Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) a national security, health and engineering solutions company, was awarded as a prime by the U.S. Air Force to provide research, development, testing and evaluation for homeland defense and security technical area tasks to the Department of Defense (DoD) community of interest. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options and a total value of approximately $900 million if all options are exercised. Leidos is one of 12 contractors eligible to compete for task orders under the contract. Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) net profit margin is 4.10% and weekly performance is 3.23%. On last trading day company shares ended up $38.03. Analysts mean target price for the company is $37.00. Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 0.46%.
STMicroelectronics NV (ADR) (NYSE:STM) a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of automotive electronics, together with Changan Automobile, pioneer of China’s modern industry, announced a strategic partnership with the setup of the Changan – ST Automotive Electronic Joint Laboratory (the “Joint Lab”) at the premises of Changan Automotive Engineering, Global Research Institute. STMicroelectronics NV (ADR) (NYSE:STM) shares advanced 0.10% in last trading session and ended the day on $9.79. Gross Margin is 32.70% and its return on assets is -5.60%. STMicroelectronics NV (ADR) (NYSE:STM) quarterly performance is 11.63%.
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) will hold its Taiwan Technology Symposium 2014 on May 29, with the agenda of the annual event to focus on current production of 20nm processes and the roadmap for 16/14nm. Revenues generated from 20nm production are expected to account for 20% of TSMC’s total revenues by the end of 2014 with the ratio to further expand in 2015, according to TSMC.Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) shares moved down -0.14% in last trading session and was closed at $20.86, while trading in range of $ 20.81 – $21.02. Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:TSM) year to date (YTD) performance is 19.61%.
On May 20, ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq:ONNN), driving energy efficient innovations, has introduced a new family of six N-channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) that have been designed and optimized to deliver industry leading efficiency compared to existing devices on the market. ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN) ended the last trading day at $8.69. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.43% and price to cash ratio as 6.21. ON Semiconductor Corp (NASDAQ:ONNN) showed a positive weekly performance of 3.21%.
Toshiba Corp (USA) (OTCMKTS:TOSYY) has just revealed a slew of new devices including three new Windows-based laptops. The first of the three new laptops is called the Satellite Radius which essentially imitates Lenovo’s Yoga laptop’s 360-degree hinge than enables it to be used in five different modes – Laptop, Tablet, Tabletop, Presentation, and Audience mode. Toshiba Corp (USA) (OTCMKTS:TOSYY) On last trading day company shares ended up $23.89 .