Among the stocks attracting attention from options traders lately are credit card issuer Visa Inc (NYSE:V), biotech firm Dendreon Corporation (NASDAQ:DNDN), and Chinese search engine Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU). Below, we’ll break down how options buyers are positioning themselves, and how much speculators are willing to pay for their bets on V, DNDN, and BIDU. Baidu Inc (ADR)(NASDAQ:BIDU) net profit margin is 30.60% and weekly performance is -5.24%. On last trading day company shares ended up $150.38. Analysts mean target price for the company is $1296.96.Baidu Inc (ADR)(NASDAQ:BIDU) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -6.43%.
Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) is a beneficiary of the booming Chinese e-commerce and mobile market. Its search revenues are expected to come in the total estimated revenue. The app-store revenues are expected at $45 million. Barclays expects Qihoo to easily beat the consensus estimate due ti improvement in search monetization and rapid growth in mobile Internet revenues. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) shares fell -2.78% in last trading session and ended the day on $75.93. QIHU Gross Margin is 86.90% and its return on assets is 9.20%. Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd (NYSE:QIHU) quarterly performance is -16.91%.
Shares of Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) traded up on Friday, hitting shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Sohu.com Inc (NASDAQ:SOHU) shares moved down -0.91% in last trading session and was closed at $ 54.57, while trading in range of $54.21 – $56.80. Sohu.com Inc (NASDAQ:SOHU) year to date (YTD) performance is -25.17%.
Weibo Corp (ADR)(NASDAQ:WB), the Chinese micro-blogging platform similar to Twitter, Inc. (TWTR), is set for some exposure in US markets, as it debuted yesterday on the Nasdaq after its initial public offering (IPO). The American Depository Shares for the website are trading under the ticker “WB,” and helped the company raise. Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB) ended the last trading day at $17.97. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 6.06% and price to cash ratio as 7.21. Weibo Corp (ADR)(NASDAQ:WB) showed a negative weekly performance of -11.13%.
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