Hot Runners: DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX), Echo Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ECTE), John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS), Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ:CY), Hawthorn Bancshares (NASDAQ:HWBK)


On March 2, DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) announced financial results for the three months ended December 31, 2014. Total revenues were $4.3 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and for the three months ended December 31, 2013. Net loss was $5.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2014 as compared to a net loss of $5.1 million for the same period in 2013. On Monday shares of DURECT Corporation (NASDAQ:DRRX) closed at $1.70. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was -4.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 20.00%.

Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTE), announced that it hosted a webcast and conference call on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to introduce its new management team and to discuss its corporate strategy and short- and intermediate-term milestones. Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTE) in last trading activity decreased -7.17% to close at $2.59. Company weekly performance is 3.60% while its quarterly performance stands at 159.00%. Echo Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ECTE) is -29.62% away from its 52 week high.

On last trading day John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS) moved up 3.24% to close at $36.28. Its volatility for the week is 3.60% while volatility for the month is 3.25%. JBSS’s sales growth for past 5 years was 7.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 29.40%. John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS) monthly performance is -2.34%.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) sampled an ultra-small footprint, integrated USB Type-C cable controller solution with power delivery (PD). Optimized for 2.4-mm thin USB Type-C cable connectors, the programmable EZ-PD™ CCG2 controller is fully capable of supporting any USB Type-C Downstream Facing Port (DFP) or Upstream Facing Port (UFP) applications. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) has 5.60% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 84.60%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $15.51.

On March 06 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWBK) announced that its Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.05 per common share, payable April 1, 2015 to common shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2015. The current cash dividend rate is consistent with the prior quarter. On last trading day Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWBK) decreased -1.30% to close at $13.65. Its volatility for the week is 3.40% while volatility for the month is 1.88%. HWBK’s sales growth for past 5 years was -8.10% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 16.50%. Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWBK) monthly performance is -3.81%.


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