$0.60 EPS Expected for PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (PTR); Venator Capital Management LTD Has Lowered Its Entercom Communications (ETM) Holding

Venator Capital Management Ltd decreased Entercom Communications Corp (ETM) stake by 26.43% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Venator Capital Management Ltd sold 591,666 shares as Entercom Communications Corp (ETM)’s stock declined 5.48%. The Venator Capital Management Ltd holds 1.65 million shares with $25.20 million value, down from 2.24M last quarter. Entercom Communications Corp now has $563.87M valuation. The stock decreased 1.05% or $0.15 during the last trading session, reaching $14.1. About shares traded. Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM) has risen 1.29% since August 12, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 7.38% the S&P500.

Analysts expect PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE:PTR) to report $0.60 EPS on March, 22.They anticipate $1.83 EPS change or 148.78% from last quarter’s $-1.23 EPS. PTR’s profit would be $1.63B giving it 31.53 P/E if the $0.60 EPS is correct. After having $0.06 EPS previously, PetroChina Company Limited (ADR)’s analysts see 900.00% EPS growth. The stock increased 1.14% or $0.85 during the last trading session, reaching $75.68. About shares traded. PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE:PTR) has risen 9.59% since August 12, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 0.91% the S&P500.

Among 9 analysts covering PetroChina Company Limited (NYSE:PTR), 4 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 44% are positive. PetroChina Company Limited had 12 analyst reports since August 25, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Strong Sell” rating by Zacks on Tuesday, August 25. The firm has “Underperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Wednesday, January 20. JP Morgan downgraded the shares of PTR in report on Monday, May 23 to “Neutral” rating. As per Tuesday, January 10, the company rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley. The stock of PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE:PTR) has “Neutral” rating given on Friday, October 21 by Macquarie Research. HSBC downgraded PetroChina Company Limited (ADR) (NYSE:PTR) on Thursday, March 10 to “Reduce” rating. The stock has “Underweight” rating by Morgan Stanley on Tuesday, May 10. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, March 21 by Mizuho. On Friday, February 24 the stock rating was upgraded by Jefferies to “Buy”. Bank of America downgraded the shares of PTR in report on Monday, August 31 to “Neutral” rating.

PetroChina Company Limited is an oil and gas producer and distributor. The company has market cap of $205.22 billion. The Company’s divisions are Exploration and Production, Refining and Chemicals, Marketing, and Natural Gas and Pipeline. It has a 177.01 P/E ratio. The Company’s Exploration and Production segment is engaged in the exploration, development, production and marketing of natural gas and crude oil.

Analysts await Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM) to report earnings on May, 1. They expect $0.05 EPS, up 66.67% or $0.02 from last year’s $0.03 per share. ETM’s profit will be $2.00 million for 70.50 P/E if the $0.05 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.32 actual EPS reported by Entercom Communications Corp. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -84.38% negative EPS growth.

Among 2 analysts covering Entercom Communications (NYSE:ETM), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Entercom Communications had 2 analyst reports since August 18, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Entercom Communications Corp. (NYSE:ETM) has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Friday, December 11 by Stephens. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Wells Fargo given on Tuesday, August 18.

Since November 15, 2016, it had 0 insider buys, and 9 sales for $5.84 million activity. Another trade for 9,151 shares valued at $141,841 was made by FISHER STEPHEN F on Thursday, December 15. FIELD DAVID J sold $1.45M worth of stock or 94,288 shares. SUTOR ANDREW P IV sold $91,889 worth of stock. KRAMER LOUISE C sold $684,342 worth of stock or 44,613 shares.