52 Stocks Moving In Wednesday's Mid-Day Session

Gainers

  • Cohen & Company Inc. COHN shares jumped 102.5% to $35.54 after the company reported a strong rise in Q4 earnings and sales.
  • Veritiv Corporation VRTV gained 58.7% to $40.00 after the company reported an increase in Q4 earnings and announced a $50 million buyback plan.
  • KemPharm, Inc. KMPH gained 47.1% to $13.88 after the company announced that FDA has approved the new drug application for Azstarys, formerly referred to as KP415, a once-daily product for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in patients age six years and older. It contains serdexmethylphenidate, KemPharm's prodrug of d-methylphenidate.
  • Ovid Therapeutics Inc. OVID shares rose 40.5% to $4.16. Takeda Pharmaceutical Co has agreed to secure global rights from Ovid for soticlestat (TAK-935/OV935) for the treatment of developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, including Dravet syndrome (DS) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS).
  • 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. BCOW gained 36.6% to $13.86 after the company announced plans to sell additional stock and concert to a fully public company.
  • Super League Gaming, Inc. SLGG surged 33% to $5.33 after jumping over 20% on Tuesday.
  • Ocugen, Inc. OCGN shares climbed 27.5% to $12.24 after Bharat Biotech, the company's COVID-19 vaccine development partner in India, announced Phase 3 results of coronavirus vaccine dubbed as Covaxin (BBV152).
  • Asensus Surgical, Inc. TRXC gained 27.5% to $5.00 as the company reported the FDA clearance for senhance surgical system.
  • MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited YGMZ surged 23.3% to $10.48 after the company announced it entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei Logistics.
  • The Michaels Companies, Inc. MIK gained 22.9% to $22.15 as the company agreed to be acquired by Apollo Global Management for $3.3 billion.
  • Horizon Acquisition Corporation II HZON rose 17.8% to $11.92. Sportradar is reportedly in discussions to go public through a deal with Horizon Acquisition Corp. II.
  • Allied Esports Entertainment Inc. AESE gained 19.5% to $2.8799.
  • Canaan Inc. CAN rose 16.8% to $24.92 amid rise in Bitcoin prices.
  • SOS Limited SOS rose 16.5% to $7.92. SOS recently issued a press release responding to "misleading 'short and distort' allegations."
  • The9 Limited NCTY rose 16.1% to $51.48 following an increase in Bitcoin prices.
  • Fluent, Inc. FLNT gained 16.1% to $7.97.
  • Micro Focus International plc MFGP rose 14.5% to $6.94 after the company announced plans to collaborate with Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing division.
  • SM Energy Company SM gained 13.1% to $15.64.
  • Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. SINO rose 12.8% to $6.09. Sino-Global Shipping, on Monday, said it will now accept Bitcoin as a form of payment.
  • Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. MRVI shares rose 12.7% to $39.50 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued strong FY21 guidance.
  • Cuentas Inc. CUEN shares jumped 12.6% to $3.58.
  • voxeljet AG VJET gained 12.5% to $18.28.
  • Heat Biologics, Inc. HTBX rose 12.5% to $8.85 after Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and a $22 price target.
  • Dycom Industries, Inc. DY surged 11.8% to $86.68 after the company reported Q4 results and disclosed a $150 million buyback plan.
  • Nam Tai Property Inc. NTP gained 10.7% to $10.49. Nam Tai Property issued an update on litigation filed by IsZo Capital.
  • Lyft, Inc. LYFT rose 10.3% to $62.91 after the company reported average daily rideshare rides in February were up 4% month over month.
  • Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. MARA rose 9.6% to $38.23 amid higher Bitcoin prices.
  • Riot Blockchain, Inc. RIOT rose 8.5% to $53.28 following an increase in Bitcoin prices.
  • Ambarella, Inc. AMBA rose 7.6% to $122.34 after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued strong Q1 sales guidance.
  • AirNet Technology Inc. ANTE rose 7.1% to $4.07 after dropping 10% on Tuesday.
  • IRIDEX Corporation IRIX rose 6.3% to $7.32 after the company announced a strategic collaboration with Topcon Corporation. The transaction provides $19.5 million cash to Iridex.


Check out these big penny stock gainers and losers

Losers

  • Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR shares dipped 32.5% to $39.00. Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline have provided an update on the VIR-7831 (GSK4182136) arm of NIH-sponsored ACTIV Program Phase 3 trial in hospitalized adults with COVID-19.
  • Rocket Companies, Inc. RKT fell 19.7% to $33.42 after RBC Capital downgraded the stock from Outperform to Sector Perform and announced a price target of $30 per share.
  • MICT, Inc. MICT fell 18.6% to $2.4092 after the company priced its 19.29 million share common stock and warrants offering.
  • Great Elm Group, Inc. GEG fell 16.3% to $3.28 after surging over 13% on Tuesday. Great Elm Group, reported that Focus Respiratory, LLC, a subsidiary of Great Elm Healthcare, LLC, acquired Advanced Medical DME, LLC and PM Sleep Lab, LLC.
  • Impac Mortgage Holdings, Inc. IMH shares dropped 14.7% to $2.95.
  • NanoViricides, Inc. NNVC fell 13.7% to $5.74. Nanoviricides shares jumped over 57% on Tuesday after the company reported on the "strong pan-coronavirus effectiveness" of its two COVID-19 clinical drug candidates for which the Company is preparing a pre-IND application.
  • Smart Sand, Inc. SND dropped 13.3% to $3.1684 after reporting Q4 results.
  • GSX Techedu Inc. GSX shares fell 13.3% to $85.13.
  • Sterling Construction Company, Inc. STRL shares declined 12.6% to $20.26 following downbeat quarterly earnings.
  • fuboTV Inc. FUBO fell 12.4% to $36.69 after the company reported full-year fiscal earnings and updated investors on its plans to launch sports betting.
  • Sensus Healthcare, Inc. SRTS dipped 12.2% to $4.33. Sensus Healthcare, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 EPS and sales results.
  • Metromile, Inc. MILE dropped 11.6% to $12.68.
  • PubMatic, Inc. PUBM fell 11.6% to $59.89.
  • Stratasys Ltd. SSYS fell 11.4% to $28.59 after the company reported a $200 million common stock offering.
  • ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. ZI shares dropped 10.3% to $50.33. ZoomInfo, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued strong Q1 sales guidance.
  • Etsy, Inc. ETSY fell 9.6% to $215.41. Etsy, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued Q1 sales guidance above estimates.
  • PLx Pharma Inc. PLXP fell 8.7% to $8.33 after the company reported a proposed public offering of common stock.
  • Communications Systems, Inc. JCS fell 8.6% to $6.61. Communications Systems jumped over 35% on Tuesday after the company reported an agreement to merge with Pineapple Energy, LLC.
  • B&G Foods, Inc. BGS fell 7.9% to $28.01 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 results.
  • Fiverr International Ltd. FVRR fell 7.1% to $259.63 after the company announced it launched a follow-on offering of $700 million of ordinary shares.
  • Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARNA fell 6.5% to $71.86 after the company reported topline results from its Phase 2b CAPTIVE trial showed it did not meet its primary endpoint.
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