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Prospera Financial Services Inc increased its stake in shares of Universal Display Co. ( NASDAQ:OLED – Free Report ) by 4.4% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 2,576 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the period. Prospera Financial Services Inc’s holdings in Universal Display were worth $542,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in OLED. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its holdings in shares of Universal Display by 2.8% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 22,867 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $3,852,000 after acquiring an additional 616 shares during the last quarter. Caxton Associates LP bought a new stake in Universal Display during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $4,848,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its stake in Universal Display by 66.6% during the 1st quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 434,029 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock valued at $73,099,000 after purchasing an additional 173,496 shares during the period. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. bought a new stake in Universal Display during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $620,000. Finally, Motley Fool Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Universal Display during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $626,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.19% of the company’s stock. Insider Transactions at Universal Display In other Universal Display news, Director Lawrence Lacerte purchased 742 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 4th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $180.89 per share, with a total value of $134,220.38. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 122,372 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,135,871.08. This trade represents a 0.61 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link . 1.90% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on OLED Universal Display Trading Up 0.8 % Shares of OLED opened at $168.41 on Friday. Universal Display Co. has a 1 year low of $148.75 and a 1 year high of $237.00. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $195.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $195.64. The stock has a market cap of $7.99 billion, a PE ratio of 33.82, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.43. Universal Display ( NASDAQ:OLED – Get Free Report ) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The semiconductor company reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.21. Universal Display had a return on equity of 15.75% and a net margin of 36.98%. The business had revenue of $161.63 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $165.28 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.08 EPS. Universal Display’s quarterly revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Universal Display Co. will post 4.8 EPS for the current fiscal year. Universal Display Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 17th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. Universal Display’s payout ratio is presently 32.13%. Universal Display Company Profile ( Free Report ) Universal Display Corporation engages in the research, development, and commercialization of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologies and materials for use in display and solid-state lighting applications in the United States and internationally. The company offers PHOLED technologies and materials for displays and lighting products under the UniversalPHOLED brand. Further Reading Want to see what other hedge funds are holding OLED? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Universal Display Co. ( NASDAQ:OLED – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Universal Display Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Universal Display and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .Chandigarh: Farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal was discharged from Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Ludhiana late Friday night amid mounting anger and protest of the farmers against his detention in the wee hours of Tuesday - hours before he was to begun his fast-unto-death at Khanauri border to press for farmers demands including minimum support price for their crops. However, police maintained that Dallewal was not detained but was taken to DMCH in Ludhiana from his medical tests as he has been unwell. The police held that the government was concerned about Dallewal’s health and it was in this wake that his proper medical check was important; according to media reports, Dallewal has been on medication even though he has recovered from prostate cancer and that he was also down with pneumonia last month. Meanwhile, according to media reports, Dallewal reached the Khanauri border protest site later after he was discharged from the DMCH and started his fast-unto-death later in the evening. The leaders of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha leaders including Sarwan Singh Pandher said that the farmers would gherao chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s residence in Sangrur on December and would also resume their ``Delhi march’’ on December 6. Nonetheless, there were reports that the farmers might cancel their December 1 CM residence gherao protest. However, unlike their February "Delhi march’’ when the farmers had tried to move towards Delhi on their tractor trolleys but were stopped by at Shambhu and Khanauri borders by security forces, they would now move undertake a foot-march towards Delhi and in batches, he held. It may be recalled that a large number of farmers have been camping at Shambhu and Khanauri borders between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, last, after their "Delhi Chalo’’ tractor march was stopped by security forces at the said two points – Shambhu and Khanauri borders of the two states. Later, the farm leaders had also held a series of meetings with Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Nityanand Rai and Arjun Munda in Chandigarh in February but these had failed to make a headway.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Icelanders voted to elect a new parliament Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government and call an early election. This is Iceland’s sixth general election since the 2008 financial crisis devastated the economy of the North Atlantic island nation and ushered in a new era of political instability. Opinion polls suggested the country could be in for another upheaval, with support for the three governing parties plunging. Benediktsson, who was named prime minister in April following the resignation of his predecessor, struggled to hold together the unlikely coalition of his conservative Independence Party with the centrist Progressive Party and the Left-Green Movement. “My expectation is like, something new going to happen, hopefully," said Hörður Guðjónsson, voting in the capital, Reykjavik. “We always have had these old parties taking care of things. I hope we see the light now to come in with a younger people, new ideas.” Iceland, a nation of about 400,000 people, is proud of its democratic traditions, describing itself as arguably the world’s oldest parliamentary democracy. The island’s parliament, the Althingi, was founded in 930 by the Norsemen who settled the country. Fierce weather in the sub-Arctic nation threatened to hamper some voters getting to polling stations on Saturday, with heavy snow blocking roads in many areas. The weather could also delay the delivery of ballot boxes to counting centers after polls close at 10 p.m. (2200GMT). Voters are choosing 63 members of the Althingi in an election that will allocate seats both by regional constituencies and proportional representation. Parties need at least 5% of the vote to win seats in parliament. Eight parties were represented in the outgoing parliament, and 10 parties are contesting this election. Turnout is traditionally high by international standards, with 80% of registered voters casting ballots in the 2021 parliamentary election. A windswept island near the Arctic Circle, Iceland normally holds elections during the warmer months of the year. But Benediktsson decided on Oct. 13 that his coalition couldn’t last any longer, and he asked President Halla Tómasdóttir to dissolve the Althingi. “The weakness of this society is that we have no very strong party and we have no very strong leader of any party,’’ said Vilhjálmur Bjarnason a former member of parliament. “We have no charming person with a vision ... That is very difficult for us.” Despite the electoral headwinds, Benediktsson expressed confidence that his Independence Party could emerge on top. “It was an uphill battle for my party, initially, but as we moved on into the election campaign, I think things started to turn our way and I feel that this will be a very exciting election day,” he said. The splintering of Iceland's political landscape came after the 2008 financial crisis, which prompted years of economic upheaval after the country's debt-swollen banks collapsed. The crisis led to anger and distrust of the parties that had traditionally traded power back and forth, and prompted the creation of new parties ranging from the environment focused Left-Green Alliance to the Pirate Party, which advocates direct democracy and individual freedoms. “This is one of the consequences of the economic crash,’’ said Eva H. Önnudóttir, a professor of political science at the University of Iceland. “It’s just the changed landscape. Parties, especially the old parties, have maybe kind of been hoping that we would go back to how things were before, but that’s not going to happen.” Like many Western countries, Iceland has been buffeted by the rising cost of living and immigration pressures. Inflation peaked at an annual rate of 10.2% in February 2023, fueled by the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While inflation slowed to 5.1% in October, that is still high compared with neighboring countries. The U.S. inflation rate stood at 2.6% last month, while the European Union’s rate was 2.3%. Iceland is also struggling to accommodate a rising number of asylum-seekers, creating tensions within the small, traditionally homogenous country. The number of immigrants seeking protection in Iceland jumped to more than 4,000 in each of the past three years, compared with a previous average of less than 1,000. Repeated eruptions of a volcano in the southwestern part of the country have displaced thousands of people and strained public finances. One year after the first eruption forced the evacuation of the town of Grindavik, many residents still don’t have secure housing, leading to complaints that the government has been slow to respond. But it also added to a shortage of affordable housing exacerbated by Iceland’s tourism boom. Young people are struggling to get a foot on the housing ladder at a time when short-term vacation rentals have reduced the housing stock available for locals, Önnudóttir said. “The housing issue is becoming a big issue in Iceland,'' she said. Danica Kirka reported from London. Jill Lawless contributed to this report from London.What to know about Northern California's rare tsunami warning
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