Check out the companies that are creating Acadia Healthcare day and night for the biggest moves. Healthcare stocks rose by about 7% after investor Khrom Capital filed for submissions to explore strategic alternatives. Acadia shares are down 33% per year. Sarepta Therapeutics – Biotechnology companies have raised 6%. The catalyst for the transfer was not immediately clear, but Sarepta has shared more than 20% over the past three months. Starbucks – Global Coffee Chain saw a stock that rose 2.6% after the company announced a slight increase in dividend payments. Starbucks increased the company’s quarterly cash dividend increase from 61 cents to 62 cents per share of unpaid common stock. Occident Oil for Berkshire Hathaway – Occidental fell 6% even after Berkshire Hathaway announced it would buy Oxychem, the petrochemical arm of the oil company, for nearly $10 billion in cash. Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B stock slipped about 0.2%. Fair Isaac – The shares revolved 19% after the company announced a system that would allow the company to access its FICO scores directly. Credit Bureaus Transunion and Equifax will flow 12% and 9% respectively. Celanese – The materials company rose more than 5% after Citi upgraded its stock to buy from neutral. “Even with the slower macro background, we can see that there is a continuing self-help rever that supports revenue growth next year and helps to clean up the balance sheet,” the bank said. Lithium America – Shares fell 3.8% after sales to sell from speculative buys, as lithium companies’ recently revised loans with the US Department of Energy are limited. “We believe that the recent phase of the stock price is an overkill and does not accurately reflect the impact on the valuation of the revised deal with DOE,” Canaccord said in a memo. Bloom Energy – Mizuho downgraded the energy company from buy to neutral, pushing inventory down by about 1.5%. The Wall Street company said Bloom is limited by internal production capacity and stocks are ready for pullback following a 254% rally in the third quarter. – Reported by Yun Li, Alex Harring and Liz Napolitano of CNBC.
