Notable 52-Week Highs and Lows of the Day 07/21: (IDCC) (BAX) (ALXN) High; (GNW) (AMR) (LCC) Low

This report is an intraday check of some of the more notable stocks that have hit a 52-week high or low so far today.

52-Week High:

• InterDigital, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDCC) high of $81.95. InterDigital still moving higher today on continued speculation that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) may make a bid for the company. Shares closed 29 percent better yesterday, and 28 percent better the day before.
  
  
• Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX) high of $62.23. Baxter moving to a new high on earnings. The company reported earnings of $1.07 per share on revs of $3.5 billion, versus the consensus EPS of $1.02 and revs of $3.38 billion. Looking ahead, Baxter sees third-quarter earnings of $1.07 to $1.09, versus the consensus of $1.07. For fiscal 2011, Baxter boosted its outlook from $4.20 - $4.28 to $4.27 - $4.32, versus the consensus of $4.26.
  
  
• Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXN) high of $57.73. Alexion reported second-quarter revs of $185.7 million and earnings of 29 cents per share, beating consensus views calling for revs of $178.15 million and earnings of 27 cents per share. Alexion also raised its FY11 outlook.

52-Week Low:

• Genworth Financial Inc. (NYSE: GNW) low of $7.56. Genworth was slammed today following lowered expectations for its second quarter. After the market closed yesterday, Genworth aid it expects to report a second-quarter loss of 19 to 23 cents per share, about as far away as you can get from the Street consensus calling for EPS of 26 cents per share.
  
  
• AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) low of $4.51. AMR Corp. had some bad earnings yesterday, reporting a second-quarter loss of ($0.85), $0.10 worse than the analyst estimate of ($0.75). Revenue for the quarter came in at $6.11 billion versus the consensus estimate of $6.12 billion. Click here for more from the report. Shares down over 8 percent on the session.
  
  
• US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) low of $6.65. Most airlines are feeling a pinch on rebounding fuel prices today, though US Airways is seeing some extra downside following earnings. The Company reported Q2 EPS of $0.56, ex-items, $0.05 worse than the analyst estimate of $0.61. Revenue for the quarter came in at $3.5 billion versus the consensus estimate of $3.51 billion.

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