Midday Gainers & Losers (9/8/2014)
Silver Spring Networks Inc. (NYSE:SSNI), Essent Group Ltd. (NYSE:ESNT) and LipoScience Inc. (NASDAQ:LPDX) are today’s top-gaining billionaire stock picks midday. Having a tough start to the week are Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:KERX), Kamada Ltd. (NASDAQ:KMDA) and Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE:CXO).
Silver Spring Networks Inc. surged +10.57% early in the day this Monday. The stock has a consensus buy rating from the eight ratings firms currently covering it and is currently trading close to its 52-week low of $9.05. Billionaire hedge fund manager Richard Chilton has had a position in the grid networks and security technology solutions provider since the first quarter of 2013, and as of the second quarter of this year, he holds 166,000 shares.