Small
cap stocks making big moves on Friday, July 25, 2014 (as of 4 pm EST)
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOCO)
shares surged 60% to $24.03 on its first day of trading Friday. The company
operates fire-grilling, citrus-marinated chicken restaurants.
As well,
shares of Brightcove Inc. (NASDAQ: BCOV)
slid 38% to $6.38 on volume of more than 4.7 million shares as the provider of
cloud services for video guided its fiscal 2014 revenue and earnings per share
below the Wall Street consensus forecasts.
Manhattan Bridge Capital (NASDAQ: LOAN),
meanwhile, said it has postponed its planned secondary offering of 2.83 million
shares. Manhattan Bridge stock popped 28% to $3.08 following the
announcement.
Finally,
Acacia Research Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTG)
shares climbed 17% to $17.49 after the patent licensing provider
reported better than expected second-quarter earnings and revenue and
initiated the payment of a quarterly cash dividend.
