What Is Being Watched: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Alcatel Lucent SA (NYSE:ALU), RingCentral (NYSE:RNG), Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW), Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE)

On 25 November, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shares moved up 0.26% and was closed at $34.45. INTC EPS growth in last 5 year was 24.60%. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) year to date (YTD) performance is -2.21%.

On 21 November, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) said it appointed Murthy Renduchintala as a company president and gave him control of two of its biggest business divisions.

Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) shares moved up 0.25% in last trading session and ended the day at $3.95. ALU Gross Margin is 34.70% and its has a return on assets of -0.70%. Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) quarterly performance is 17.56%.

On 19 November, Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE:ALU) joins the ON.Lab organization with an expected focus on virtualized multi-layer IP and optical solutions. The vendor joins ON.Lab’s founding members AT&T, NTT Communications, SK Telecom, China Unicom, Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Intel and NEC.

On 25 November, RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) shares increased 0.22% and was closed at $22.91. RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) year to date (YTD) performance is 53.55%.

RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE:RNG) was upgraded by Zacks from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note issued on Wednesday, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. The firm presently has a $22.00 target price on the stock. Zacks‘s price target indicates a potential upside of 18.92% from the company’s previous close.

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE:LOW) shares increased 0.28% in last trading session and ended the day at $77.61. LOW Gross Margin is 34.80% and its has a return on assets of 8.50%. Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE:LOW) quarterly performance is 12.81%.

On 18 November, Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE:LOW) reported net earnings of $736 million for the quarter ended October 30, 2015, a 25.8 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Diluted earnings per share increased 35.6 percent to $0.80 from $0.59 in the third quarter of 2014. For the nine months ended October 30, 2015, net earnings increased 12.8 percent from the same period a year ago to $2.5 billion, and diluted earnings per share increased 20.5 percent to $2.70.

Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) caters to the Basic Materials space. It has a net profit margin of -10.00% and weekly performance is -4.36%. On the last day of trading company shares ended up at $3.73. Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -15.97%.

Vale S.A. (NYSE:VALE) said that, it was cut from an index of companies with the best social and environmental performance in Brazil. The revised list of members runs from Jan. 4 until Dec. 29 next year.