Hot Stocks: International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM), Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ), Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) VP James J. Kavanaugh sold 5,650 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $176.97, for a total transaction of $999,880.50. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 15,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,716,843.  International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) stock opened at $179.52 in last trading session, and closed at $180.24, trading in the range of $179.26 – $181.25. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 4.37%.

Roth Capital upgraded shares of salesforce.com inc. (NYSE:CRM) from a neutral rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $80.00 target price on the stock. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) shares closed at $61.48 on last trade day, by gaining 0.41%. Stock 52 week range is $36.09 – $62.75. Company’s market capitalization is $37.07 billion.

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) announced that beginning on Feb. 19, 2014, it would cease to offer free firmware updates to any server not under warranty, a customer care package, or under any other support agreement. In a company announcement titled “Customers for life,” the company stated it was not trying to force customers into buying new servers, nor extended coverage. Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) stock advanced 0.20% and finished the last session at $29.42. The EPS of the stock remained 2.63. Company’s market capitalization is $56.16 billion.

Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) average recommendation is overweight with average Target Price of $200.20. Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock opened at $167.82 in last trading session and closed at $167.05. The 52 week range of the stock is $82.98 – $185.50 and the day range was $164.57 – $168.29.

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