Hot Movers: YY (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY), IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI), Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX), Baidu (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA)

Posted by on Jun 20, 2014

IPO bases sometimes form quickly and are easy to miss. But those who failed to latch on to YY Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY) breakout from its initial cup-like base didn’t have to wait long for a second chance to buy a stock that became one of last year’s biggest winners. IBD has recently launched an IPO Leaders column to alert readers to promising new stocks as early as possible after they’ve gone public. YY operates a social networking platform that lets users communicate through voice, text and video. Users can also play games, watch shows and even participate in meetings. YY Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY) net profit margin is 27.30% and weekly performance is 2.00%. On last trading day company shares ended up $70.91. Analysts mean target price for the company is $95.21. YY Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:YY) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 12.39%.

Dominating the dating business is IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) which has a 28 percent share of the market. It owns Tinder, one of the most popular mobile dating apps, which matches 10 million love/lust-seekers daily with a similar picture swipe-rating model. The company just added a disappearing photo feature akin to the annotated pictures sent via Snapchat. Also owned by IAC are free service OKCupid and subscription dating site Match.com, which has nearly doubled sales to $788 million in three years. IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) shares advanced 0.04% in last trading session and ended the day on $68.85. IACI gross Margin is 68.40% and its return on assets is 6.70%.IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) quarterly performance is -5.71%.

In a bid to expand its online auto classifieds business, Internet company Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) has agreed to buy Auto.ru, a popular automobile-related website in Russia, for nearly $175 million in cash. Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) shares moved down -0.95% in last trading session and was closed at $33.79, while trading in range of $33.62 – $34.20. Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) year to date (YTD) performance is -21.69%.

Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) on June 17 has announced that its PC software Baidu Antivirus ranked first place in AV-Comparatives’ May 2014 performance test among 20 top antivirus programs, earning it the Advanced+ award. Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) ended the last trading day at $174.39. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.01% and price to cash ratio as 9.63.Baidu Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.90%.

In a conversation with Christine Tan of CNBC, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA), Charles Chao, has discussed the currents plans for his company and the future outlook. Chao stated that if a company wants to make a lot of money it should create a big platform. Therefore SINA plans to spend more energy and money focusing primarily on user growth. Hence it is clear that the company’s efforts would be going towards enhancement of its user base and user activities on its Weibo platform.  With the current focus on user growth, by 2016, the company would be able to show good profits. SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA) net profit margin is 3.50% and weekly performance is -0.72%. On last trading day company shares ended up $45.55. Analysts mean target price for the company is $71.91. SINA Corp (NASDAQ:SINA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -5.90%.

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