Morning Buzz : Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD)

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) announced that the Delaware Court of Chancery has determined to allow Mr. Rodgers access to certain books and records of Cypress pursuant to Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and has granted Cypress’ request to limit Mr. Rodgers’ use of that information to appropriate purposes.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) shares slumped -2.71% to $14.01 on Friday.

“In a second attempt to settle this matter, Cypress had already offered to provide all Board minutes and presentations that Mr. Rodgers had requested in his demand, subject to agreeing to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

Technical Stock Analysis

Shares outstanding are recorded as 320.45 M and total shares floated are 314.12 M. Current ratio which is the relationship between current assets and current liabilities, indicating the liquidity of a business is calculated as 1.30. Company’s distance from 20 day simple moving average is 2.07% and distance from 50-Day simple moving average is 3.13%.

Best time to invest in stock market is when things are on odd side, and it’s not easy how to pick stocks. By reviewing stock prices from the stock market history of the company and examining its analysts ratings can give an investment picture with updated information of stock which helps investors to make investing decision. Stock has got OUTPERFORM rating from 7 analysts of Thomson Reuters, 4 analysts given HOLD rating to the stock and 0 given UNDERPERFORM rating. Analyst’s mean target price for CY is $15.58 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.40.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:CY) yearly performance is 61.03% and net profit margin is -35.70%. Annual EPS Growth of past 5 years is -34.40%. The current share price indicates that stock is -6.48% away from its one year high and is moving 64.86% ahead of its 52-week low.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) announced the release of the latest variant of the Cat®G3512, targeted for flexible applications, where a single unit is used for both standby and load management operations. The G3512 is engineered to meet a full suite of critical market standards including NFPA 110 Level 1 Type 10 compatibility, a UL 2200 listing, as well as NSPS Non-Emergency emissions requirements. Rated for continuous power at 750 kW or 1000 kW at 60 Hz, the generator set is suitable for the non-emergency emissions market in North America.

On 28 April 2017, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) shares moved to $102.26 after starting the day at $102.83. Stock has got OUTPERFORM rating from 5 analysts of Thomson Reuters, 13 analysts given HOLD rating to the stock and 1 given UNDERPERFORM rating. Analyst’s mean target price for CAT is $93.52 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.70.

At the movement Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) is under coverage by number of analysts. Buy rating has been given by 1 analysts to the company stock whereas no analyst given UNDERPERFORM rating to stock and 2 analysts given HOLD rating. The consensus recommendation by Thomson Reuters analysts is Outperform and their mean rating for the stock is 2.25 on scale of 1-5. Analysts mean target price for Vodafone Group Plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:VOD) is $33.99 while their mean recommendation is 2.50 (1=Buy, 5=sell).

If we look at stock performance in last active day trading, we see that stock has moved slumped -1.06% to end the day at $26.19. The current share price indicate that stock is -20.36% away from its one year high and is moving 8.36% ahead of its 52-week low.