Smaller companies like NutriSystem (NTRI) are often nimble and growing at a faster pace than their larger peers. Today’s Screen Of The Day is Small-Cap Leaders, highly rated companies in the S&P SmallCap 600 stock index. The list includes four companies in the hot medical products and health care sector. Abiomed Danvers, Mass.-based Abiomed (ABMD) crushed quarterly estimates on Aug. 4, reporting fiscal first-quarter earnings per
Microsoft (MSFT) on Thursday received an endorsement from investment bank Stifel Nicolaus, which raised its rating on the stock to buy from hold. “We are increasingly confident in continued growth in the commercial division and believe aggregate devices and consumer profitability is heading in the right direction,” Stifel analyst Brad Reback said in a research report. Reback does not expect Microsoft’s recently released PC operating system,
Following a disappointing earnings report, Alibaba Group (BABA) was hammered by analysts who slashed their price targets on China’s dominant e-commerce services provider. Alibaba turned in its slowest revenue growth in at least four years with its fiscal first-quarter earnings Wednesday morning. Revenue rose 28% in local currency to $3.27 billion. Pacific Crest Securities analyst Cheng Cheng cut his price target on Alibaba stock to 94 from 104,