5 of Last Week's Biggest Winners
What's better than momentum? Mo' momentum.
Let's take a closer look at five of this past week's biggest scorchers.
Company | July 27 Price | Weekly Gain | My Watchlist |
|---|---|---|---|
Sarepta Therapeutics (NAS: SRPT) | $8.46 | 134% | |
InvenSense (NYS: INVN) | $12.93 | 32% | |
Nevsun Resources (NYS: NSU) | $3.74 | 29% | |
Lumber Liquidators (NYS: LL) | $44.09 | 29% | |
Riverbed Technology (NAS: RVBD) | $18.34 | 20% |
Source: Barron's.
Sarepta Therapeutics was last week's biggest winner, more than doubling on encouraging study results for its experimental muscular dystrophy drug.
Talk about perfect timing! On Monday I singled out InvenSense as one of five stocks under $10 worth buying. A blowout quarterly report two days later pushed the motion-based controller specialist into the double digits. Widening adoption of its Motion Interface offerings by smartphones and tablets finds InvenSense issuing guidance for stronger-than-expected sequential growth in the current quarter.
Gold and copper miner Nevsun Resources struck it rich after announcing increased base-metals reserves at its majority-owned Bisha Mine in Eritrea.
Lumber Liquidators made skeptics walk the plank, posting better-than-expected quarterly results. Net sales rose 20% as the hardwood flooring retailer's stores came through with a 12.4% spike in comps. Earnings more than doubled, blowing past Wall Street's estimates.
Finally, we had Riverbed Technology post encouraging financials. The WAN optimization specialist also posted an encouraging near-term outlook.
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