20 Biggest Mid-Day Gainers For Thursday

  • Sky Solar Holdings Ltd (ADR) SKYS shares surged 64.5 percent to $2.95 after reporting better-than-expected results for its third quarter.
  • OraSure Technologies, Inc. OSUR shares jumped 28 percent to $11.34 after the company posted strong Q4 results. Raymond James upgraded OraSure Technologies from Market Perform to Outperform.
  • Aqua Metals Inc AQMS shares surged 26 percent to $14.38. Johnson Controls International plc JCI and Aqua Metals announced a break-through battery recycling technology partnership.
  • Biocept Inc BIOC rose 21.3 percent to $2.05 as the company’s CEO sent a letter to shareholders announcing plans to initiate pilot program for hospital-based pathologists to interpret results of the company’s liquid biopsy tests locally.
  • Insight Enterprises, Inc. NSIT surged 18 percent to $44.01. Insight Enterprises posted Q4 adjusted earnings of $0.72 per share on revenue of $1.47 billion.
  • Marchex, Inc. MCHX gained 16.6 percent to $2.96 after the company disclosed a partnership with Facebook Inc FB.
  • Zendesk Inc ZEN gained 15.7 percent to $28.39 after the company reported a narrower-than-expected quarterly loss.
  • Cray Inc. CRAY shares rose 15 percent to $20.60 on upbeat quarterly results.
  • Flotek Industries Inc FTK gained 15 percent to $12.14. Flotek Industries reported a Q4 loss of $13.9 million on revenue of $70.6 million.
  • Paycom Software Inc PAYC rose 13.2 percent to $51.22 after the company posted upbeat quarterly results.
  • United Insurance Holdings Corp UIHC climbed 13.2 percent to $15.15. Raymond James upgrades United Insurance from Outperform to Strong Buy.
  • Proto Labs Inc PRLB shares jumped 12.9 percent to $58.25 after the company posted upbeat quarterly earnings.
  • TreeHouse Foods Inc. THS shares rose 11.9 percent to $84.63 on better-than-expected quarterly results.
  • EnteroMedics Inc ETRM gained 11.8 percent to $7.96 after the company reported the publication of 3-year data from vBloc diabetic patient study in the Journal of Diabetes and Obesity.
  • Proto Labs Inc PRLB climbed 11.2 percent to $57.40 on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings.
  • FleetCor Technologies, Inc. FLT shares surged 9.8 percent to $166.09 after the company reported better-than-expected quarterly results
  • Imperva Inc IMPV rose 8.1 percent to $46.35 after the company posted upbeat Q4 results and issued a strong outlook.
  • PCM Inc PCMI shares climbed 8 percent to $26.61 following strong Q4 results.
  • Louisiana-Pacific Corporation LPX climbed 8 percent to $22.67. Louisiana-Pacific posted upbeat quarterly earnings. DA Davidson upgraded Louisiana-Pacific from Neutral to Buy.
  • Stone Energy Corporation SGY shares gained 6.6 percent to $6.81. Stone Energy reported auction results for the sale of Appalachia properties.
  • Tesla Inc TSLA shares rose 2.5 percent to $268.52 following reports that the electric automaker is set to begin production of the much anticipated Model 3 vehicle.
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