The Financial Times reported Friday morning that Shire is considering making a bid for NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP). NPS Pharmaceuticals spiked to the upside around 10:15AM and continued to gain ground until around mid-morning, before profit taking set in. NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP) net profit margin is -7.10% and weekly performance is 18.86%. On last trading day company shares ended up $31.13. Analysts mean target price for the company is $39.73. NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:NPSP) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 15.12%.
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. (ENH) increased its offer to buy Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:AHL) by $2 a share as it seeks to overcome resistance to its earlier bid. Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) shares ended the day on $45.95. AHL return on assets is 3.00%.Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (NYSE:AHL) quarterly performance is 22.86%.
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) operates the Brae complex, and also has stakes in the East Brae and Braemar fields as well in the Foinaven project west of Shetland. The company is putting more resources into its shale gas projects in the US. However, Marathon said it had not received an acceptable offer for its UK interests, which went up for sale in December. Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) shares was closed at $36.66, while trading in range of $36.44 – $36.78. Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) year to date (YTD) performance is 5.01%.
Ruby Tuesday (NYSE:RT) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the ten analysts that are covering the stock, Stock Ratings Network reports. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $7.56. Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE:RT) ended the last trading day at $7.87. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.79% and price to cash ratio as 10.87.Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (NYSE:RT) showed a positive weekly performance of 0.64%.
Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIM) on 23 may announced that it had received total gross proceeds of $3,091,000 related to the exercise of the Company’s B Warrants and total gross proceeds of $1,146,000 related to the exercise of the Company’s A Warrants and it had incurred $80,000 of expenses to-date related to the exercise of all Warrants. Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIM) net profit margin is -2.90% and weekly performance is 3.93%. On last trading day company shares ended up $3.70. Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIM) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 14.66%.