Mid-Day Market Movers focus on above average volume, price action, breakout chart trends and news - posted throughout the day live at the top of InvestorsGuru.com and on our Hot Sheet. Below recaps last week's movers, all prices when posted, week high price Wk-H:, with a brief company description and recent news headlines. Submit any ticker symbol to our Detailed Quote Portal (top-left of all pages) for quotes, java charts, research and news, or to comment/share.
NYSE MKT AMEX
(AMEX: NNVC) NanoViricides Inc. (pre 3.5:1 R-Split: $0.84 $1.01 $1.32 $1.45) $6.82 $3.72 $2.89 Wk-H: $3.15
- developing nanomedicine anti-viral drugs, Has Shipped anti-Ebola Drug Candidates For Testing to a BSL-4 Hi-Security Biocontainment Lab
(AMEX: GSS)(TSX: GSC) Golden Star Resources Ltd. $0.50 $0.606 $0.44 $0.53 $0.68 $0.80 $0.34 Wk-H: $0.365
- Bogoso/Prestea and Wassa/HBB open-pit gold mines in Ghana, achieves 2014 Production Guidance, Provides 2015 Guidance
(AMEX: MEA) Metalico Inc. $1.74 $0.55 Wk-H: $0.71
- recycles scrap metal and fabricates lead-based products, Dec. 10 names new director; Dec. 2 Sells Lead Division for $31.3 million cash
(AMEX: ASM)(TSX: ASM) Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. $1.87 Wk-H: $1.97
- focused on the historic Avino Property near Durango Mexico, Provides 2014 Year End Summary and Outlook
NASDAQ
(NASDAQ: CNET) ChinaNet Online Holdings Inc. $1.09 $3.34 $1.85 Wk-H: $2.27
- provides B2B Internet advertising via its portal websites, Subsidiary Selected for Hubei Province's Top "500 Projects" Program
(NASDAQ: NERV) Minerva Neurosciences Inc. $5.03 Wk-H: $5.30
- Positive Phase 1 Data With MIN-202, Selective Orexin-2 Antagonist for Treatment of Sleep Disorders Incl. Primary and Comorbid Insomnia
(NASDAQ: CRIS) Curis Inc. $1.69 Wk-H: $1.72
- biotech focused on novel cancer drugs, to collaborate with Aurigene on Small Molecule Antagonists for Immuno/Precision Oncology Targets
TSX (quote T. and ticker symbol)
(TSX: LAC) Lithium Americas Corp. $0.30 Wk-H: $0.32
- developing one of the world's largest & lowest Cost Lithium oper.'s, 1st Prod. Ready for Export from Cauchari Salar in Jujuy Prov. Argentina
TSX Venture (quote V. and ticker symbol)
(TSXV: PHM) Patient Home Monitoring Corp. (10 posts since $0.175 in 2013) $1.00 Wk-H: $1.05
- acquisition-oriented, fast-growing and profitable home monitoring company, staffing/BOD changes; 2015 plan; $2.25M acquisition LOI
(TSXV: VGD) Visible Gold Mines Inc. $0.145 $0.20 Wk-H: $0.21
- focused on gold deposits in Quebec, identifies over 40 high-priority diamond drill targets along its 167 Project in the James Bay region
(TSXV: BLT) Brilliant Resources Inc. $0.155 Wk-H: $0.20
- focused on metals and O&G in West-Central Africa and Canada, Announces Agreement with the Government of Equatorial Guinea
(TSXV: BAJ) Baja Mining Corp. $0.05 Wk-H: $0.055
- owns 10% of the Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese project in Baja California Sur Mexico, First Copper Production and Additional Funding
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Saturday, January 24, 2015
Monday, January 19, 2015
Winter Rally In Gold & Metals Stocks; Energy Fuels & Uranerz Energy's U3O8 Merger - Small-Cap Stock Observer
Usual Winter Rally Set For Metals Stocks
Pick any metal and you will find its price down big time from its 2011 high: silver -64%, copper -42% and so on. Holding gold bullion or ETF's like the (NYSE: GLD) SPDR Gold Trust remain losers since gold peaked at $1,920 an ounce on September 6, 2011. Gold at today's $1,280 an ounce is -33%, which might not seem that bad considering its steady rise from $260 over a decade ago.
Mining stocks have done much worse. Major gold producers (NYSE: GG)(TSX: G) Goldcorp, (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) Barrick Gold and (NYSE: NEM) Newmont Mining are down between -52% to -77%, with most small-cap gold stocks either broke or barely alive and trading for pennies.
While the current metals cyclical downturn has been extremely bad, this should serve as a reminder that in order to survive and prosper from the wild swings of the resource sector, these stocks are meant to be traded. I can't name a single mining stock that would be ahead using a "buy and hold" investment strategy from 2011. Note that oil and gas investments started cycling down last fall.
However over each of the last three winters you could have made money in metals stocks if you had just taken a shorter-term view. For decades mining stocks have enjoyed significant tradable rallies from January to March or April, which repeated even as the metals markets turned lower after 2011.
Some say this seasonal bullish effect comes from year-end tax-loss selling which rebounds in January as investors buy back in or put their year-end bonuses to work into beaten down mining shares. Many mining companies have to wait for the winter freeze-up to drill resources found under lakes, and several large mining conferences also result in lots of news and investor buzz over the winter.
Last March I updated the 35 Bottom-Fish small- to mid-cap gold stocks listed in my October 2013 newsletter, showing an average gain of +41% to that point. Here's three interlisted and producing gold miners with a market capitalization of around $200M to $300M that I still follow. After the company name is the approximate 2011 high price per share, current price and percentage change, followed by the opening trade price on January 2, 2014, mid-March's high price and last winter's rally gain if sold.
(NYSE: MUX)(TSX: MUX) McEwen Mining $9.50 now $1.25 -87%, 2014 rally $1.99 to $3.74 +88%.
(AMEX: TGD)(TSX: TMM) Timmins Gold $3.00 now $1.11 -63%, 2014 rally $1.12 to $1.72 +54%.
(AMEX: LSG)(TSX: LSG) Lake Shore Gold $4.50 now $0.82 -82%, 2014 rally $0.47 to $0.91 +94%.
Whenever the gold sector finally turns higher these stocks may run for years, but if not traded and held from January 2014 until now then almost all of your seasonal gains were lost.
I see every reason for another winter rally this year in precious, base and rare earth metals mining stocks. The 2014 tax-loss selling season was especially harsh and now due for a bounce. Lower oil prices may help this year as energy is a major cost of mining. Many gold miners have cut costs and high-graded production to perform at even sub-$1,200 gold, but the most important catalyst for gold mining shares is for gold to rally and signal that the over 3-year gold bear-market has ended.
One of the signs of a beaten down market sector starting to turn is when you see lots of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). I had expected the stronger gold miners to be tripping over each other by now to take advantage of weaker cash-strapped players with great projects. We did see some of this last year with (NYSE: AEM)(TSX: AEM) Agnico Eagle Mines and (NYSE: AUY)(TSX: YRI) Yamana Gold's C$3.9B buyout of (TSX: OSK) Osisko Mining, followed by Agnico's C$205M buyout of (TSXV: CYD) Cayden Resources. The next wave of mining buyouts may signal gold's all-clear ahead.
While gold prices have been relatively stronger in some currencies, a toppy U.S. dollar needs to drop in recognition of stagnant growth due to overwhelming debt that leads to fear of deeper recessions or hyperinflation—freeing gold's next upturn. Until then, winter metals trading rallies still work for us.
Energy Fuels Buying Uranerz Energy—One Less Of Only A Handful Of Uranium Producers
I count only six publicly-traded uranium-focused producers worldwide. I'm not counting base metals producers with some uranium, like (NYSE: BHP) BHP Billiton or (NYSE: RIO) Rio Tinto, or miners like Uranium One that are now private or government owned. As more discover uranium's value there are only six pure-play producers to invest in, compared to hundreds of publicly traded gold stocks.
Uranium appears further along than gold in its recovery, perhaps because U3O8's sell-off occurred earlier in 2011—after the March Fukushima nuclear accident which resulted in Japan and Germany shutting down all of their nuclear power reactors. In any event gold continues to sputter around $1,200-$1,300 while U3O8 spot prices ran last fall from $28 to as high as $44, now $36.50 per pound.
After an almost 4-year bear-market, Japan is again changing market sentiment—this time positively—regarding nuclear power and uranium investments. Japan's approval last fall to restart two reactors at Sendai was the catalyst that popped U3O8 spot prices +57%. Last month Japan approved two more reactor restarts at Takahama, with 15 more reactors in the NRA's restart approval queue.
We have already seen waves of uranium M&A from majors (NYSE: CCJ)(TSX: CCO) Cameco and Rio Tinto's C$654M bidding war in 2011 over Hathor Exploration, to (AMEX: DNN)(TSX: DML) Denison Mines completing several smaller tuck-in acquisitions of JNR Resources, Rockgate Capital, to Fission Energy. Fission's western Athabasca Basin assets were then spun into (TSXV: FCU) Fission Uranium which then merged with its 50% Patterson Lake South (PLS) partner Alpha Minerals. Last week Fission reported PLS' initial resource of 79.6M lbs. Indicated and 25.9M lbs. Inferred, with near-surface high-grade uranium that many speculate may get M&A'd again.
(AMEX: URZ)(TSX: URZ) Uranerz Energy is my most closely followed uranium company. I have been writing about URZ since late 2010 as NI 43-101 resources were established, permits were approved, financings were completed, and throughout construction of its first In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mine, called Nichols Ranch—located in the prolific Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming.
Nichols Ranch commenced ISR operations in April of last year, with around 200K lbs. of U3O8 produced for H2-2014 as it ramps up within the mine's permitted 2M lbs. per year. Uranerz should have healthy margins as it employs low-cost ISR production with good grades, coupled with premium sales contracts signed with two major utilities when uranium prices were around $60 per pound.
Uranerz is a growth story positioned in the right place at the right time. Wyoming and the PRB produce more uranium than any other state or mining district in the United States, with URZ having explored only 6 of its 30 uranium projects covering ~73K acres in the central PRB. At current U3O8 prices URZ' premium sales contracts and the country's newest operating mine offer less risk than a pure exploration play, while the company can also leverage exploration and production as prices rise.
(AMEX: UUUU)(TSX: EFR) Energy Fuels has a producing mine, mines on standby, and properties in various stages in the western U.S. states. Energy Fuels is America's largest conventional producer and its White Mesa mill is the only conventional mill operating in the U.S., with lots of capacity to expand. Q3 financial results show $3.1M in net income and increased working capital to $45.4M.
Energy Fuels has grown via several uranium properties and companies transactions, some including vanadium production. Over the spring and summer of 2013 I posted about the company's significant acquisition of Strathmore Minerals—Energy Fuels produced ~20% of the U.S.' uranium last year.
Uranerz Energy and Energy Fuels comprise two of the only six publicly-traded uranium-focused producers worldwide. While I had expected some of these six companies might be acquired by a major uranium producer someday, hopefully at much higher U3O8 and stock prices, I didn't expect to see a merger between a conventional underground miner and an ISR producer. I'm looking into the synergies of this merger, from mining process to geographical cost savings, to write about later.
Quote UUUU or URZ at our site for the January 5th news release, "Energy Fuels and Uranerz to Create the Largest Integrated Uranium Producer Focused on the United States". Uranerz Energy shareholders receive 0.255 common shares of Energy Fuels in an all-stock deal that works out to a 37% and 46% premium for URZ shareholders—based on January 2 NYSE MKT closing share prices and 20-day volume-weighted average prices. URZ will own ~55% and UUUU will own ~45% of the merged company.
On January 8 the companies hosted a joint conference call to discuss the merger. The webcast of the call is still at http://www.gowebcasting.com/6196 and the transaction PDF presentation is at http://www.uranerz.com/i/pdf/URZ_EFR_Presentation_Jan_8_2015.pdf . During the Q&A several analysts asked a lot of good questions I had not even thought about. Here are some bullet points:
- The consolidation of the two companies should produce ~$2M in annual overhead savings.
- Q: Focus of the consolidation, ISR or conventional production? A: Energy Fuels is already a consolidation story per past deals. No leaning either way, focus is on a case by case basis. This allows the merged entity to have the management and skill expertise in either mining discipline, which creates an attractive platform for further accretive growth and consolidation within the U.S. uranium sector.
- Q: Change of control impact questions: flexibility or restrictions on sales contracts out to 2020? A: One contract has to be negotiated, should not be a big deal.
- Q: Analyst thinks the deal will be done and asks about the valuation with Uranerz shareholders receiving 55% of the merged entity? A: Typical 36.6% change of control premium is on the low end, a fairness opinion was provided, URZ has good assets, ISR knowledge with key people—this all comes at a price.
- Q: Nichols Ranch toll processing agreement with Cameco? A: No change of control issues.
- Q: How many candidates were looked at before choosing Uranerz Energy? A: Many on the radar, lots of discussions, Uranerz was the best fit.
- Q: Synergies not seen right now? A: Several Energy Fuels and Uranerz properties were mentioned as to proximity, permitting and expansion plans; more financing options with higher market value.
- Q: Transaction timing? A: Subject to regulating restrictions and NRC approvals, U.S./Cdn. stock exchanges with cross border issues, F4 registration, proxy materials, shareholder meetings by both companies to approve the deal—probably May, June closing. No foreseen regulatory issues.
- Q: Board changes? A: Energy Fuels to expand by 3 to 12 directors, to represent URZ shareholders.
- Q: Will this deal lead to expanding the Nichols Ranch plant? A: Best use of funds to be determined.
News of this merger came as U.S. major markets were selling-off, and as all six of the aforementioned publicly-traded uranium-focused producers were near their 52-week lows. Closing prices prior to the Januray 5 merger news until yesterday show: CCJ -12%, DNN -9%, URG -2%, UEC -32%, UUUU -25% and URZ -6%. All of these stocks had big runs last winter but are still on standby so far in 2015.
The U.S. is the world's largest consumer of uranium and needs all the domestic production it can get. Its 100 nuclear power reactors supply ~20% of the country's power, demanding ~50M lbs. of U3O8 per year while only producing less than 5M lbs. per year. Energy Fuels' CEO and Uranerz Energy's Chairman closing remarks express their excitement in forming a much bigger U.S. focused uranium company. Both companies have meetings this week to explain the deal to utilities, regulators, analysts and institutional investors.
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Pick any metal and you will find its price down big time from its 2011 high: silver -64%, copper -42% and so on. Holding gold bullion or ETF's like the (NYSE: GLD) SPDR Gold Trust remain losers since gold peaked at $1,920 an ounce on September 6, 2011. Gold at today's $1,280 an ounce is -33%, which might not seem that bad considering its steady rise from $260 over a decade ago.
Mining stocks have done much worse. Major gold producers (NYSE: GG)(TSX: G) Goldcorp, (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) Barrick Gold and (NYSE: NEM) Newmont Mining are down between -52% to -77%, with most small-cap gold stocks either broke or barely alive and trading for pennies.
While the current metals cyclical downturn has been extremely bad, this should serve as a reminder that in order to survive and prosper from the wild swings of the resource sector, these stocks are meant to be traded. I can't name a single mining stock that would be ahead using a "buy and hold" investment strategy from 2011. Note that oil and gas investments started cycling down last fall.
However over each of the last three winters you could have made money in metals stocks if you had just taken a shorter-term view. For decades mining stocks have enjoyed significant tradable rallies from January to March or April, which repeated even as the metals markets turned lower after 2011.
Some say this seasonal bullish effect comes from year-end tax-loss selling which rebounds in January as investors buy back in or put their year-end bonuses to work into beaten down mining shares. Many mining companies have to wait for the winter freeze-up to drill resources found under lakes, and several large mining conferences also result in lots of news and investor buzz over the winter.
Last March I updated the 35 Bottom-Fish small- to mid-cap gold stocks listed in my October 2013 newsletter, showing an average gain of +41% to that point. Here's three interlisted and producing gold miners with a market capitalization of around $200M to $300M that I still follow. After the company name is the approximate 2011 high price per share, current price and percentage change, followed by the opening trade price on January 2, 2014, mid-March's high price and last winter's rally gain if sold.
(NYSE: MUX)(TSX: MUX) McEwen Mining $9.50 now $1.25 -87%, 2014 rally $1.99 to $3.74 +88%.
(AMEX: TGD)(TSX: TMM) Timmins Gold $3.00 now $1.11 -63%, 2014 rally $1.12 to $1.72 +54%.
(AMEX: LSG)(TSX: LSG) Lake Shore Gold $4.50 now $0.82 -82%, 2014 rally $0.47 to $0.91 +94%.
Whenever the gold sector finally turns higher these stocks may run for years, but if not traded and held from January 2014 until now then almost all of your seasonal gains were lost.
I see every reason for another winter rally this year in precious, base and rare earth metals mining stocks. The 2014 tax-loss selling season was especially harsh and now due for a bounce. Lower oil prices may help this year as energy is a major cost of mining. Many gold miners have cut costs and high-graded production to perform at even sub-$1,200 gold, but the most important catalyst for gold mining shares is for gold to rally and signal that the over 3-year gold bear-market has ended.
One of the signs of a beaten down market sector starting to turn is when you see lots of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). I had expected the stronger gold miners to be tripping over each other by now to take advantage of weaker cash-strapped players with great projects. We did see some of this last year with (NYSE: AEM)(TSX: AEM) Agnico Eagle Mines and (NYSE: AUY)(TSX: YRI) Yamana Gold's C$3.9B buyout of (TSX: OSK) Osisko Mining, followed by Agnico's C$205M buyout of (TSXV: CYD) Cayden Resources. The next wave of mining buyouts may signal gold's all-clear ahead.
While gold prices have been relatively stronger in some currencies, a toppy U.S. dollar needs to drop in recognition of stagnant growth due to overwhelming debt that leads to fear of deeper recessions or hyperinflation—freeing gold's next upturn. Until then, winter metals trading rallies still work for us.
Energy Fuels Buying Uranerz Energy—One Less Of Only A Handful Of Uranium Producers
I count only six publicly-traded uranium-focused producers worldwide. I'm not counting base metals producers with some uranium, like (NYSE: BHP) BHP Billiton or (NYSE: RIO) Rio Tinto, or miners like Uranium One that are now private or government owned. As more discover uranium's value there are only six pure-play producers to invest in, compared to hundreds of publicly traded gold stocks.
Uranium appears further along than gold in its recovery, perhaps because U3O8's sell-off occurred earlier in 2011—after the March Fukushima nuclear accident which resulted in Japan and Germany shutting down all of their nuclear power reactors. In any event gold continues to sputter around $1,200-$1,300 while U3O8 spot prices ran last fall from $28 to as high as $44, now $36.50 per pound.
After an almost 4-year bear-market, Japan is again changing market sentiment—this time positively—regarding nuclear power and uranium investments. Japan's approval last fall to restart two reactors at Sendai was the catalyst that popped U3O8 spot prices +57%. Last month Japan approved two more reactor restarts at Takahama, with 15 more reactors in the NRA's restart approval queue.
We have already seen waves of uranium M&A from majors (NYSE: CCJ)(TSX: CCO) Cameco and Rio Tinto's C$654M bidding war in 2011 over Hathor Exploration, to (AMEX: DNN)(TSX: DML) Denison Mines completing several smaller tuck-in acquisitions of JNR Resources, Rockgate Capital, to Fission Energy. Fission's western Athabasca Basin assets were then spun into (TSXV: FCU) Fission Uranium which then merged with its 50% Patterson Lake South (PLS) partner Alpha Minerals. Last week Fission reported PLS' initial resource of 79.6M lbs. Indicated and 25.9M lbs. Inferred, with near-surface high-grade uranium that many speculate may get M&A'd again.
(AMEX: URZ)(TSX: URZ) Uranerz Energy is my most closely followed uranium company. I have been writing about URZ since late 2010 as NI 43-101 resources were established, permits were approved, financings were completed, and throughout construction of its first In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mine, called Nichols Ranch—located in the prolific Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming.
Nichols Ranch commenced ISR operations in April of last year, with around 200K lbs. of U3O8 produced for H2-2014 as it ramps up within the mine's permitted 2M lbs. per year. Uranerz should have healthy margins as it employs low-cost ISR production with good grades, coupled with premium sales contracts signed with two major utilities when uranium prices were around $60 per pound.
Uranerz is a growth story positioned in the right place at the right time. Wyoming and the PRB produce more uranium than any other state or mining district in the United States, with URZ having explored only 6 of its 30 uranium projects covering ~73K acres in the central PRB. At current U3O8 prices URZ' premium sales contracts and the country's newest operating mine offer less risk than a pure exploration play, while the company can also leverage exploration and production as prices rise.
(AMEX: UUUU)(TSX: EFR) Energy Fuels has a producing mine, mines on standby, and properties in various stages in the western U.S. states. Energy Fuels is America's largest conventional producer and its White Mesa mill is the only conventional mill operating in the U.S., with lots of capacity to expand. Q3 financial results show $3.1M in net income and increased working capital to $45.4M.
Energy Fuels has grown via several uranium properties and companies transactions, some including vanadium production. Over the spring and summer of 2013 I posted about the company's significant acquisition of Strathmore Minerals—Energy Fuels produced ~20% of the U.S.' uranium last year.
Uranerz Energy and Energy Fuels comprise two of the only six publicly-traded uranium-focused producers worldwide. While I had expected some of these six companies might be acquired by a major uranium producer someday, hopefully at much higher U3O8 and stock prices, I didn't expect to see a merger between a conventional underground miner and an ISR producer. I'm looking into the synergies of this merger, from mining process to geographical cost savings, to write about later.
Quote UUUU or URZ at our site for the January 5th news release, "Energy Fuels and Uranerz to Create the Largest Integrated Uranium Producer Focused on the United States". Uranerz Energy shareholders receive 0.255 common shares of Energy Fuels in an all-stock deal that works out to a 37% and 46% premium for URZ shareholders—based on January 2 NYSE MKT closing share prices and 20-day volume-weighted average prices. URZ will own ~55% and UUUU will own ~45% of the merged company.
On January 8 the companies hosted a joint conference call to discuss the merger. The webcast of the call is still at http://www.gowebcasting.com/6196 and the transaction PDF presentation is at http://www.uranerz.com/i/pdf/URZ_EFR_Presentation_Jan_8_2015.pdf . During the Q&A several analysts asked a lot of good questions I had not even thought about. Here are some bullet points:
- The consolidation of the two companies should produce ~$2M in annual overhead savings.
- Q: Focus of the consolidation, ISR or conventional production? A: Energy Fuels is already a consolidation story per past deals. No leaning either way, focus is on a case by case basis. This allows the merged entity to have the management and skill expertise in either mining discipline, which creates an attractive platform for further accretive growth and consolidation within the U.S. uranium sector.
- Q: Change of control impact questions: flexibility or restrictions on sales contracts out to 2020? A: One contract has to be negotiated, should not be a big deal.
- Q: Analyst thinks the deal will be done and asks about the valuation with Uranerz shareholders receiving 55% of the merged entity? A: Typical 36.6% change of control premium is on the low end, a fairness opinion was provided, URZ has good assets, ISR knowledge with key people—this all comes at a price.
- Q: Nichols Ranch toll processing agreement with Cameco? A: No change of control issues.
- Q: How many candidates were looked at before choosing Uranerz Energy? A: Many on the radar, lots of discussions, Uranerz was the best fit.
- Q: Synergies not seen right now? A: Several Energy Fuels and Uranerz properties were mentioned as to proximity, permitting and expansion plans; more financing options with higher market value.
- Q: Transaction timing? A: Subject to regulating restrictions and NRC approvals, U.S./Cdn. stock exchanges with cross border issues, F4 registration, proxy materials, shareholder meetings by both companies to approve the deal—probably May, June closing. No foreseen regulatory issues.
- Q: Board changes? A: Energy Fuels to expand by 3 to 12 directors, to represent URZ shareholders.
- Q: Will this deal lead to expanding the Nichols Ranch plant? A: Best use of funds to be determined.
News of this merger came as U.S. major markets were selling-off, and as all six of the aforementioned publicly-traded uranium-focused producers were near their 52-week lows. Closing prices prior to the Januray 5 merger news until yesterday show: CCJ -12%, DNN -9%, URG -2%, UEC -32%, UUUU -25% and URZ -6%. All of these stocks had big runs last winter but are still on standby so far in 2015.
The U.S. is the world's largest consumer of uranium and needs all the domestic production it can get. Its 100 nuclear power reactors supply ~20% of the country's power, demanding ~50M lbs. of U3O8 per year while only producing less than 5M lbs. per year. Energy Fuels' CEO and Uranerz Energy's Chairman closing remarks express their excitement in forming a much bigger U.S. focused uranium company. Both companies have meetings this week to explain the deal to utilities, regulators, analysts and institutional investors.
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
InvestorsGuru.com 7 Filtered Mid-Day Market Movers Recap
Mid-Day Market Movers focus on above average volume, price action, breakout chart trends and news - posted throughout the day live at the top of InvestorsGuru.com and on our Hot Sheet. Below recaps last week's movers, all prices when posted, week high price Wk-H:, with a brief company description and recent news headlines. Submit any ticker symbol to our Detailed Quote Portal (top-left of all pages) for quotes, java charts, research and news, or to comment/share.
NYSE
(NYSE: CYNI) Cyan Inc. $3.15 Wk-H: $3.36
- a leading provider of SDN, NFV, and packet-optical solutions for network operators, Ups Q4 Revenue Range and Schedules Feb. 18 Conf. Call
NASDAQ
(NASDAQ: GALT) Galectin Therapeutics Inc. $3.97 $4.98 $6.78 $10.85 $12.36 $14.26 $3.83 Wk-H: $4.50
- Final Phase 1 Trial Results show GR-MD-02 is Safe With Potential for Therapeutic Effect on Fibrosis in NASH Patients With Advanced Fibrosis
(NASDAQ: ARNA) Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. $3.20 $6.60 $9.75 $5.54 Wk-H: $6.28
- Reports Positive Results from Phase 1b Clinical Trial Evaluating APD334 for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
(NASDAQ: NLST) Netlist Inc. $1.07 $1.54 $1.23 $1.08 Wk-H: $1.17
- high performance and hybrid memory solutions for cloud computing and storage markets, Defeats SanDisk IPR Petitions in ULLtraDIMM Case
(NASDAQ: COSI) Cosi Inc. $2.04 Wk-H: $2.35
- fast casual restaurant chain built on generations-old secret crackly crust flatbread recipe, 2014 Comparable Sales: Q4 +3.9%, P12 +6.6%
TSX (quote T. and ticker symbol)
(TSX: VLE) Valeura Energy Inc. $0.33 $0.43 Wk-H: $0.55
- explores, develops and produces O&G in Turkey, successful Gurgen-2 appraisal well, 18% growth in Qtr. over Qtr. net sales, 2015 guidance
TSX Venture (quote V. and ticker symbol)
(TSXV: INP) Input Capital Corp. $2.17 $2.42 Wk-H: $2.47
- agri-commodity streaming co. focused on western Canadian canola, Q3 Feb. 5; Record Capital Deployment & Q3 Canola Sales, Op.'s Update
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NYSE
(NYSE: CYNI) Cyan Inc. $3.15 Wk-H: $3.36
- a leading provider of SDN, NFV, and packet-optical solutions for network operators, Ups Q4 Revenue Range and Schedules Feb. 18 Conf. Call
NASDAQ
(NASDAQ: GALT) Galectin Therapeutics Inc. $3.97 $4.98 $6.78 $10.85 $12.36 $14.26 $3.83 Wk-H: $4.50
- Final Phase 1 Trial Results show GR-MD-02 is Safe With Potential for Therapeutic Effect on Fibrosis in NASH Patients With Advanced Fibrosis
(NASDAQ: ARNA) Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. $3.20 $6.60 $9.75 $5.54 Wk-H: $6.28
- Reports Positive Results from Phase 1b Clinical Trial Evaluating APD334 for the Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases
(NASDAQ: NLST) Netlist Inc. $1.07 $1.54 $1.23 $1.08 Wk-H: $1.17
- high performance and hybrid memory solutions for cloud computing and storage markets, Defeats SanDisk IPR Petitions in ULLtraDIMM Case
(NASDAQ: COSI) Cosi Inc. $2.04 Wk-H: $2.35
- fast casual restaurant chain built on generations-old secret crackly crust flatbread recipe, 2014 Comparable Sales: Q4 +3.9%, P12 +6.6%
TSX (quote T. and ticker symbol)
(TSX: VLE) Valeura Energy Inc. $0.33 $0.43 Wk-H: $0.55
- explores, develops and produces O&G in Turkey, successful Gurgen-2 appraisal well, 18% growth in Qtr. over Qtr. net sales, 2015 guidance
TSX Venture (quote V. and ticker symbol)
(TSXV: INP) Input Capital Corp. $2.17 $2.42 Wk-H: $2.47
- agri-commodity streaming co. focused on western Canadian canola, Q3 Feb. 5; Record Capital Deployment & Q3 Canola Sales, Op.'s Update
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
InvestorsGuru.com 16 Filtered Mid-Day Market Movers Recap
Mid-Day Market Movers focus on above average volume, price action, breakout chart trends and news - posted throughout the day live at the top of InvestorsGuru.com and on our Hot Sheet. Below recaps last week's movers, all prices when posted, week high price Wk-H:, with a brief company description and recent news headlines. Submit any ticker symbol to our Detailed Quote Portal (top-left of all pages) for quotes, java charts, research and news, or to comment/share.
NYSE
(NYSE: FRO) Frontline Ltd. $2.87 $2.26 Wk-H: $2.34
- world's largest oil tanker shipping co., based in Hamilton Bermuda and controlled by John Fredriksen, Nov. 25 Q3 Results and Presentation
(NYSE: TNK) Teekay Tankers Ltd. $5.18 Wk-H: $5.39
- owns a fleet of 27 double-hull and other vessels for charters and the spot tanker market, Nov. 6 Reports Q3 2014 Results
NYSE MKT AMEX
(AMEX: ONVO) Organovo Holdings Inc. $5.97 $7.07 $10.02 $11.38 $9.58 $10.62 $6.44 Wk-H: $6.50
- makes 3D human tissues for medical research and therapeutics, On-Demand investor info Now Available; presented at NY Conf. Dec. 11
(AMEX: NAVB) Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. $1.65 $2.15 $1.44 Wk-H: $1.51
- new business unit Macrophage Therapeutics to Present Data for Potential Breakthrough with Manocept in Immunotherapy
(AMEX: JOB) General Employment Enterprises Inc. $0.28 Wk-H: $0.35
- provider of specialty staffing services, to Acquire Scribe Solutions, Former CEO of MPS Group to be Chairman and CEO
NASDAQ
(NASDAQ: ODP) Office Depot Inc. $2.26 $5.02 $5.59 $7.75 Wk-H: $7.98
- a leading provider of office products after its merger with OfficeMax, Nov. 4 Q3 Results and raises 2014 outlook for adj. operating income
(NASDAQ: FRGI) Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. $21.56 $33.80 $62.92 Wk-H: $63.55
- parent of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana fast-casual ethnic restaurants, Nov. 4 Q3 Rev. +10.4%, Net Inc. +81.6%, EPS +61.9%
(NASDAQ: SPLS) Staples Inc. $14.65 $16.50 Wk-H: $16.74
- office supply stores and online sales worldwide, rolls out Staples Exchange world-class supplier/customer platform; Q4 $0.12/sh. dividend
(NASDAQ: HGSH) China HGS Real Estate Inc. $7.00 $4.63 Wk-H: $4.77
- a leading regional real estate developer in Hanzhong City China, approximate Full Year FY-2014 Revenue +83% and Net Profit +56%
(NASDAQ: CALA) Calithera Biosciences Inc. $11.90 Wk-H: $31.49
- clinical stage biotech focused on cancer, Presents Preclinical Study Findings for CB-839 at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
(NASDAQ: CCXI) ChemoCentryx Inc. $6.15 Wk-H: $8.50
- clinical-stage biopharm focused on autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer, +Results Phase II Diabetic Nephropathy Trial
(NASDAQ: LEDS) SemiLEDS Corp. $0.60 Wk-H: $0.77
- makes LED chips/components: street lights, inds./home lighting, UV curing, horticulture, medical/cosmetic, anti counterfeit, Nov. 26 Q4-14
TSX (quote T. and ticker symbol)
(TSX: R) Romarco Minerals Inc. $0.85 $0.62 $0.52 Wk-H: $0.61
- developing its Haile Gold Mine in S. Carolina, C$32M $0.50 P.P.; reports SC agency declines request for review: mine permit decision is final
(TSX: VXS) ViXS Systems Inc. $1.44 Wk-H: $1.55
- media processing solutions, Q3 Rev. +20% Q/Q & +48% Y/Y, 51% Margin, Launches Ethernet-over-Coax Chips to Reduce IP Costs up to 50%
TSX Venture (quote V. and ticker symbol)
(TSXV: PHM) Patient Home Monitoring Corp. $0.175 $0.19 $0.31 $0.32 $0.345 $0.37 $0.445 $0.40 $0.49 $0.70 Wk-H: $0.70
- Updated Investor Presentation; Record Q4 Revenues, Profits; Increase in Organic Growth Rate to 25%+ Annually; Cole Cox new CFO
(TSXV: TLT) Theralase Technologies Inc. $0.55 Wk-H: $0.58
- makes patented super-pulsed medical lasers, University of Toledo Validates University Health Network In-Vitro Data
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NYSE
(NYSE: FRO) Frontline Ltd. $2.87 $2.26 Wk-H: $2.34
- world's largest oil tanker shipping co., based in Hamilton Bermuda and controlled by John Fredriksen, Nov. 25 Q3 Results and Presentation
(NYSE: TNK) Teekay Tankers Ltd. $5.18 Wk-H: $5.39
- owns a fleet of 27 double-hull and other vessels for charters and the spot tanker market, Nov. 6 Reports Q3 2014 Results
NYSE MKT AMEX
(AMEX: ONVO) Organovo Holdings Inc. $5.97 $7.07 $10.02 $11.38 $9.58 $10.62 $6.44 Wk-H: $6.50
- makes 3D human tissues for medical research and therapeutics, On-Demand investor info Now Available; presented at NY Conf. Dec. 11
(AMEX: NAVB) Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Inc. $1.65 $2.15 $1.44 Wk-H: $1.51
- new business unit Macrophage Therapeutics to Present Data for Potential Breakthrough with Manocept in Immunotherapy
(AMEX: JOB) General Employment Enterprises Inc. $0.28 Wk-H: $0.35
- provider of specialty staffing services, to Acquire Scribe Solutions, Former CEO of MPS Group to be Chairman and CEO
NASDAQ
(NASDAQ: ODP) Office Depot Inc. $2.26 $5.02 $5.59 $7.75 Wk-H: $7.98
- a leading provider of office products after its merger with OfficeMax, Nov. 4 Q3 Results and raises 2014 outlook for adj. operating income
(NASDAQ: FRGI) Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc. $21.56 $33.80 $62.92 Wk-H: $63.55
- parent of Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana fast-casual ethnic restaurants, Nov. 4 Q3 Rev. +10.4%, Net Inc. +81.6%, EPS +61.9%
(NASDAQ: SPLS) Staples Inc. $14.65 $16.50 Wk-H: $16.74
- office supply stores and online sales worldwide, rolls out Staples Exchange world-class supplier/customer platform; Q4 $0.12/sh. dividend
(NASDAQ: HGSH) China HGS Real Estate Inc. $7.00 $4.63 Wk-H: $4.77
- a leading regional real estate developer in Hanzhong City China, approximate Full Year FY-2014 Revenue +83% and Net Profit +56%
(NASDAQ: CALA) Calithera Biosciences Inc. $11.90 Wk-H: $31.49
- clinical stage biotech focused on cancer, Presents Preclinical Study Findings for CB-839 at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
(NASDAQ: CCXI) ChemoCentryx Inc. $6.15 Wk-H: $8.50
- clinical-stage biopharm focused on autoimmune diseases, inflammatory disorders and cancer, +Results Phase II Diabetic Nephropathy Trial
(NASDAQ: LEDS) SemiLEDS Corp. $0.60 Wk-H: $0.77
- makes LED chips/components: street lights, inds./home lighting, UV curing, horticulture, medical/cosmetic, anti counterfeit, Nov. 26 Q4-14
TSX (quote T. and ticker symbol)
(TSX: R) Romarco Minerals Inc. $0.85 $0.62 $0.52 Wk-H: $0.61
- developing its Haile Gold Mine in S. Carolina, C$32M $0.50 P.P.; reports SC agency declines request for review: mine permit decision is final
(TSX: VXS) ViXS Systems Inc. $1.44 Wk-H: $1.55
- media processing solutions, Q3 Rev. +20% Q/Q & +48% Y/Y, 51% Margin, Launches Ethernet-over-Coax Chips to Reduce IP Costs up to 50%
TSX Venture (quote V. and ticker symbol)
(TSXV: PHM) Patient Home Monitoring Corp. $0.175 $0.19 $0.31 $0.32 $0.345 $0.37 $0.445 $0.40 $0.49 $0.70 Wk-H: $0.70
- Updated Investor Presentation; Record Q4 Revenues, Profits; Increase in Organic Growth Rate to 25%+ Annually; Cole Cox new CFO
(TSXV: TLT) Theralase Technologies Inc. $0.55 Wk-H: $0.58
- makes patented super-pulsed medical lasers, University of Toledo Validates University Health Network In-Vitro Data
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