Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:HOT) shares increased 0.12% in last trading session and ended the day at $83.66. HOT Gross Margin is 26.20% and its has a return on assets of 6.00%. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (NYSE:HOT) quarterly performance is 19.83%.
On March 28, 2016, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) issued a press release announcing that Starwood’s Board of Directors, in consultation with its legal and financial advisors, determined that a revised non-binding proposal from a consortium consisting of Anbang Insurance Group Co., Ltd., J.C. Flowers & Co. and Primavera Capital Limited (the “Consortium”), to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Starwood common stock (the “Consortium Proposal”) is reasonably likely to lead to a Starwood Superior Proposal (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 15, 2015, as amended by Amendment Number 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 20, 2016 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Starwood, Marriott International, Inc. (“Marriott”), Solar Merger Sub 1, Inc., Solar Merger Sub 2, Inc., Mars Merger Sub, Inc. and Mars Merger Sub, LLC).
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) ended the last trading day at $104.96. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 4.24% and price to cash ratio as 10.89. Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) showed a weekly performance of 0.65%.
On 28 March, Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:LGND) announces it has entered into a worldwide license agreement with ABBA Therapeutics AG, a Swiss biotechnology company developing innovative immuno-oncology therapies. Under the license, ABBA will be able to use the OmniRat®, OmniMouse® and OmniFlic® platforms to generate fully human mono- and bispecific antibodies. Ligand is to receive an initial access payment, and will be eligible to receive clinical milestone payments and royalties for each successful OmniAb antibody. ABBA will be responsible for all costs related to the program.
On 30 March, Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTA) shares moved down -1.87% and was closed at $8.91. MNTA EPS growth in last 5 year was -29.40%. Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTA) year to date (YTD) performance is -39.96%.
Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT) shares moved down -5.02% in last trading session and ended the day at $17.02. AMOT Gross Margin is 29.60% and its has a return on assets of 6.70%. Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT) quarterly performance is -34.11%.
On 21st March, Allied Motion Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:AMOT), announced that Kevin McNicholas has joined the Company as Vice President of Sales. Mr. McNicholas, who brings more than 30 years of sales, marketing and executive leadership in machine automation and motion control, will unite the regional sales and target market sales functions to create a combined, global sales organization and market channel strategy for driving sales growth. He will oversee Allied Motion’s regional sales teams and market managers while maximizing the capabilities of the Company’s three strategically-placed Solution Centers in Europe, North America and Asia.
Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GURE) caters to the Basic Materials space. It has a net profit margin of 21.00% and weekly performance is -9.60%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $1.60.
On 15 March, Gulf Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ:GURE) reported Net Income was $34,068,037 an increase of 91% compared to the results in the previous year. The effective tax rates for 2015 and 2014 were 25% and 26% respectively.