Stock prices are especially bullish these days for Oak Harbor, Wash.-based financial institution Washington Banking Co.
Stock prices are especially bullish these days for Oak Harbor, Wash.-based financial institution Washington Banking Co. (WBCO). The bank is now trading at $17.39 + 3.14 (22.04 percent) on 294,013 shares traded. Year-to-date, WBCO is trading 27.68 percent higher, while trading 30.36 percent better on a year-over-year basis.
Another financial institution, Home Federal Bancorp Inc. (HOME), is also doing quite well in the stock market, presently trading at $15.57 + 2.76 (21.55 percent) on 55,285 shares traded. The company is trading 25.26 percent better year-to-date, and 42.59 percent year-over-year, or over the past 12 months.
As for medical-related companies, Natus Medical Incorporated (BABY) is now at $18.10 + 2.99 (19.79 percent) on 302,244 shares traded, which makes the stock 62.13 percent better year-to-date and 58.88 percent up on a year-over-year basis. Natus Medical provides healthcare products that mainly cater to the treatment and screening of newborn babies and associated ailments.
Merit Medical Systems Inc. (MMSI), on the other hand, is now trading at $16.22 + 2.25 (16.11 percent) on 165,531 shares traded. The company is trading 16.69 percent up year-to-date and 11.25 percent up over the last 12 months. Merit Medical Systems is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of proprietary disposablemedical devices for the fields of cardiology, radiology and endoscopy.
Rada Electronics Industries Limited (RADA) is one of the better-performing companies in the field of electronics, as far as year-to-date and year-over-year improvements go. Rada Electronics is now at $2.16 + 0.26 (13.68 percent) on 11,799 shares traded, and is trading 105.69 percent up year-to-date and 33.80 percent up over the previous 12 months. The company deals in the manufacture, development and selling of electronic equipment for the defense industry.
Also, hardware and software product manufacturer Logitech International S.A. (LOGI) is now at $10.35 + 1.11 (12.01 percent) on 478,299 shares traded. Logitech stock is 37.27 percent better than it was at the start of the year, and 19.86 percent better than it was one year ago to this date.
Moving back to financial and medical institutions, Texas Capital Bancshares Inc. (TCBI) is another example of the former company that has improved substantially since the previous year and/or the start of the year. TCBI stock is at $52.96 + 5.16 (10.80 percent) on 396,669 shares traded, and is presently 18.17 percent up year-to-date and 11.52 percent up over the past 12 months.
As for the other medical institution, NeoGenomics Inc. (NEO), which operates several cancer-centric testing laboratories, is trading at $3.99 + 0.38 (10.53 percent) on 313,457 shares traded. The company is 60.89 percent up year-to-date and 45.79 percent up over the previous 12 months.
Other big movers worth mentioning include two more tech companies – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) and Highpower International Inc. (HPJ). NXP is trading at $39.80 + 3.77 (10.46 percent) on 2,909,324 shares traded, and is trading 51.22 percent better year-to-date and 91.78 percent better over the past 12 months. Highpower is now trading at $2.75 + 0.2519 (10.08 percent) on 142,338 shares traded. Its stock is 167.20 percent up year-to-date and 191.55 percent up compared to its year-ago price.