Top Penny Stocks To Watch Right Now

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Shares of Yelp (NASDAQ:YELP) are screaming higher Thursday, up more than 15% after the company reported second-quarter earnings results. Now trading near $44, is it possible for Yelp stock to rally to its former 52-week high at $48.40?

If it can, that’s another 10% higher from current levels and well worth investors’ time. Let’s take a closer look.

Yelp Earnings

Yelp reported earnings of 12 cents per share, smashing estimates calling for a penny per share in profit. Sales of $235 million grew 12.5% year-over-year (YoY) and beat out estimates by about 1%. Of that, its biggest segment, advertising growth, outpaced overall growth as sales jumped 21% YoY.

While net income of $11 million is low, it’s up almost 40% from the $8 million Yelp had in the same period a year ago. EBITDA also topped estimates handedly, coming it at $47 million vs. expectations for $41.2 million.

Management also gave a bump to its full-year outlook. Previously, the team was expecting sales to fall between $943 million and $967 million (midpoint of $955 million). Management raised that outlook to $952 million to $967 million (midpoint of $959.5 million). Analysts expect about $960 million in full-year revenue.

Top Penny Stocks To Watch Right Now: Summit State Bank(SSBI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Max Byerly]

  ValuEngine upgraded shares of Summit State Bank (NASDAQ:SSBI) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a research note released on Saturday.

  Separately, TheStreet raised Summit State Bank from a c+ rating to a b rating in a report on Wednesday, February 14th.

Top Penny Stocks To Watch Right Now: YRC Worldwide Inc.(YRCW)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Ethan Ryder]

  Here are some of the headlines that may have impacted Accern’s analysis:

  Get YRC Worldwide alerts: Volatility Levels in Focus For YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW) — Beta Runs to 3.67 (cantoncaller.com) Momentum Technology Stocks- YRC Worldwide Inc. (NASDAQ:YRCW), Hallador Energy Company (NASDAQ:HNRG … (journalfinance.net) Check it now Active Stock list: Apollo Investment Corporation (AINV), YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) (newsregistrar.com) Rounding up the figures: YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW), Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (GEN) (finbulletin.com)

  Several brokerages recently issued reports on YRCW. ValuEngine downgraded YRC Worldwide from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 27th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on YRC Worldwide from $17.00 to $15.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, August 3rd. BidaskClub raised YRC Worldwide from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 12th. Finally, Deutsche Bank raised YRC Worldwide from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $13.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, August 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. YRC Worldwide currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $17.20.

• [By Max Byerly]

  Press coverage about YRC Worldwide (NASDAQ:YRCW) has trended somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. YRC Worldwide earned a daily sentiment score of 0.16 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the transportation company an impact score of 46.7261330682883 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.

• [By Shane Hupp]

  YRC Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:YRCW) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Traders bought 1,318 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 791% compared to the typical daily volume of 148 put options.

Top Penny Stocks To Watch Right Now: China Pharma Holdings Inc.(CPHI)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  These are some of the news headlines that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:

  Get Scynexis alerts: Steady Activities: SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCYX), LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) (oracleexaminer.com) Do Analysts Think You Should Buy – SCYNEXIS Inc (NASDAQ: SCYX) (stockspen.com) Notable Runner: SCYNEXIS, Inc. (SCYX) (nasdaqplace.com) Most Active Stocks Now: SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCYX), China Pharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CPHI), Kala … (journalfinance.net) Overview on price to free cash flow: SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ:SCYX), InfuSystem Holdings Inc. (NYSE:INFU) (stocksnewspoint.com)

  Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Roth Capital assumed coverage on Scynexis in a research note on Tuesday, May 8th. They set a “buy” rating and a $6.00 price target for the company. Seaport Global Securities assumed coverage on Scynexis in a research note on Tuesday, April 10th. They set a “buy” rating and a $4.00 price target for the company. Zacks Investment Research raised Scynexis from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $1.25 price target for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 8th. HC Wainwright assumed coverage on Scynexis in a research note on Monday, May 7th. They set a “buy” rating and a $5.00 price target for the company. Finally, ValuEngine raised Scynexis from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Scynexis currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $4.45.

Top Penny Stocks To Watch Right Now: Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings(AAWW)

Advisors' Opinion:

• [By Logan Wallace]

  Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW)

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• [By Logan Wallace]

  BidaskClub upgraded shares of Atlas Air Worldwide (NASDAQ:AAWW) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday morning.

• [By Motley Fool Transcribing]

  Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (NASDAQ:AAWW) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 19, 2019 11:00 a.m. ET

  Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks:

  Operator

• [By Max Byerly]

  Atlas Air Worldwide (NASDAQ:AAWW) was downgraded by stock analysts at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report issued on Wednesday.