For the iconic microprocessor manufacturer, the decline of PCs has been all too sudden and unanticipated. With its entire research prowess in chip design and manufacturing, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) failed to take note of the shift towards mobile devices. No major smartphone or tablet manufacturer such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) uses Intel microprocessors. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shares after opening at $25.41 moved to $25.81 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $25.62. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.42 and price to cash ratio as 6.34. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.79%.
Overall volume in NVIDIA Corporation’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) options pits accelerated to almost three times the average pace on Wednesday. Calls were the contracts of choice, outpacing puts by a nearly 3-to-1 margin. Although NVDA has met stern resistance at the $19 mark recently, a number of traders bet on a breakthrough of this technical ceiling over the next several weeks, or perhaps hedged their bearish bets against one. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) shares advanced 0.62% in last trading session and ended the day on $17.90. NVDA return on equity ratio is recorded as 16.50% and its return on assets is 11.80%. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) yearly performance is 46.12%.
ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH) stock had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by investment analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a note issued to investors on Thursday, American Banking News.com reports. ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH) shares moved up 0.66% in last trading session and was closed at $49.01, while trading in range of $48.27-$49.17. ARM Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:ARMH) year to date performance is -10.45%.
QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) weekly performance is 1.39%. On last trading day company shares ended up $79.28. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 5.29%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $81.78.