As Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) becomes more ingrained in people’s daily online routine, they share more often, add more friends, and like more pages (the half-serious Zuckerberg’s Law says that people tend to share twice as much this year as they did last year). But even if the amount of content they could potentially see in their news feed is growing exponentially, the number of stories that Facebook serves up stays the same. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock opened at $70.77 in last session, and closed at $72.03, while the day range of FB stock is $70.51-$72.15.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 6.85%.
Chiquita Brands International Inc (NYSE:CQB) was downgraded by Zacksfrom a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note issued on Thursday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. They currently have a $10.30 price objective on the stock. Zacks‘s price objective points to a potential downside of 4.98% from the stock’s previous close. Chiquita Brands International Inc (NYSE:CQB) stock opened at $12.48, in last session and closed at $12.00, by gained 10.70%.The 52 week range was $6.04-$13.68. Company’s market capitalization is $561.99 million.
Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) whose stock has been popping with double digits of late landed a continuation contract from the energy department. The deal is worth $2.8 million. This is quite a tiny amount if you understand what the industry of alternative energy is worth, yet as mentioned earlier, it is just a small start to bigger things in the future and that future is very near. Ballard Power Systems Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:BLDP) stock gained 30.30% and finished the last session at $6.88. The EPS of the stock remained -0.35. Company’s market capitalization is $752.35 million.
Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) finished off the last week with nearly 71% weekly gain as the fuel cell industry as a whole depicts an outstanding optimism from the investors. The rally in the industry kicked off with the remarks from Cowen and analysts that they see more Wal-Mart like orders to flow in the industry. Moreover, the consensus is growing day by day that the fuel cell companies will soon become money minting companies, unlike their historical track of posting losses, leading to spiked share prices in the recent past. Plug Power Inc (NASDAQ:PLUG) stock opened the session at $9.23, and closed the session at $10.31. The 52 week range of the PLUG stock remained $0.15-$11.41 and the day range was $8.57-$11.41.