By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI), was incorporated in 2006 in Tampa, Florida where it is currently headquartered. It has $507 million in annual sales and a market capitalization of $737 million with 578 full-time employees. The company was formerly known as Homeowners Choice, Inc. and changed its name to HCI [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:AMPH), is a bio-pharmaceutical firm, that develops, manufactures, markets, and sells generic and proprietary injectable, inhalation, and intranasal products to its customers in the United States, China, and France. The company was incorporated in 1996 in Rancho Cucamonga, California where it is currently headquartered. It has [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Stride Inc. (NYSE:LRN), a technology-based education services company was incorporated in 2000 in Reston, Va. where it is currently headquartered. The company was formerly known as K12 Inc., but changed its name to Stride, Inc. in December 2020. It has $1.89 billion in annual sales and a market capitalization [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Weatherford International plc (WFRD), a Nasdaq-listed company, was incorporated in 1972 in Houston, Texas, where it is currently headquartered. It has $4.98 billion in annual sales and a market capitalization of $6.9 billion. The Company operates in 75 countries with 18,000 full-time employees in 335 operating locations. Weatherford may [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA ServiceNow (NOW), a NYSE-listed company, became public in 2004 in Santa Clara, California, where it is currently headquartered. It has $8.5 billion in annual sales and a market capitalization of $124.4 billion. ServiceNow added more than 2000 workers over the past year and projects sales growth of over 20% [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Interactive Brokers (NASDAQ: IBKR), founded in 2007 and headquartered in Greenwich, CT, is a highly automated global broker that offers low-cost, seamless access to multiple assets, including stocks, options, futures, forex, commodities, bonds, crypto, mutual funds, and ETFs. It serves over two million clients, including individuals, institutions, introducing brokers, [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Perdocoe Education Corporation (PRDO) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered and incorporated in Schaumburg, Illinois in 1994 with 2,400 employees. It was formerly known as Career Education Corporation when the name was changed in January 2020. The company offers postsecondary education to almost 34,000 individuals using three approaches: online, campus-based, [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Virco Mfg. Corp (VIRC) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered and incorporated in Torrance, California in 1950 with 800 employees. The company’s main business produces, designs and sells its wide array of furniture in the United States, including specialty chairs and stools, rockers, stacked chairs and ergonomic seats. Moreover, it [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA LuxUrban Hotels Inc. (LUXH) is a Nasdaq-listed firm headquartered in Miami, Florida, with a short lifespan, as it came to market as an IPO on August 12, 2022. LuxUrban caught my eye on October 4 while I was checking out the Stock Viewer, as it was the top-ranked stock [...]
By Leslie N. Masonson, MBA Brady Corporation (BRC), a NYSE firm incorporated in 1914, is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Currently, the company employs 5,600 individuals and has 44 million shares outstanding. BRC has reported revenues totaling $1.32 billion and annual sales of $1.33 billion. BRC’s market capitalization stands at $2.5 billion, and it pays [...]
