Hot Watch List: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS), United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC), Green Dot (NYSE:GDOT), The Bank of South Carolina (NASDAQ:BKSC)


Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) in last trading activity decreased -0.22% to close at $31.24. Company weekly performance is 1.40% while its quarterly performance stands at -12.64%. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is -16.98% away from its 52 week high. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s plan to buy Altera Corp. appears to have stalled, at least for now. Talks between the Silicon Valley chip makers have broken off, people familiar with the matter said. Yet Altera’s shares traded higher for most of the trading session Thursday, as some investors apparently bet that a buyout may yet take place.
On Thursday shares of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NASDAQ:IMOS) closed at $24.41. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 2.60% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 10.00%. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (Bermuda) LTD (NASDAQ:IMOS) reported that revenue for the month of March 2015 was NT$1.775 billion or US$56.8 million, an increase of 2.0% from the same period in 2014.

United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC) in last trading activity decreased -0.81% to close at $2.45. Company weekly performance is 2.94% while its quarterly performance stands at 8.41%. United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC) is -5.04% away from its 52 week high. United Microelectronics Corp. (NYSE:UMC) reported net sales for the month of March 2015 of 12.71 billion in New Taiwan Dollars (NT$), compared to NT$11.29 billion, prior year.

Green Dot Corporation (NYSE:GDOT) has 2.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 69.30%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $16.49. Green Dot (NASDAQ:GDOT) had its target price cut by Compass Point from $25.00 to $22.00 in a report issued on Thursday. They currently have a buy rating on the stock.

On last trading day The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (NASDAQ:BKSC) increased 1.73% to close at $15.25. Its volatility for the week is 0.15% while volatility for the month is 0.76%. BKSC’s sales growth for past 5 years was 2.80% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 17.40%. The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (NASDAQ:BKSC) monthly performance is 3.53%. The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (NASDAQ:BKSC)’s first-quarter earnings were up 26% from the same quarter in 2014, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Charleston-based bank’s earnings totaled $1.2 million, or 27 cents per share, for the quarter that ended March 31. That’s up from the $955,798, or 21 cents per share, the bank earned in the first quarter of 2014, the news release said.


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