Morning Watch List: Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS), salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM), KKR & Co (NYSE:KKR), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS)

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) reported first-quarter results that beat analysts’ estimates as gambling in the Chinese enclave of Macau continued to soar. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) shares after opening at $79.45 moved to $79.48 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $77.00 . Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 4.32 and price to cash ratio as 17.38. Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.71%.

Salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) unveiled the future of mobile app support by launching Salesforce1 Service Cloud SOS. The latest breakthrough innovation for mobile customer service, Service SOS, will revolutionize customer service and support by putting an SOS button, similar to the Amazon Kindle Mayday button, directly inside any mobile app. With new live video support and on-screen guided assistance, companies will be able to deliver instant and personalized customer service within any mobile app. Leading brands such as Cars.com, Inspirato with American Express, Philips and Stanley Black & Decker deliver customer service everywhere using Service Cloud, the world’s #1 customer service platform. salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) shares fell -3.53% in last trading session and ended the day on $52.80. CRM return on equity ratio is recorded as -8.30% and its return on assets is -2.90%.  salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) yearly performance is 29.54%.

KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE:KKR) announced the appointment of Matthew Chang as Managing Director in China. Mr. Chang joins KKR Capstone from Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Shanghai, where he was Global Senior Partner leading the firm’s Asian Operations and Restructuring practices. Mr. Chang will leverage his extensive operational and management experience to lead KKR Capstone’s engagement with KKR’s portfolio companies in China. KKR & Co. L.P. (NYSE:KKR) shares moved down -2.87% in last trading session and was closed at $23.71 while trading in range of $23.55 – $24.65 – year to date (YTD) performance is -0.63%.

Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS) reported first quarter 2014 earnings per share of $1.21, up 30% from the year-ago period. Core earnings per share came in at $1.31, up 6% from the year-ago period but below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.33. Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS) weekly performance is -0.24%. On last trading day company shares ended up $84.47.  Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 2.42%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $85.01.

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