Equities researchers at Piper Sandler started coverage on shares of NeoGenomics (NASDAQ:NEO – Get Rating) in a research report issued on Thursday, The Fly reports. The firm set an “overweight” rating on the medical research company’s stock.

United Therapeutics Co. (NASDAQ:UTHR – Get Rating)’s stock price traded down 3.1% during mid-day trading on Thursday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as $224.15 and last traded at $224.15. 401 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 100% from the average session volume of 571,206 shares. The stock had previously closed at $231.29.Specifically, CEO Martine A. Rothblatt sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $231.27, for a total value of $693,810.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 130 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,065.10. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Paul A. Mahon sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.42, for a total transaction of $1,094,520.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 47,000 shares of company stock valued at $9,390,830. 12.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDB – Get Rating) shares gapped up before the market opened on Thursday following a stronger than expected earnings report. The stock had previously closed at $241.81, but opened at $262.89. MongoDB shares last traded at $271.98, with a volume of 20,853 shares trading hands. The company reported $0.20 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.34) by $1.54. The company had revenue of $285.45 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $267.10 million. MongoDB had a negative return on equity of 66.70% and a negative net margin of 35.12%. MongoDB’s quarterly revenue was up 57.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted ($0.98) earnings per share.

Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB – Get Rating) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,970,000 shares, a growth of 24.7% from the April 30th total of 1,580,000 shares. Currently, 0.8% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,240,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days.

Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO – Get Rating) was downgraded by research analysts at Redburn Partners from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Briefing.com reports.

Chubb Limited (NYSE:CB – Get Rating) Director Theodore Shasta sold 812 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $209.18, for a total transaction of $169,854.16. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 15,488 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,239,779.84. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

HP (NYSE:HPQ – Get Rating) had its target price raised by equities researchers at Citigroup from $38.00 to $40.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, The Fly reports. Citigroup’s target price indicates a potential upside of 2.99% from the company’s previous close.

PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE – Get Rating) CEO Barton R. Brookman, Jr. sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $72.02, for a total value of $720,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 392,201 shares in the company, valued at $28,246,316.02. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Nikola Co. (NASDAQ:NKLA – Get Rating) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 90,130,000 shares, a growth of 28.9% from the April 30th total of 69,900,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,450,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 6.7 days. Approximately 36.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Gear Energy Ltd. (TSE:GXE – Get Rating) Director William Henry English sold 7,900 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$1.62, for a total transaction of C$12,798.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 43,334 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$70,201.08.