Horizon Pharma (NASDAQ:HZNP) rose 6.5% during trading on Monday after Cowen and Company raised their price target on the stock from $15.00 to $17.00, Analyst Ratings Network reports. The company traded as high as $14.13 and last traded at $14.00, with a volume of 3,558,018 shares. Horizon Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:HZNP) shares after opening at $13.99 moved to $14.75 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $14.68. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 17.44 and price to cash ratio as 16.17. Horizon Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:HZNP) showed a positive weekly performance of 10.13%.
U.S. Silica Holdings (NASDAQ:SLCA) General Counsel Christine C. Marshall sold 12,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 18th. U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) shares advanced 2.72% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.95. SLCA return on equity ratio is recorded as 26.90% and its return on assets is 9.70%. U.S. Silica Holdings Inc (NYSE:SLCA) yearly performance is 65.32%.
PetroQuest Energy (NYSE:PQ) COO William Todd Zehnder sold 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $5.50, for a total value of $82,500.00. Petroquest Energy Inc (NYSE:PQ) shares moved up 4.32% in last trading session and was closed at $5.80 while trading in range of $5.56 – $5.85 – Petroquest Energy Inc (NYSE:PQ) year to date (YTD) performance is 34.26%.
Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE:BAS) announced today that its management will be presenting at the Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 23 –27, 2014.Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE:BAS) weekly performance is 10.33%. On last trading day company shares ended up $25.32. Basic Energy Services, Inc (NYSE:BAS) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 30.44%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $23.06.