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best it stocks: Israel Chemicals Shs(ICL)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Claudia Maedler]
In Israel, the TA-25 Index (TA-25) gained 1.9 percent at the close in Tel Aviv as Israel Corp. jumped 9 percent, the most since July 2009, to 1,755 shekels. The shares soared along with those of its Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) unit, which advanced 6.4 percent on speculation that a possible change in ownership of Russian potash producer OAO Uralkali could help stabilize prices of the crop nutrient.
best it stocks: Celanese Corporation(CE)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Ben Levisohn]
Time To Favor Optionality: Most macro data are similar to, or better than, when the merger was announced. As a result, the same returns have been obtainable, with significantly less stress, simply through owning 3M (MMM) or a basket of chemical companies that approximate the Dow-DuPont portfolio. Relative to the chemical sector, performance has been average, leverage appears reasonable but near-term FCF less-than compelling partly due to new capacity ramping. With the merger likely to close in the near-term (90% chance, in our view), we believe Dow-DuPont will have an opportunity to show how scale creates optionality. The overhaul at Celanese (CE) over the past few years shows the way.
best it stocks: Opko Health Inc(OPK)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
As for individual stocks, Cabela’s (NYSE:CAB) and Opko Health (NASDAQ:OPK) stood out by posting greater price declines than the broader market.
Opko Health fails a trial
Opko Health shares slumped 19% after the biotech announced disappointing results for one of its most advanced clinical trials. The human growth hormone injection, coded as hGH-CTP, failed to produce a statistically significant improvement over a placebo pill in its phase 3 study.
- [By Cory Renauer]
Shares of multinational pharmaceutical and diagnostics companyOpko Health, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPK)are feeling the heat after reporting fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 earnings. Despite a major thumping late last year, the stock gave up another 10.5% as of 3:31 p.m. on Thursday.
- [By Paul Ausick]
Opko Health Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK) dropped about 11.7% Wednesday to post a new 52-week low of $6.65 after closing at $7.53 on Tuesday. The stock’s 52-week high is $12.15. Volume of more than 15 million was nearly 4 times the daily average of around 4 million shares traded. On Tuesday the company reported a first-quarter loss.
best it stocks: Plantronics Inc.(PLT)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
Shares of Plantronics Inc (NYSE: PLT) were down 25 percent to $33.36. Plantronics reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but the company’s revenue missed analysts’ expectations. The company announced a new 1 million share buyback plan and issued a weak earnings forecast for the fourth quarter.
best it stocks: Valhi Inc.(VHI)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Lisa Levin]
In trading on Thursday, basic materials shares slipped by 0.61 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included Valhi, Inc. (NYSE: VHI), down 13 percent, and LSB Industries, Inc. (NYSE: LXU), down 7 percent.
