Stocks in News : Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST), Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), Hilltop. (NYSE:HTH), Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS), FutureFuel (NYSE:FF)

Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST) on Sept. 5 announced that existing shareholders (the “Selling Shareholders”) have agreed to sell 15,050,632 ordinary shares in an underwritten public offering. Sensata Technologies will not receive any proceeds from this offering.  The offering is expected to close on Sept. 10, 2014. Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST) belongs to Technology sector. Its net profit margin is 12.50% and weekly performance is -3.87%. On last trading day company shares ended up $47.24. Sensata Technologies Holding NV (NYSE:ST) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -0.58%.

Thursday, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) honcho Elon Musk announced his electric car company will build its $5 billion battery “giga-factory,” promising to employ 6,500 workers, outside Reno, Nev. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) shares fell -3.02% in last trading session and ended the day at $277.39. TSLA Gross Margin is 25.80% and its return on assets is -4.70%. Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) quarterly performance is 33.25%.

Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) CEO Jerry Schaffner unloaded 10,000 shares of Hilltop Holdings stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, September 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.84, for a total transaction of $208,400.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 188,714 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,932,800. On 05 September, Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) shares increased 0.58% and was closed at $20.67. HTH EPS growth in last 5 year was 34.60%. Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) year to date (YTD) performance is -10.64%.

Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS) CEO John P. Sr Calamos, Sr. bought 4,438 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 26th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $12.94 per share, with a total value of $57,427.72. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 3,600,256 shares in the company, valued at approximately $46,587,313. Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS) ended the last trading day at $12.84. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 2.05%and price to cash ratio as 0.46. Calamos Asset Management Inc. (NASDAQ:CLMS) showed a weekly performance of -0.93%.

FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.19 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $68.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.65 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.42 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was down 35.9% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that FutureFuel Corp. will post $0.74 EPS for the current fiscal year. FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) shares increased 1.11% in last trading session and ended the day on $13.72. FF Gross Margin is 17.00% and its return on assets is 12.80%. FutureFuel Corp. (NYSE:FF) quarterly performance is -18.33%.