5 Stocks Under Wall Street’s Radar: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), La Jolla Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ:LJPC), Xueda Education (NYSE:XUE), Alcoa (NYSE:AA), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ:ARMH)


On Thursday shares of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) closed at $15.42. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -8.20% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 8.50%. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) plans to add about four positions in its Australian equities operations this year as rivals exit the market, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The hires, following cuts several years ago, will include equity sales and trading as well as research staff, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (NASDAQ:LJPC) in last trading activity advanced 3.55% to close at $19.24. Company weekly performance is -16.67% while its quarterly performance stands at 16.96%. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (NASDAQ:LJPC) is -22.70% away from its 52 week high. La Jolla Pharmaceutical Co. (NASDAQ:LJPC) has initiated its ATHOS (Angiotensin II for the Treatment of High-Output Shock) 3 trial, a phase 3 clinical trial of LJPC-501 for the treatment of catecholamine-resistant hypotension (CRH).

On last trading day Xueda Education Group (NYSE:XUE) advanced 4.26% to close at $2.69. Its volatility for the week is 4.00% while volatility for the month is 4.25%. XUE’s sales growth for past 5 years was 34.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -14.90%. Xueda Education Group (NYSE:XUE) monthly performance is -1.82%. Xueda Education Group (NYSE:XUE) will begin trading ex-dividend on March 12, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.16 per share is scheduled to be paid on April 16, 2015. Shareholders who purchased XUE prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment.

On Thursday shares of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) closed at $12.88. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 5.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 11.29%. The U.S. Department of Energy might offer ALCOA Inc. (NYSE:AA) a $259 million loan, which could benefit an expansion of the company’s local operations. On Thursday, DOE announced a “conditional commitment” to issue the loan under the department’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program. The DOE is not actually issuing the loan yet, but the commitment is the first step toward doing so.

ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARMH) in last trading activity decreased -3.33% to close at $48.24. Company weekly performance is -8.79% while its quarterly performance stands at 4.10%. ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ:ARMH) is -11.71% away from its 52 week high. ARM Holdings plc (LON:ARM)‘s stock had its “marketperform” rating reaffirmed by research analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein in a report released on Wednesday.


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