Semiconductors

Penford (NASDAQ: PENX) shares moved up 70.79% to $18.77. The volume of Penford shares traded was 1899% higher than normal. Ingredion (NYSE: INGR) announced its plans to buy Penford for about $340 million. Lakeland Industries (NASDAQ: LAKE) shares rose 11.64% to $23.92. The volume of Lakeland...

Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPG) shares slipped 24.47% to $184.72 in pre-market trading as AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) said it will reconsider its merger agreement due to proposed changes in tax regulations. American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) fell 4% to $30.25 in pre-market trading after rising 10.25% on...

Procera Networks (NASDAQ: PKT) shares dipped 27.72% to $6.18 after the company announced weak preliminary Q3 sales and issued a downbeat full-year forecast. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Procera Networks from Buy to Hold and removed the price target of $15. GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ...

Procera Networks (NASDAQ: PKT) shares declined 25.73% to $6.35 in pre-market trading after the company announced weak preliminary Q3 sales and issued a downbeat full-year forecast. Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus downgraded Procera Networks from Buy to Hold and removed the price target of $15. VOXX...

Brightcove (NASDAQ: BCOV) tumbled 38.95% to $6.27 after the company issued a weak outlook. RBC Capital downgraded Brightcove from Outperform to Sector Perform and lowered the price target from $13.00 to $9.00. Aware (NASDAQ: AWRE) shares fell 26.85% to $4.85. On Tuesday, Aware reported Q2 earnings...

Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) fell 15.57% to $27.81 in pre-market trading after the company reported downbeat quarterly results and issued a weak Q1 forecast. Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) shares declined 12.28% to $6.50 in pre-market trading after the company issued a downbeat Q3...

The Dow dropped 0.06% to 17,103.69, while the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.45% to 4,475.83. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index surged 0.22% to 1,987.95. The worst performing industries in the market today are: Semiconductor - Specialized: This industry tumbled 1.75% by 11:15 am. The...

Below are the top large-cap semiconductor-specialized stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of PEG ratio. Linear Technology (NASDAQ: LLTC) has a PEG ratio of 2.38. Linear Technology's trailing-twelve-month revenue is $1.35 billion. Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) has a PEG ratio of 2.81. Altera's...

Shire plc (NASDAQ: SHPG) shares touched a new 52-week high of $178.47 after the company announced plans to present Scientific Data at American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) shares reached a new 52-week high of $59.15 after the company announced...

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) shares touched a new 52-week high of $8.94 after the company reported upbeat Q1 results and issued a strong Q2 revenue outlook. Saia (NASDAQ: SAIA) shares jumped 7.04% to reach a new 52-week high of $41.21 after the company reported better-than-expected...

Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY) shares gained 38.56% to touch a new 52-week high of $9.81 after the company agreed to be acquired by Birch Communications in all-cash transaction valued at $323 million. LSI (NASDAQ: LSI) shares gained 0.36% to reach a new 52-week high of $11.13. LSI's PEG ratio is 0.87....