Stocks to Watch: Canon Inc. (CAJ) and Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA) in the Spotlight

The price of Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) went up by $0.31 now trading at $28.66. Their shares witnessed a 8.73% increase from the 52-week low price of $26.36 they recorded on 2018-12-24. Even though it is still -30.64% behind the $37.44 high touched on 2018-03-22. The last few days have been good for the stock, as its price has grew by 0.99% during the week. It has also performed better over the past three months, as it added around 2.5% while it has so far retreated around -22.27% during the course of a year. The stock of CAJ recorded 3.84% uptrend from the beginning of this year till date. The 12-month potential price target for Canon Inc. is set at $25.45. This target means that the stock has an upside potential to increase by -11.2% from the current trading price.

When giving their opinion, around 0% of Wall Street analysts, which represents 0 out of 1 rated the stock as a Buy. 0 brokerage firms of the remaining 0% rated the stock as a Hold with 1 analyst rating it as a sell. Overall, the number of aggregate CAJ shares held by institutional investors represents 1.2% of total shares. 17 institutions entered new Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) positions, 45 added to their existing positions in these shares, 128 lowered their positions, and 52 exited their positions entirely.

Canon Inc. (CAJ) trade volume has decreased by -34.99% as around 225,955 shares were sold when compared with its 50-day average volume of traded shares which is 347,554. At the moment, CAJ is witnessing a downtrend, as it is trading -0.81% below its 20-day SMA, 0.77% above its 50-day SMA, and -5.71% above its 200-day SMA. The company runs an ROE of roughly 9%, with financial analysts predicting that their earnings per share growth will be around 1% per annum for the next five year. This will be compared to the 3.1% increase witnessed over the past five years.

The first technical resistance point for Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) will likely come at $28.75, marking a 0.31% premium to the current level. The second resistance point is at $28.85, about 0.66% premium to its current market price. On the other hand, inability to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $28.39, the lower end of the range. CAJ’s 14-day MACD is -0.38 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 14-day RSI (relative strength index) score is 48.84, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the stock stands at 12.04 percent, which is high when compared to that of the 50-day’s 11.8 percent.

The shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) has increased by 1.12%, and now trading at $45.99 on the Wall Street in the intra-day deal, with their shares traded now around 355,674. This is a decline of -115,142 shares over the average 470,816 shares that were traded daily over the last three months. The stock that is trading at $45.99 went higher by 53.3% from its 52-week low of $30 that it attained back on 2018-03-19. The stock recorded a 52-week high of $51.63 nearly 8 days ago on 2019-03-04.

ARNA stock hasn’t performed well over the past 30 days, as it lost -1.67% while its price climbed by 18.07% year-to-date (YTD). Looking at the last few days, it has been tough for the stock, as it tumbled -5.76% over the last week. The stock’s 12-month potential target price is now at $64.2. This means that the stock price might likely increase by 39.6% from its current trading price.9 out of 10 Wall Street analysts which represents 90% rated the stock as a buy while the remaining 10% rated it as a hold, with 0% of analysts rating it as a sell.

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) has been utilizing an ROE that is roughly -5.2%, with stock analysts predicting that the company’s EPS for the next five years will go down by 0% per year, following the 7.4% raise that was witnessed during the past five years. The stock at the moment is on a downtrend, trading -5.77% below its 20-day SMA, 1.08% above its 50-day SMA, and 8.84% above its 200-day SMA. In percentage terms, the aggregate Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. shares held by institutional investors is 83.9%. 41 institutions jumped in to acquire Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA) fresh stake, 99 added to their current holdings in these shares, 76 lowered their positions, and 23 left no stake in the company.

The stock’s 9-day MACD is -2.04 and this negative figure indicates a downward trading trend. The company’s 9-day RSI score is 37.02, which shows that its stock has been neutral. The 20-day historical volatility for the shares stand at 36.32 percent, which is less when compared to that of the 50-day’s 36.63 percent. On the daily chart, we see that the stock could reach the first level of resistance at $46.35, sporting a 0.78% premium to the current level. The next resistance point is at $46.71, representing nearly 1.54% premium to the current market price of Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ARNA). On the other hand, failure to breach the immediate hurdles can drag it down to $44.77, the lower end of the range.

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