded volume was 2.21M shares during the last session with the total traded volume of 1.55M shares. QLIK opened the day at $27.24, it made an intraday low of $26.84 and an intraday high of $28.29. The stock has a 52-week range of $19.59-$35.62. QLIK’s market capitalization is $2.27B and it has 83.01M outstanding shares. Qlik Technologies Inc. (QlikTech), through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Company sells software solutions that deliver data analysis and reporting solutions. QlikTech’s software platform, QlikView, combines enterprise-class analytics and search functionality. The Company’s solution addresses the needs of a range of customers from middle market customers to large enterprises, such as Autodesk, Campbell Soup Company, Colonial Life, The Dannon Company, Inc., Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, ING, Kraft Foods, Lifetime Brands, Nasdaq OMX, National Health Service (NHS), Qualco mm, Symantec and Volvo Car UK Limited. It has customers in over 100 countries, and approximately 75% of its revenue, during the year ended December 31, 2010, was derived internationally. On January 22, 2010, QlikTech acquired Syllogic Corporation (Syllogic).
Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) percentage change dropped -8.09%, to close at $3.41 and its overall traded volume was 2.20M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.16M. OCLR shares were trading within the range of $3.35-$3.62 while its opening price was $3.62. The stock has a 52-week range of $3.09-$18.95. OCLR’s market capitalization is $171.77M and it has 50.37M outstanding shares. Oclaro, Inc. is a provider of core optical network components, modules and subsystems to global telecommunications (telecom) equipment manufacturers. The Company operates in two segments: telecom and advanced photonic solutions. The Company’s telecom segment targets telecom equipment manufacturers that integrate its optical technology into the systems they offer to the telecommunications carriers that are building, upgrading and operating high-performance optical networks. Its advanced photonic solutions (APS) segment, is focused on the design, manufacture, marketing and sale of optics and pho tonics solutions for non-telecom markets, including material processing, consumer, medical, industrial, printing and biotechnology. On July 21, 2010, the Company acquired Mintera Corporation. On December 17, 2009, the Company acquired Xtellus Inc. On July 4, 2009, the Company sold its New Focus business to Newport.
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