Gainers
- Cohen & Company Inc. COHN shares climbed 133.6% to close at $41.00 on Wednesday after the company reported a strong rise in Q4 earnings and sales.
- KemPharm, Inc. KMPH climbed 42.8% to close at $13.47 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.
- Veritiv Corporation VRTV jumped 41% to close at $35.53 after the company reported an increase in Q4 earnings and announced a $50 million buyback plan.
- 1895 Bancorp of Wisconsin, Inc. BCOW rose 37.4% to close at $13.95 after the company announced plans to sell additional stock and concert to a fully public company.
- Ovid Therapeutics Inc. OVID shares jumped 36.5% to close at $4.04. 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).
- Super League Gaming, Inc. SLGG gained 29.9% to close at $5.21 after jumping over 20% on Tuesday.
- MingZhu Logistics Holdings Limited YGMZ jumped 25.2% to close at $10.64 after the company announced it entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Huawei Logistics.
- The Michaels Companies, Inc. MIK gained 22.2% to close at $22.02 as the company agreed to be acquired by Apollo Global Management for $3.3 billion.
- Nam Tai Property Inc. NTP jumped 21.4% to close at $11.50. Nam Tai Property issued an update on litigation filed by IsZo Capital.
- Birks Group Inc. BGI surged 20.2% to close at $2.86.
- SOS Limited SOS gained 20.2% to close at $8.17. SOS recently issued a press release responding to "misleading 'short and distort' allegations."
- Callon Petroleum Company CPE surged 18.2% to close at $31.05.
- Asensus Surgical, Inc. TRXC jumped 15.8% to close at $4.54 as the company reported the FDA clearance for senhance surgical system.
- Centennial Resource Development, Inc. CDEV gained 15.4% to close at $4.64 ahead of today’s OPEC+ meeting regarding supply cuts.
- Micro Focus International plc MFGP rose 14.2% to close at $6.92 after the company announced plans to collaborate with Amazon.com Inc's cloud computing division.
- MagnaChip Semiconductor Corporation MX gained 14.1% to close at $21.48.
- Lee Enterprises, Incorporated LEE gained 13.3% to close at $2.81.
- Abraxas Petroleum Corporation AXAS shares surged 13.3% to close at $4.27.
- SM Energy Company SM gained 13% to close at $15.61.
- Dycom Industries, Inc. DY surged 12.4% to close at $87.15 after the company reported Q4 results and disclosed a $150 million buyback plan.
- Alcoa Corporation AA gained 12.1% to close at $30.83 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock from Sell to Buy and raised its price target from $19 to $32 per share.
- Horizon Acquisition Corporation II HZON gained 12% to close at $11.33. Sportradar is reportedly in discussions to go public through a deal with Horizon Acquisition Corp. II.
- Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. HOV rose 11.8% to close at $88.01. Hovnanian Enterprises, on Tuesday, reported Q1 2021 earnings results.
- Sino-Global Shipping America, Ltd. SINO gained 9.8% to close at $5.93. Sino-Global Shipping, on Monday, said it will now accept Bitcoin as a form of payment.
- Cuentas Inc. CUEN shares jumped 9.1% to close at $3.47.
- Heat Biologics, Inc. HTBX climbed 9% to close at $8.58 after Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on the stock with an Overweight rating and a $22 price target.
- Ocugen, Inc. OCGN shares gained 9% to close at $10.46 after Bharat Biotech, the company's COVID-19 vaccine development partner in India, announced Phase 3 results of coronavirus vaccine dubbed as Covaxin (BBV152).
- Lyft, Inc. LYFT rose 8.2% to close at $61.76 after the company reported average daily rideshare rides in February were up 4% month over month.
- The9 Limited NCTY rose 7.1% to close at $47.48 following an increase in Bitcoin prices.
- AirNet Technology Inc. ANTE rose 6.8% to close at $4.06 after dropping 10% on Tuesday.
- Canaan Inc. CAN rose 6.5% to close at $22.73 amid rise in Bitcoin prices.
- Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. MARA rose 5% to close at $36.62 amid higher Bitcoin prices.
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Losers
- Rocket Companies, Inc. RKT dropped 32.7% to close at $28.01 on Wednesday after RBC Capital downgraded the stock from Outperform to Sector Perform and announced a price target of $30 per share.
- Vir Biotechnology, Inc. VIR shares tumbled 27.6% to close at $41.78 on Wednesday. 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.
- MICT, Inc. MICT fell 22% to close at $2.31 after the company priced its 19.29 million share common stock and warrants offering.
- Intrusion Inc. INTZ dropped 21.1% to close at $18.57. Intrusion, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 sales.
- Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd TIRX dipped 20.8% to close at $75.01.
- fuboTV Inc. FUBO fell 18.5% to close at $34.14 after the company reported full-year fiscal earnings and updated investors on its plans to launch sports betting.
- Smart Sand, Inc. SND dropped 18.3% to close at $2.99 after reporting Q4 results.
- Sana Biotechnology, Inc. SANA tumbled 18% to close at $24.48. Sana Biotechnology, last month, priced its IPO at $25 per share.
- 22nd Century Group, Inc. XXII fell 17.9% to close at $2.47. 22nd Century Group reported exclusive deal with CannaMetrix to accelerate commercialization of new hemp/cannabis plant lines, intellectual property.
- Boqii Holding Limited BQ dipped 17.5% to close at $5.96 following Q3 results.
- Highway Holdings Limited HIHO fell 17.4% to close at $3.71.
- Roth CH Acquisition I Co. ROCH dipped 17.2% to close at $21.52. Roth CH Acquisition III Co. announced pricing of $100 million Initial Public Offering.
- Stratasys Ltd. SSYS fell 17% to close at $26.80 after the company reported a $200 million common stock offering.
- Great Elm Group, Inc. GEG fell 16.8% to close at $3.26 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 16.2% to close at $2.90.
- Metromile, Inc. MILE dropped 16.2% to close at $12.03.
- HyreCar Inc. HYRE fell 16% to close at $9.50.
- Sterling Construction Company, Inc. STRL shares declined 15.6% to close at $19.57 following downbeat quarterly earnings.
- DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. DRTT dipped 15.4% to close at $2.52. A 10%+ stakeholder of DIRTT Environmental recently acquired 223,620 shares at an average price of $2.45 per share.
- Lucira Health, Inc. LHDX fell 15.4% to close at $15.45.
- CooTek (Cayman) Inc. CTK dropped 15.1% to close at $3.20.
- NanoViricides, Inc. NNVC fell 15% to close at $5.65. 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.
- ZoomInfo Technologies Inc. ZI shares fell 14.8% to close at $47.79. ZoomInfo, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued strong Q1 sales guidance.
- PubMatic, Inc. PUBM declined 14.7% to close at $57.86.
- Sensus Healthcare, Inc. SRTS dipped 14.6% to close at $4.21. Sensus Healthcare, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 EPS and sales results.
- Fiverr International Ltd. FVRR fell 13% to close at $242.99 after the company announced it launched a follow-on offering of $700 million of ordinary shares.
- Etsy, Inc. ETSY fell 12.5% to close at $208.61. Etsy, last week, reported better-than-expected Q4 results and issued Q1 sales guidance above estimates.
- GSX Techedu Inc. GSX shares fell 11.6% to close at $87.01.
- Communications Systems, Inc. JCS fell 11.5% to close at $6.41. Communications Systems jumped over 35% on Tuesday after the company reported an agreement to merge with Pineapple Energy, LLC.
- PLx Pharma Inc. PLXP fell 11.1% to close at $8.13 after the company reported a proposed public offering of common stock.
- voxeljet AG VJET fell 9.7% to close at $14.69.
- B&G Foods, Inc. BGS fell 7.2% to close at $28.21 after the company reported worse-than-expected Q4 results.
- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ARNA fell 4.6% to close at $73.26 after the company reported topline results from its Phase 2b CAPTIVE trial showed it did not meet its primary endpoint.
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