Author: Shelly Adams

  • What Is Being Watched: CyberOptics Corp. (NASDAQ:CYBE), Unico American Corp. (NASDAQ:UNAM), The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

    Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) shares advanced 0.10% in last trading session and ended the day at $29.80. SHOP Gross Margin is 54.10% and its has a return on assets of -9.20%. Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) quarterly performance is 25.53%.

    Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP) announced an integration with the new Messenger Platform that allows merchants to provide live customer support, automatically send order confirmations, shipping updates, push notifications, and more, all within Facebook Messenger. This new integration will make it easier for merchants in the U.S. to build stronger, one-on-one relationships with their customers.

    CyberOptics Corp. (NASDAQ:CYBE) ended the last trading day at $11.19. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.89% and price to cash ratio as 8.06. CyberOptics Corp. (NASDAQ:CYBE) showed a weekly performance of 17.66%.

    CyberOptics Corporation (NASDAQ: CYBE) reported that it is forecasting revenues of $18.6-$19.1 million and strong profitability for the first quarter of 2016 ended March 31, compared to revenues of $9.5 million in the first quarter of 2015. First quarter revenues include approximately $2.5 million from the year-end 2015 backlog of MX600 memory module inspection systems and strong sales of SQ3000 automated optical inspection (AOI) systems.

    On 13 April, Unico American Corp. (NASDAQ:UNAM) shares advanced 0.34% and was closed at $11.30. UNAM EPS growth in last 5 year was -11.88%. Unico American Corp. (NASDAQ:UNAM) year to date (YTD) performance is 13.09%.

    On 4 April, Unico American Corporation (NASDAQ:UNAM) announced its Board of Directors has authorized a review of strategic alternatives for the Company aimed at enhancing shareholder value. The Board of Directors has established a Special Committee consisting entirely of independent directors to oversee the review of strategic alternatives and potential opportunities. Willis Capital Markets & Advisory has been retained as exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee. No assurance can be given as to whether, when or on what terms any possible transaction might occur.

    The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) shares advanced 0.42% in last trading session and ended the day at $107.01. VAL Gross Margin is 36.40% and its has a return on assets of 8.20%. The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) quarterly performance is 33.83%.

    On 6 April, it was reported The Valspar Corporation (NYSE:VAL) the nation’s most widely distributed paint brand, has completed a multi-year reformulation initiative that’s yielded a comprehensive line of high-performing, zero-VOC products. Noticeably absent from the lineup are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), chemicals that can impact indoor air quality. Each product has earned GREENGUARD Gold Certification, validating that they meet very rigorous indoor clean air standards, while maintaining the highest standards for durability, performance and color consistency.

    NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) caters to the Technology space. It has a net profit margin of 12.30% and weekly performance is 2.63%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $36.74.

    On 6 April, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) announced that Pascal™ architecture-based NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators will power an upgraded version of Europe’s fastest supercomputer, the Piz Daint system at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) in Lugano, Switzerland. The upgrade is expected to more than double Piz Daint’s speed, with most of the system’s performance expected to come from its Tesla GPUs.