Tag: Priceline Group

  • Services Sector Early Gainers: Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Priceline Group (NASDAQ:PCLN), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), Liquidity Services (NASDAQ:LQDT)

    Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the subject of new report from Greenpeace that claims that the some firms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) base their electrical power purchases “solely on lowest electricity prices, without consideration to the impact their growing electricity footprints have on human health or the environment.” Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock opened today at $335.15 and is currently trading at $324.66. The stock showed a negative weekly performance of -1.43%.

    On April 1, 2014, Priceline.com, Inc. (Priceline.com) announced that it has changed its name to “The Priceline Group Inc.The Priceline Group), with immediate effect. Priceline.com, now The Priceline Group, consists of five primary brands including Booking.com, priceline.com, agoda.com, KAYAK, and rentalcars.com. The Company stated that the name change is intended to create a clear delineation between the global Priceline Group business, and The Priceline Group’s North American travel brand, priceline.com. “Priceline Group Inc (NASDAQ:PCLN) stock opened at $1,248.00, in current trading session and currently is at $1,211.55, by loosing -2.09%.The 52 week range of $677.72-$1,378.96. Company’s market capitalization is $63.15 billion.

    As evident from the increase in subscription based music industry, Pandora’s subscription base is set to increase. According to the company report Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P)’s listener hours saw an increase of 14% year-on-year basis in March this year, similarly in January and February also listener hours increased by 13% and 9% respectively. Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P) stock is currently trading at $29.82 .The EPS of the stock is -0.30. Company’s market capitalization is $5.90 billion.

    Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT) had withdrawn from bidding on April 2 as the bids had reached a level which the company forecasts to be economically unsustainable given the new contract terms. It believed that the contract could hamper the service level which it had been providing the agency client until now. Liquidity Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:LQDT) stock opened the session at $18.64, and now is at $18.78. The 52 week range of the LQDT stock remained $17.90-$40.90 and the day range was $18.28-$19.11.