Stock Traded With 52 Week Highs: Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA), Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM), Helmerich & Payne (NYSE:HP), NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE)

RBC Capital upgraded shares of Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) from an underperform rating to a sector perform rating in a research report released on Thursday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) shares after opening at $13.50 moved to $13.68 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $13.56. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 0.65 and price to cash ratio as 21.98. Alcoa Inc (NYSE:AA) showed a positive weekly performance of 6.77%.

Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.01, AR Network reports. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) shares advanced 2.83% in last trading session and ended the day on $20.72. TSM return on equity ratio is recorded as 15.80% and its return on assets is 10.70%. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) yearly performance is 18.74%.

Helmerich & Payne, Inc (NYSE:HP)‘s stock had its “equal weight” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at Barclays in a research note issued to investors on Friday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP) shares moved up 1.18% in last trading session and was closed at $110.84 while trading in range of $108.79 – $111.74 – Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (NYSE:HP) year to date (YTD) performance is 32.77%.

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) announced that it plans to report first-quarter 2014 financial results before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, April 30. The results will be posted on the company’s website at www.nexteraenergy.com/investors. NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) weekly performance is 0.86%. On last trading day company shares ended up $96.59. NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.84%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $95.37.