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Trending Stocks: QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU), Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN), EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)

Trending Stocks: QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM), Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU), Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN), EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW), BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)
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Charles Donlon
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October 14, 2014
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Nomura restated their buy rating on shares of QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) in a report issued on Thursday. They currently have a $90.00 target price on the stock, up from their previous target price of $85.00. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) in last trading activity fell -0.72% to close at $70.71. Company weekly performance is -5.37% while its quarterly performance stands at -10.49%. QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is -13.26% away from its 52 week high.Based on Yu's coverage list, Canada's Teck Resources Ltd and the US' Peabody Energy Corp (NYSE:BTU) are the global coal companies with the largest exposure to the Chinese market, at 25 percent and 10 percent of last year's total sales, respectively. On last trading day Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) increased 1.88% to close at $10.30. Its volatility for the week is 6.29% while volatility for the month is 4.80%. BTU's sales growth for past 5 years was 1.30% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was -18.20%. Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) monthly performance is -28.67%.Dunkin Brands Group (NASDAQ:DNKN) CEO Nigel Travis unloaded 20,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $45.01, for a total transaction of $900,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 274,377 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,349,709. On last trading day Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN) fell -1.13% to close at $44.51. Its volatility for the week is 2.06% while volatility for the month is 2.02%. DNKN's sales growth for past 5 years was 5.50% and its EPS growth for past 5 years was 21.10%. Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DNKN) monthly performance is -5.72%.EZCORP Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW) will discontinue its online business in the U.S. and Britain. The company said such are parts of the efforts aimed at streamlining operations while gaining singular focus on the core operations. Such efforts are expected to lead to the creation of greater value for the shareholders. EZPW expects the streamlining efforts to lead to financial savings of about $9 million annually. It expects to reinvest the savings to boost its core operations. EZCORP, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZPW) has 4.10% insider ownership while its institutional ownership stands at 92.00%. In last trading activity company's stock closed at $8.72.BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) continues to suffer, enduring the biggest drop in smartphone market share of all vendors, from over 12% in 2013 to just under 2% this year. In the feature phone segment, Nokia is still top with 35% share, although this is down from 47% in Q2 2013. Techno, Samsung, and Qmobile (a brand from Pakistan) follow in that order, with shares of 11.5%, 10.7%, and 7.3% respectively, all of which also refect year-on-year share declines. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) in last trading activity decreased -0.66% to close at $9.06. Company weekly performance is -4.93% while its quarterly performance stands at -19.82%. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) is -22.23% away from its 52 week high.

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