Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich is getting help from other corporations as they upgrade their office machinery. The world’s largest semiconductor maker yesterday raised its second-quarter revenue forecast and said annual sales will increase for the first time since 2011, buoyed by improving business demand for personal computers. The company’s shares rose as much as 6.5 percent in European trading. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) net profit margin is 18.00% and weekly performance is 1.08%. On last trading day company shares ended up $27.96. Analysts mean target price for the company is $26.92. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.21%.
Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR), a global technology leader for subsystems and components for fiber optic communications, announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full 2014 fiscal year ended April 27, 2014. GAAP gross margin decreased to 31.7% from 35.9% in the preceding quarter, primarily driven by the impact of the full three months of the annual price reductions for telecom products that typically take effect on January 1st as well as the impact of the u2t Photonics AG acquisition whose products carry a lower than corporate average gross margin. Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR) shares advanced 0.12% in last trading session and ended the day on $25.25. Gross Margin is 34.40% and its return on assets is 7.50%. Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ:FNSR) quarterly performance is 5.52%.
Private-equity firm Sycamore Partners said Thursday it wants to acquire clothing chain Express Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) adding in a 13D-SEC filing that it has already amassed a 9.9 percent stake in the company. Shares in Express spiked more than 22% in late-session trading following the news. In a letter to Express’s board, Sycamore said it would like to perform due diligence to determine a takeover price for the struggling retailer. The investment firm said it would submit an offer within 30 days of getting access to Express’s books. Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) shares moved down -2.59% in last trading session and was closed at $13.55, while trading in range of $13.52 – $13.83. Express, Inc. (NYSE:EXPR) year to date (YTD) performance is -27.42%.
TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD) on Thursday disclosed the revenue it receives for routing trade orders to certain venues for execution, and said it plans to disclose the order-routing revenue every quarter, beginning in July. The disclosure comes as regulators step up scrutiny of the relationship between trading venues and high-speed traders. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD) ended the last trading day at $30.06. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.52% and price to cash ratio as 17.77. TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. (NYSE:AMTD) showed a negative weekly performance of -1.44%.
Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) was falling -0.4% to $68.84 Wednesday on reports that Amazon.com is not taking pre-orders for any Warner Bros. movies and criticism over the studio’s strategy. Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) net profit margin is 16.30% and weekly performance is 0.60%. On last trading day company shares ended up $68.37. Analysts mean target price for the company is $75.84. Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 5.63%.