After Hours Summary: ATHN +5%, COF +4%, CTAS +2.5% higher following earnings/guidance, AEZS +19% following CEO/strategic evaluation news... MANH -9%, MXIM / NCR -6%, EBAY -5%, SWKS -3% lower following earnings/guidanceAfter Hours Gainers:
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings/guidance: ATHN +5%, COF +4.2%, CTAS +2.5%, ETFC +2.3%, PBCT +2%, DGI +1.9% (light volume), V +0.6%
Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news: AEZS +18.9% (names new CEO, forms special committee to consider and evaluate various strategic and financing alternatives), APVO +12.4% (Aptevo Therapeutics and Alligator Bioscience to co-develop novel bispecific antibody for tumor-directed immunotherapy), ZN +9.4% (continues active drilling operations at its Megiddo-Jezreel #1 well in Israel; successfully raises sufficient funds to drill and test MJ #1 well to proposed total depth), BKMU +9.2% (Associated Banc-Corp [ASB] to acquire Bank Mutual in all stock transaction is valued at ~$482 mln), SGLB +7.8% (thinly traded; announces publication of US patent application for Additive Manufacturing Processes), CLXT +3.6% (continued strength), ANW +2.9% (ticking higher; appoints Jonathan Mcilroy as President, effective immediately), HON +2.5% (ahead of earnings tomorrow before the open)
After Hours Losers:
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to earnings/guidance: MANH -9.3%, MXIM -6%, (also announces new share repurchase authorization $1 bln, raises dividend), NCR -6%, EBAY -5.2%, SWKS -2.9%,
Companies trading lower in after hours in reaction to news: VRAY -5.4% (continued weakness), SVU -5.3% (announced 1-for-7 reverse split of common stock, effective as of the close on August 1, 2017), CVM -2.5% (thinly traded; filed for ~1.787 mln share common stock offering by selling shareholders before the close), SBLK -1.4% (files for $1 bln mixed securities shelf offering and approx 39 mln common share offering by Selling Shareholders), SBLK -1.4% (ticking lower; files for $1 bln mixed securities shelf offering and ~39 mln common share offering by Selling Shareholders), ANET -1.2% (attributed to unfavorable ruling for import ban against Cisco)