Stocks News Alert: Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAM), Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ALJ), RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR), Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL)
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is pleased to announce the formation of consortia with leading global research institutions and non-government organizations to work in conjunction with Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies to accelerate the development of its Ebola vaccine regimen. The Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) plans to award these consortia grants totaling more than €100 million from the Ebola+ programme to support the development, manufacturing and patient education for the vaccine regimen. On Friday shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) closed at $104.04. Company’s sales growth for last 5 years was 2.30% and EPS growth for next 5 years is recorded as 6.17%.
Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAM) in last trading activity moved up 10.60% to close at $1.67. Company weekly performance is 12.84% while its quarterly performance stands at -26.75%. Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ:DRAM) is -69.24% away from its 52 week high.
Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of Alon USA Energy (NYSE:ALJ) from a sell rating to a neutral rating in a research note released on Monday morning, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $15.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $14.00. On last trading day Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) moved up 2.44% to close at $10.92. Its volatility for the week is 6.42% while volatility for the month is 5.78%. ALJ’s sales growth for past 5 years was 6.40% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -28.60%. Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE:ALJ) monthly performance is -7.93%.
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR) will conduct an investment community conference call on Wednesday, February 4, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2014, as well as the Company’s outlook. RenaissanceRe will release the results following the close of market on Tuesday, February 3, 2015.RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:RNR) has 2.20% insider ownership. In last trading activity company’s stock closed at $96.40.
Skullcandy (NASDAQ:SKUL) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,015,807 shares, a decline of 31.1% from the November 28th total of 1,474,000 shares, Analyst Ratings News reports. On last trading day Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL) decreased -0.60% to close at $10.00. Its volatility for the week is 4.37% while volatility for the month is 3.82%. SKUL’s sales growth for past 5 years was 21.20% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -17.30%. Skullcandy, Inc. (NASDAQ:SKUL) monthly performance is 19.90%.