Top Stocks: Himax Technologies, Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc, Heartland Payment Systems, Boyd Gaming Corporation

Dallas, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/12/2013 -- Marketbuzzreport.com, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Himax Technologies, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:HIMX) shares climbed 3.63% to $4.57. The company announced the Company will attend the 2013 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Taiwan, Technology & Beyond Conference held at the Far Eastern Plaza Hotel in Taipei from March 12th to March 14th, 2013.

Additionally, the company, on Feb. 7, announced that for first quarter of 2013, it expects revenue to decline by high single digit to low teens in percentage, GAAP earnings per share to be between $0.065-$0.075 per diluted ADS and Non-GAAP EPS to be in between $0.07-$0.08 per diluted ADS. Analysts were expecting the Company to report revenue of $177 million and EPS of $0.07 for first quarter of 2013.

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Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:QCOR) shares jumped 3.55% and closed at $32.11 in the last trading session. QCOR’s stock has been upgraded by TheStreet Ratings from hold to buy on Feb. 21. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations.

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Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. (NYSE:HPY) shares gained 3.45% to $30.62. HPY’s stock was upgraded by equities researchers at SunTrust from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a report issued on Mar. 8.

Additionally, the company will begin trading ex-dividend on February 28, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.07 per share is scheduled to be paid on March 15, 2013. Shareholders who purchased HPY stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This represents an 16.67% increase over the prior quarter.

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Boyd Gaming Corporation (NYSE:BYD) shares jumped 3.41% and closed at $7.27. Goldman Sachs analysts have a Sell rating on Boyd Gaming with a price target of $5.50 on Mar. 4.

Additionally, the company, on Mar. 7, announced that it has notified the trustee for its 6.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 that on April 6, 2013 it will redeem $150,000,000 of its outstanding 6.75% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2014 at a redemption price of 100.000% plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, April 6, 2013, subject to the right of holders of record on April 1, 2013 to receive accrued and unpaid interest on the redemption date.

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