Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) is scheduled to announce its results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 Thursday, February 20. Despite the large size of its business and uncertain global economic conditions, the leading Online Travel Agency (OTA) grew robustly in the first nine months of the year to register top line growth of 29% year over year. This remarkable growth came on the back of a rapidly expanding presence in the international markets and a stronger foothold in the domestic U.S. market. For the fourth quarter, the company has provided guidance for revenue growth in the range of 19% to 26%. Priceline.com Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) stock opened at $1,302.00 in last session, and closed at $1,273.36, while the day range of PCLN stock is $1,271.19-$1,309.00.The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 4.93%.
CA (NASDAQ:CA) was downgraded by equities researchers at Cowen and Company to an “underperform” rating in a research report issued on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings Net reports. Separately, analysts at Evercore Partners downgraded shares of CA to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA) stock opened at $32.40, in last session and closed at $32.45,by loosed -1.37%. The 52 week range was $23.98-36.22.Company’s market capitalization is $14.53 billion.
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) saw some interesting options activity on Friday. The site reported that investors bought nearly 16,000 put options on SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY) on Friday. That represents about a 100% increase in the average daily volume. Investors also reportedly bought nearly 12,000 put options on First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) on Friday, which is a 118% increase compared to the usual daily put option volume of 5,488. First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ:FSLR) stock loosed -1.57% and finished the last session at $55.97.The EPS of the stock remained 4.74.Company’s market capitalization is $5.57 billion.
Macy’s (NYSE:M) was upgraded by EVA Dimensions LLC from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Wednesday, ARN reports. Macy’s (NYSE:M) traded up 0.19% on Wednesday, hitting $53.25. 370,641 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) stock opened the session at $53.19, and closed the session at $53.34.The 52 week range of the M stock remained $38.52-$56.65 and the day range was $53.06-$53.67.