$0.00 EPS Expected for SurModics, Inc. (SRDX); Tri Pointe Group (TPH) Shorts Up By 6.89%

July 10, 2017 - By Henry Gaston

Tri Pointe Group Incorporated (NYSE:TPH) had an increase of 6.89% in short interest. TPH’s SI was 17.62 million shares in July as released by FINRA. Its up 6.89% from 16.49 million shares previously. With 2.08 million avg volume, 9 days are for Tri Pointe Group Incorporated (NYSE:TPH)’s short sellers to cover TPH’s short positions. About 370,297 shares traded. TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH) has risen 19.18% since July 10, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 2.48% the S&P500.

Analysts expect SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) to report $0.00 EPS on July, 27. About 3,638 shares traded. SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) has risen 6.57% since July 10, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 10.13% the S&P500.

Since March 22, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 1 sale for $152.94 million activity. STERNLICHT BARRY S sold 11.99 million shares worth $152.94M.

Among 8 analysts covering TRI Pointe Homes (NYSE:TPH), 5 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. TRI Pointe Homes had 12 analyst reports since August 12, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Market Perform” rating by Wells Fargo given on Thursday, September 29. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Wedbush on Tuesday, September 20. The rating was upgraded by Zacks to “Hold” on Wednesday, August 12. Deutsche Bank downgraded the stock to “Hold” rating in Monday, February 27 report. Deutsche Bank maintained the shares of TPH in report on Friday, March 18 with “Buy” rating. Barclays Capital initiated the shares of TPH in report on Friday, January 6 with “Overweight” rating. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital with “Outperform” on Thursday, April 28. Susquehanna initiated the shares of TPH in report on Wednesday, March 30 with “Positive” rating. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Tuesday, February 21 by Wedbush.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.96 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.61, from 1.57 in 2016Q3. It worsened, as 32 investors sold TRI Pointe Group Inc shares while 79 reduced holdings. 33 funds opened positions while 74 raised stakes. 152.75 million shares or 0.01% less from 152.76 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. 156,521 were accumulated by Sei Invs Co. Us Retail Bank De holds 109,012 shares. Inv Counselors Of Maryland Ltd has 1.69M shares. Greenhaven Associate, a New York-based fund reported 5.16M shares. Goldman Sachs Gru reported 1.11 million shares or 0% of all its holdings. Wealthtrust has invested 0% in TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH). Sunbelt Inc invested in 0% or 371 shares. Highlander Cap Mngmt Limited stated it has 0.01% in TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH). Commonwealth Bancorp Of Australia reported 0% of its portfolio in TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH). Principal Group reported 576,321 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Bankshares Of Mellon invested in 0.01% or 2.00M shares. Marianas Fund Ltd Liability has invested 0.67% in TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH). Chilton Invest Com Limited Liability Company has 161,507 shares for 0.08% of their portfolio. Shufro Rose And Ltd Com invested in 0.92% or 717,775 shares. Mackenzie has invested 0.03% of its portfolio in TRI Pointe Group Inc (NYSE:TPH).

TRI Pointe Group, Inc. is a homebuilder company. The company has market cap of $2.19 billion. The Company’s activities are organized in two principal businesses, including homebuilding and financial services. It has a 12.38 P/E ratio. The Company’s homebuilding operation consists of six divisions: Maracay Homes, including activities in Arizona; Pardee Homes, consisting of activities in California and Nevada; Quadrant Homes, consisting of activities in Washington; Trendmaker Homes, consisting of activities in Texas; TRI Pointe Homes, consisting of activities in California and Colorado, and Winchester Homes, consisting of activities in Maryland and Virginia.

Since March 6, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 5 sales for $162,898 activity. Stich Joseph J. sold $24,725 worth of stock. $67,791 worth of SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) shares were sold by Maharaj Gary R. Phillips Bryan K sold $30,469 worth of SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) on Friday, June 16.

Among 3 analysts covering SurModics (NASDAQ:SRDX), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 33% are positive. SurModics had 4 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of SurModics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRDX) has “Neutral” rating given on Friday, October 7 by Sidoti. On Thursday, August 6 the stock rating was maintained by Barrington Research with “Outperform”. The rating was downgraded by Barrington Research to “Mkt Perform” on Monday, November 21.

Surmodics, Inc. is a provider of medical device and in vitro diagnostic technologies to the healthcare industry. The company has market cap of $373.36 million. The Firm operates through two divisions: Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostics. It has a 38.98 P/E ratio. The Company’s Medical Device segment consists of surface modification coating technologies to improve access, deliverability and predictable deployment of medical devices; international cardiology and peripheral balloon design, development and manufacturing, as well as drug delivery coating technologies to provide site-specific drug delivery from the surface of a medical device.