Intermolecular, Inc. (NASDAQ:IMI) accelerating research and development for semiconductor and clean energy industries announced that SanDisk and Toshiba have jointly elected to take an exclusive license, in a limited field, to the company’s rights in the intellectual property developed under the collaborative development program (CDP) and Intermolecular Inc (NASDAQ:IMI)’s background intellectual property thereto. The related technologies have been developed for next-generation memory. Intermolecular Inc (NASDAQ:IMI) net profit margin is -13.10% and weekly performance is 28.51%. On last trading day company shares ended up $2.84. Analysts mean target price for the company is $7.00. Intermolecular Inc (NASDAQ:IMI) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 6.45%.
Shares in Small-Cap Star Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS) rose 4.35 percent on Tuesday following the revelation that the company’s director, Stephen R. Hardis, had purchased an additional 30,000 shares on May 19. The stock opened down and lost ground in the early going, but it jumped onto a rally by the broader markets in the late morning and rode that without getting caught up in the subsequent sell-off that hit stocks at around noon eastern. Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS) shares advanced 4.35% in last trading session and ended the day on $1.68. ACLS Gross Margin is 35.60% and its return on assets is -3.50%. Axcelis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ACLS) quarterly performance is -23.64%.
Photronics Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) reported second-quarter profits of $15.5 million, up 216 percent from $4.9 million the same period last year. Total sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 were $104.9 million, a sequential increase of 3 percent compared with $101.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Sales for the second quarter of 2013 were $106.7 million. Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) shares moved down -2.35% in last trading session and was closed at $8.71, while trading in range of $8.33 – $9.07. Photronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAB) year to date (YTD) performance is -3.54%.
Daqo New Energy Corp (NYSE:DQ) tripped -13.72% on 16 May 2014 after the company announced that the previously announced registered follow-on public offering of American depositary shares (“ADSs”) by the Company was priced at US$29.00 per ADS on May 14, 2014. The Company will issue and sell 2,000,000 ADSs. Each ADS represents 25 ordinary shares of the Company. In connection with this offering, the Company has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to 300,000 additional ADSs. Daqo New Energy Corp (NYSE:DQ) ended the last trading day at $21.86. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 11.99% and price to cash ratio as 18.07. Daqo New Energy Corp (NYSE:DQ) showed a negative weekly performance of -34.57%.