Hot Watch List: Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD), Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB), Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ:GOLD), China Nepstar Chain Drugstore (NYSE:NPD), Novartis (NYSE:NVS)


On Monday shares of Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) closed at $33.22. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -1.30%. Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) announced that, following the new agreements with Visa and Carta Worldwide, bank card payments via Vodafone Wallet will be enabled in European markets from the second quarter of 2015 onwards. The company’s customers will be able to add bank cards to their Vodafone Wallet and use smartphones to pay for goods and services at contactless terminals.

Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) in last trading activity advanced 0.41% to close at $431.62. Company weekly performance is -6.92% while its quarterly performance stands at 26.06%. Biogen Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB) is -10.11% away from its 52 week high. Biogen (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for SB2, its biosimilar infliximab candidate using Remicade®1 as the reference product, has been validated for review by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The MAA was submitted by the company’s joint venture (JV) partner, Samsung Bioepis. This is the second MAA validated for review by the EMA as part of the joint venture. The first, SB4, a biosimilar etanercept candidate referencing Enbrel®2 , was validated for review earlier this year.

On last trading day Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ:GOLD) decreased -0.07% to close at $70.91. Its volatility for the week is 2.71% while volatility for the month is 2.73%. GOLD’s sales growth for past 5 years was 20.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 24.80%. Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ:GOLD) monthly performance is -9.68%. Randgold Resources Limited (NASDAQ:GOLD) intends to continue to pay a progressive ordinary dividend that will increase or at least be maintained annually, the company says in its annual report for 2014 published today. The board has proposed a 20% increase in the 2014 dividend to $0.60 per share for approval at its annual general meeting on 5 May 2015.

China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE:NPD) has institutional ownership stands at 1.10%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $1.68. China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. (NYSE: NPD) announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2014. Same store sales increased by 14.2% compared to the fourth quarter of 2013. Revenue increased by 13.4% to RMB850.1 million (US$137.0 million) compared to RMB749.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2013. Net income increased by 151.1% to RMB33.4 million (US$5.4 million) compared to net income of RMB13.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2013.

On last trading day Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) advanced 0.91% to close at $101.31. Its volatility for the week is 1.26% while volatility for the month is 1.16%. NVS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 3.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 3.20%. Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) monthly performance is 1.74%. Novartis (NYSE:NVS) announced it has entered into a major multiyear alliance with Aduro Biotech that is focused on the discovery and development of next generation cancer immunotherapies targeting the STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) pathway. Novartis will make an upfront payment of $200 million to Aduro and will make an initial equity investment in the company for $25 million, with a commitment for another $25 million equity investment.


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