StockTwits is essentially Twitter for the stock markets. Users specifically tweet about markets trends, investment strategies and real-time company specific events. This last part, ticker specific tweets using “cashtags” (ex: $AAPL), is a great way for users to glean which stocks are generating the most interest.
We checked in at noon to see what caught people’s attention.
The Buzz
LinkedIn (LNKD) provided some nice earnings this morning, generating some confidence in the tech industry. Facebook (FB) is certainly happy to ride that wave and have seen nice gains following yesterdays sell off. The S&P 500 index is up as a whole, and it’s been a nice day so far for many firms.
So here are this morning’s most trending tickers, an explanation of why that is, and an example of the tweets generating the buzz:
We’ll check in again at the close.
1. Facebook, Inc. (FB, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Market cap at $42.85B, most recent closing price at $20.06. The stock was actually up in morning trading, nearly 5%. This may be investors jumping at the newest low. Many investors don’t see this as lasting. The MadFiddler tweets, “If I had the money, I would be shorting $FB.”
2. LinkedIn Corporation (LNKD, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Operates an online professional network. Market cap at $9.66B, most recent closing price at $106.73. Up 13% following earnings report, could be the reason why FB is rallying as well. Investorsmosaic tweets, “HOT or NOT for financial geeks: HOT: $LNKD / NOT: short sellers. What a difference from yesterday.”
3. Apple Inc. (AAPL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication and media devices, and portable digital music players, as well as sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Market cap at $568.32B, most recent closing price at $615.10. Up moderately, 1.5%, people talking about it because it’s apple. No new iPhone or anything. Aapl_pain tweets, “@grgazoo25 $AAPL pretty much did its ramp I was talking about already. I could see it into close but not much more than $620.00.”
4. Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ALXN, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of biologic therapeutic products in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Japan, and the Asia Pacific. Market cap at $19.65B, most recent closing price at $105.97. Rumors around this pharam company. CasualAnalysis tweets, “$ALXN continuing higher after takeover rumor hit earlier. Holding…”
5. Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of small molecule drugs for the treatment of cancer, metabolic, and cardiovascular disorders. Market cap at $879M, most recent closing price at $5.87. Down 4%, quarterly report coming this evening. TonyWeisner tweets, “Short that $EXEL and make that money babay!”
6. American International Group, Inc. (AIG, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): The company operates property and casualty insurance networks worldwide and conducts activities in the U.S. life insurance and retirement services industry. Market cap at $55.33B, most recent closing price at $30.86. Up around 0.8%, some investors are upset with the Uncle Sam and their relationship with the insurance giant. CoolBreeze tweets, “$AIG Dear Tim Geithner .. please declare ur intentions with $AIG so we can move on w/ our lives. We have $$ to make and u r holding us back.”
7. OpenTable Inc. (OPEN, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Provides restaurant reservation solutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, and Asia. Market cap at $770.77M, most recent closing price at $39.90. Through the roof at 18.35%, comes from earnings beating expectations. Idrogen seems to not like people as much as his iPad tweeting “would love to be able to order my meal on $OPEN before I even get to the restaurant so i can just sit down and eat, not deal with the waiter.”
8. Skullcandy, Inc. (SKUL, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Develops and distributes headphones and other audio accessories to retailers in the United States and to distributors in various countries worldwide. Market cap at $378.52M, most recent closing price at $15.11. Up over 3%, positive earnings this morning. AUb27 tweets, “$SKUL these audiophiles short skul dont understand style and branding, the headphones are selling”
9. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): S&P 500 seeing nice gains today, over 2%. Danshep55 tweets, “since july we seen 4days of selling through the week then engulfing candle to wipe out losses. $SPY.”
10. Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT, Earnings, Analysts, Financials): Kraft Foods Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets packaged food products worldwide. Market cap at $69.04B, most recent closing price at $40.69. Up over 4% this morning, profits up 5% last quarter. Stoxline tweets, “$KFT up on large volume. target: 47.76.”
(Written by Ryan Horch)
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