Active Stocks to Watch – IAC/InterActive (NASDAQ:IACI) , Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM) , Safe Bulkers (NYSE:SB), IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE:ICE) , XenoPort (NASDAQ:XNPT)

IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI), the internet holding company controlled by billionaire Barry Diller, has acquired the dating and media assets of This Life Inc.’s HowAboutWe service, which suggests things to do on romantic outings. IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) stock performance was -0.87% in last session and finished the day at $65.23. Traded volume was 939,241.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.12million shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.67. IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) insider ownership is 0.80%.

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM), the leading provider of cloud services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business applications, announced today that the company will hold a conference call for investors on Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. ET. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) dropped -1.34 percent to $58.32 Thursday on volume of 1.39million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $58.21 to $59.58. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) has a market capitalization of $10.38billion.

Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.50 per share on its 8.00% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) (NYSE: SB.PR.B) for the period from April 30, 2014 to July 29, 2014 and a cash dividend of $0.46667 per share on its 8.00% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares (the “Series C Preferred Shares”) (NYSE: SB.PR.C) for the period from May 7, 2014 to July 29, 2014. Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB)’s stock on July 17, 2014 reported a decrease of -1.06% to the closing price of $8.43. Its fifty two weeks range is $4.78 -$11.47. The total market capitalization recorded $703.42million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 283,283.00million shares. In its share capital, SB has 83.44million outstanding shares.

IntercontinentalExchange Inc (NYSE:ICE)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday. They currently have a $230.00 price objective on the stock, up from their previous price objective of $228.00. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s price objective points to a potential upside of 23.05% from the stock’s previous close. On Thursday, shares of IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE) advanced 1.27% to close the day at $191.22. Company return on investment (ROI) is 3.20% and its monthly performance is recorded as -1.77%. IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE:ICE) quarterly revenue growth is -3.11%.

XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ:XNPT) announced that it has commenced a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II study on its next-generation fumaric acid candidate, XP23829. XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ:XNPT) stock performance was -3.61% in last session and finished the day at $4.27. Traded volume was 285,491.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 406.16K shares. The beta of the stock remained 0.66. XenoPort, Inc. (NASDAQ:XNPT) insider ownership is 1.20%.