United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ:UTHR) has paid $2 million to Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPN) for the launch of Orenitram Extended Release Tablets to be used’ for the treatment of Pulmonary, arterial hypertension (PAH) in the U.S… PAH is a form of pulmonary hypertension that is normally caused’ by abnormal functioning of the pulmonary arteries. Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPN) weekly performance is 9.87%. On last trading day company shares ended up $10.69. Analysts mean target price for the company is $12.30. Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:SUPN) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 25.68%.
Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Rick T. Dillon as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Century. Prior to joining Century, Mr. Dillon served as Vice President of Finance – Surface Mining Group at Joy Global Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer of high-productivity mining solutions. Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) shares advanced 3.73% in last trading session and ended the day on $15.56. CENX gross Margin is 1.30% and its return on assets is -3.30%.Century Aluminum Co (NASDAQ:CENX) quarterly performance is 19.23%.
On Jun 13, 2014, independent exploration and production (E&P) company, Sanchez Energy Corp. (NYSE:SN) reported the pricing of 6.125% senior notes. The principal amount of the notes which was previously reported at $700.0 million was upsized to $850.0 million. Sanchez Energy offered the notes primarily to finance the pending acquisition of the Eagle Ford properties, named Catarina, from integrated oil major Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDS.A). The offering of the notes − about to mature by 2023 – is anticipated to close by Jun 27, 2014. Sanchez Energy Corp (NYSE:SN) shares moved down -0.03% in last trading session and was closed at $36.79, while trading in range of $36.20 – $37.00. Sanchez Energy Corp (NYSE:SN) year to date (YTD) performance is 50.10%.
BPZ Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BPZ) is a Texas based oil and gas exploration and production company that could be an interesting play for investors. That is because, not only does the stock have decent short-term momentum, but it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision front as well. In the past 30 days, 3 estimates have gone higher for BPZ Resources while no estimate moved lower in the same time period. The trend has been pretty favorable too, with loss estimates narrowing down from 4 cents 30 days ago, to 2 cents yesterday, a move of 50.0%. BPZ Resources Inc. (NYSE:BPZ) ended the last trading day at $3.33. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 5.52% and price to cash ratio as 8.49.BPZ Resources Inc. (NYSE:BPZ) showed a positive weekly performance of 9.54%.
Shares of Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) are up 4% in early trading after Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (KND) announced after-market that it has bumped up the cash component of its cash-and-stock takeover bid for Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (GTIV) to about $534 million. Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) net profit margin is -21.80% and weekly performance is 3.45%. On last trading day company shares ended up $14.71. Analysts mean target price for the company is $13.67. Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 38.81%.