Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is engaged in discussions to acquire a Japanese company engaged in the design, development, manufacture, sales, and marketing of LCD drivers and controllers for small and mid-size LCD panels. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares after opening at $537.76 moved to $541.87 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $541.65. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 2.78 and price to cash ratio as 11.87. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) showed a negative weekly performance of -0.61%.
Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) had its target price increased by Barclays from $107.00 to $112.00. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) shares advanced 0.44% in last trading session and ended the day on $99.81. CAT return on equity ratio is recorded as 20.30% and its return on assets is 4.40%. Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) yearly performance is 20.79%.
Twitter’s (NYSE:TWTR) IPO has pretty much become a symbol for the frothiness in the market. Shares of the social platform hit the market at what many already considered an over-inflated price before skyrocketing even higher. Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) shares moved up 0.66% in last trading session and was closed at $46.98 while trading in range of $46.18 – $47.59 – Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) year to date (YTD) performance is -26.19%.
Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) shares dropped 8.3% to $32.25 on heavy volume after the parent company for the University of Phoenix reported adjusted fiscal second-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share on revenue of $679.1 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected 19 cents a share on revenue of $689.4 million. Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) weekly performance is 4.92%. On last trading day company shares ended up $35.16. Apollo Education Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 6.32%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $31.90.