Stocks Trending: Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc., Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG), AVX Corp. (NYSE:AVX), Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE:NTI), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD)

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) shares fell -1.44% in last trading session and ended the day at $6.16. ARIA Gross Margin is 98.30% and its has a return on assets of -30.80%. Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) quarterly performance is -5.38%.

Ariad Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) announced that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to appoint Paris Panayiotopoulos President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 1, 2016. Panayiotopoulos joins ARIAD from his current position of President of EMD Serono, Inc. Panayiotopoulos also has been elected to ARIAD’s Board of Directors. He will succeed Harvey J. Berger, M.D., ARIAD’s founder, chairman and CEO.

Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) ended the last trading day at $2.10. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.81% and price to cash ratio as 4.45. Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) showed a weekly performance of -8.70%.

On 31 December, Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) and SolarCity’s (SCTY) sales grew by 140% and 56%, respectively, on a YoY (year-over-year) basis in fiscal 3Q15. The two companies’ gross profits grew by 56% and 99%, respectively.

On 04 January, AVX Corp. (NYSE:AVX) shares fell -1.73% and was closed at $11.93. AVX EPS growth in last 5 year was 9.80%. AVX Corp. (NYSE:AVX) year to date (YTD) performance is -1.73%.

AVX Corp. (NYSE:AVX) has scheduled to release its preliminary quarterly results for the period ended December 31, 2015 before the New York Stock Exchange opens on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 and will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. EST on that day.

Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE:NTI) shares moved up 1.24% in last trading session and ended the day at $26.18. NTI Gross Margin is 14.20% and its has a return on assets of 38.50%. Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE:NTI) quarterly performance is 13.36%.

Northern Tier Energy LP (NYSE:NTI) announced that Northern Tier management will participate in the Wolfe Research 2016 Refining Conference in Boston, on Tuesday, January 5, 2016. The meeting materials will be available beginning Tuesday, January 5, 2016, on the Investors section of Northern Tier’s website at www.northerntier.com.

JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:JD) caters to the Technology space. It has a net profit margin of -1.40% and weekly performance is -9.36%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $29.53. JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:JD) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -10.69%.

JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Vetr from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report issued on Wednesday, Market Beat Ratings reports. They currently have a $34.53 price objective on the stock. Vetr‘s price target would indicate a potential upside of 7.64% from the company’s current price.