On June 10, 2014, Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), appointed Roberto Loiola to lead its Italian unit, hiring the executive who worked at competitor Huawei Technologies Co. (002502) to help boost sales of network equipment to European phone companies. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), net profit margin is -9.60% and weekly performance is -4.05%. On last trading day company shares ended up $3.79. Analysts mean target price for the company is $4.90. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -3.00%.
On June 12, 2014, Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), saw investors trooping into its stock , resulting in an impressive 5 percent increase in its share price by end of days trading. The sustained investor confidence in the stock was triggered by a series of positive analyst coverage reports which have come out with respect to the chip maker over the past couple of days. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), advanced 1.02% in last trading session and ended the day on $31.17. MU, Gross Margin is 29.70% and its return on assets is 15.40%. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), quarterly performance is 30.09%.
On June 13, 2014, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), announced that it has been selected by independent energy company Tenaska Solar Ventures to design and build the 150 megawatt (MW)(AC) Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West project near El Centro, California. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), shares moved up 0.89% in last trading session and was closed at $64.47, while trading in range of $63.13 – 65.03. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR), year to date (YTD) performance is 17.99%.
Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE), is set to announce its Q114 earnings results on Tuesday, June 17th. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of ($0.24) per share and revenue of $464.04 million for the quarter. Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE), ended the last trading day at $3.30. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 4.61% and price to cash ratio as 3.39. Yingli Green Energy Hold. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:YGE), showed a negative weekly performance of 14.98%.
On June 05, 2014, LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LDKSY), has been running of fumes for most of the last year, as massive debt made the company post huge losses. The company has lost a huge amount of marketshare and its billion dollar poly plant remains shut, as it is not economically viable. Improvement in technology has made this plant obsolete and the company has not been generating profits. The company’s share were delisted from NYSE and the company sold equity stakes to Chinese state funds for a pittance, as it was desperate to raise cash to run operations. LDK Solar Co., Ltd (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LDKSY), n last trading day company shares ended up $0.550.