Morning Buzz: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Independence Contract Drilling (NYSE:ICD), Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD), NCI (NASDAQ:NCIT), Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET)


Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has 0.19% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 31.90%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $533.85. Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) will launch buy buttons on its search-result pages in coming weeks, a controversial step by the company toward becoming an online marketplace rivaling those run by Amazon.com and eBay Inc.

Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) in last trading activity fell -1.25% to close at $7.90. Company weekly performance is 0.51% while its quarterly performance stands at 30.58%. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) is -35.73% away from its 52 week high. Independence Contract Drilling, Inc. (NYSE:ICD) on 7 May, reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2015. Net income of $1.4 million, or $0.06 per share. Excluding non-operating items summarized below aggregating to income of $0.5 million, or $0.03 per share (net of tax), net income was $0.9 million or$0.03 per share.

On last trading day Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD) increased 0.78% to close at $3.89. Its volatility for the week is 2.40% while volatility for the month is 3.56%. DRAD’s sales growth for past 5 years was -4.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 34.10%. Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD) monthly performance is -16.42%. It was announced that Digirad Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAD) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 11, 2015. A cash dividend payment of $0.05 per share is scheduled to be paid on May 27, 2015.

NCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCIT) has 0.20% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 52.20%. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $11.59. NCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:NCIT) announced on 13 May, that it was awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at $51.9 million to support the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The contract has a one-year base and four one-year option periods.

On last trading day Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) fell -5.06% to close at $65.42. Its volatility for the week is 3.34% while volatility for the month is 2.87%. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) monthly performance is -0.38%. Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE:ANET), Santa Clara, Calif., cloud networking company, named Ita Brennan chief financial officer, effective on or before May 18, according to a regulatory filing.


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