5 Mid Cap Gainers In Focus: Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX), Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP), ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW), LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ), Zillow (NASDAQ:Z)

Yandex N.V. Analyst Notes On April 24, 2014, Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ: Yandex) announced its financial results for Q1 2014. The Company reported revenues of RUR 10.9 billion ($305.0 million), up 36.1% YoY. Yandex reported income from operations of RUR 2.7 billion ($76.1 million), up 10.8% YoY, and operating margin of 25.0%. “Yandex delivered strong quarterly revenue growth,” said Arkady Volozh, CEO of Yandex. “We enjoyed growth in the number of advertisers, enhanced Yandex.Direct functionality for domestic and international clients and made several important launches on the mobile front.” Yandex NV(NASDAQ:YNDX) shares after opening at $24.40 moved to $26.09 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $25.59. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 7.70 and price to cash ratio as 9.02. Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) showed a negative weekly performance of -11.94%.

Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) will announce its first-quarter numbers today. Despite missing the Street’s consensus earnings estimate in five of its previous eight turns in the confessional, the stock has averaged a single-week gain of 8.7% following the quarterly event. Nevertheless, bearish betting has been on the rise, as evidenced by the stock’s 10-day ISE/CBOE/PHLX put/call volume ratio of 1.21, which is just 1 percentage point shy of a 12-month acme. Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) shares advanced 6.07% in last trading session and ended the day on $58.92. YELP return on equity ratio is recorded as -3.90% and its return on assets is-3.60%. Yelp Inc (NYSE:YELP) yearly performance is 121.34%.

In trading on Monday, shares of ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW) entered into oversold territory, hitting an RSI reading of 29.8, after changing hands as low as $46.23 per share. By comparison, the current RSI reading of the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) is 52.2.  Service Now Inc (NYSE:NOW) shares moved up 5.92% in last trading session and was closed at $49.17, while trading in range of $ 46.40 – 50.42.Service Now Inc (NYSE:NOW) year to date (YTD) performance is -12.21%.

LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) advanced over 7 percent yesterday after it reported strong earnings and revenue for the first quarter. The company posted an adjusted profit of $0.35 per share for the quarter that topped consensus forecast of $0.34 per share. Revenue came in at $1.626 billion, while analysts were looking for $1.58 billion in revenue. LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) weekly performance is 8.80%. On last trading day company shares ended up $29.55. LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:LKQ) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 8.34%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $36.04.

Zillow (NASDAQ:Z) CRO Greg M. Schwartz unloaded 1,059 shares of Zillow stock on the open market in a transaction dated Monday, April 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.36, for a total value of $98,868.24. Zillow Inc (NASDAQ:Z) shares after opening at $93.16 moved to $104.75 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $103.84. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 20.89 and price to cash ratio as 13.97. Zillow Inc (NASDAQ:Z) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.95%.

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