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Trader's Watch List: Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), AK Steel Holding (NYSE:AKS), Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAT), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL)

Trader's Watch List: Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT), AK Steel Holding (NYSE:AKS), Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAT), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL)
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Charles Donlon
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November 4, 2014
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Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) on Wednesday warned its long-gestating deal to buy Tokyo Electron Ltd. may close later than initially expected as talks with regulators continue. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 11.40% and weekly performance is 5.56%. On last trading day company shares ended up $22.21. Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.21%.AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) will report its third-quarter earnings Tuesday before the market open. Thomson Reuters has consensus estimates of $0.09 in earnings per share and $1.49 billion in revenue. The third quarter from the previous year had $-0.23 in earnings per share and $1.33 billion in revenue. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) shares moved down -1.85% in last trading session and ended the day at $7.43. AKS Gross Margin is 7.00% and its return on assets is -2.70%. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE:AKS) quarterly performance is -19.68%.Arctic Cat (NASDAQ:ACAT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The company reported $1.44 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.18 by $0.26. The company had revenue of $262.50 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $253.30 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.70 earnings per share. Arctic Cat’s revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that Arctic Cat will post $2.07 EPS for the current fiscal year. On 03 November, Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAT) shares moved down -0.24% and was closed at $33.58. ACAT EPS growth in last 5 year was 49.50%. Arctic Cat Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAT) year to date (YTD) performance is -40.55%.Eisai Inc. and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) announced top-line results from the phase 2 trial investigating lorcaserin HCl, a serotonin 2C receptor agonist, for smoking cessation. The trial demonstrated statistically significant improvement over placebo in reducing the number of patients who smoke after 12 weeks of treatment. The detailed results of the trial are expected to be presented at a future scientific meeting. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its weekly performance is 0.72%. On last trading day company shares ended up $4.22. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 3.93%.Although Westell Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) ended its 2Q2015 with higher net loss on both the GAAP and non-GAAP basis, the company faced smaller capital requirement in the quarter. As such, its cash position improved from sequentially. Westell Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) said it had $8.3 million in cash and short-term investments as of the end of September this year. That was better than $46.8 million as of the end of June this year. Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) shares moved up 5.97% in last trading session and ended the day at $1.42. WSTL Gross Margin is 39.90% and its return on assets is 3.50%. Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTL) quarterly performance is -17.44%.

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