Netflix,
Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) slid 0.75% to $166.84. Last week, the company
reported that its third-quarter profit surged 26% as the online movie rental
company's revenue growth accelerated and margin improved. Net income rose to
$38 million, or 70 cents a share, from $30.1 million, or 52 cents a share, in
the year-earlier quarter.
Analysts, on average, expected the company to report
earnings of 72 cents per share on revenue of $550.95 million.
The stock went up more than 199% year-to-date.
athenahealth,
Inc (NASDAQ:ATHN) soared 4.46% to $39.09. Last week, the company
reported its third-quarter profit jumped to 11 cents a share, compared with 3
cents for the 2009 period. Revenue increased 33% to $63 million.
The company added that 2010 revenue should be 29% higher
than last year’s.
Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the
range of $21.51-$47.82. At today`s closing market price, the market
capitalization of the company stood at $1.34 billion.
Union
Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) rose 1.02% and closed at $87.19.
The company said Thursday its third-quarter net income jumped to $778 million
or $1.56 a share, from $514 million, or $1.01 a share, in the year-ago period.
Revenue increased by 20% to $4.4 billion, from $3.7 billion.
The company was expected to earn $1.46 a share on revenue
of $4.35 billion, according to a survey of Wall Street analysts by FactSet
Research.
Over the past 52-week, the stock had traded within the
range of $54.20-$88.06. The stock has a 52-week high of $88.06, made earlier in
the session.
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