$-0.88 EPS Expected for AVX (AVX), Graham Capital Management LP Has Raised By $6.50 Million Its Seadrill Limited (Put) (SDRL) Holding

Analysts expect AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) to report $-0.88 EPS on May, 11.They anticipate $0.36 EPS change or 29.03% from last quarter’s $-1.24 EPS. After having $-0.92 EPS previously, AVX Corporation’s analysts see -4.35% EPS growth. About 152,560 shares traded. AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) has risen 28.74% since September 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 18.31% the S&P500.

Graham Capital Management Lp increased Seadrill Limited (Put) (SDRL) stake by 173.94% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Graham Capital Management Lp acquired 2.17 million shares as Seadrill Limited (Put) (SDRL)’s stock rose 58.60%. The Graham Capital Management Lp holds 3.41 million shares with $11.64 million value, up from 1.25M last quarter. Seadrill Limited (Put) now has $334.19 million valuation. The stock rose 3.61% or $0.024 reaching $0.692 per share. About 2.77M shares traded. Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) has declined 67.94% since September 21, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 78.37% the S&P500.

AVX Corporation is a manufacturer and supplier and reseller of a line of passive electronic components, interconnect devices and related products. The company has market cap of $2.85 billion. AVX operates in three divisions: Passive Components, Kyocera Electronic Devices (KED Resale) and Interconnect. It has a 22.84 P/E ratio. The Passive Components segment consists of surface mount and leaded ceramic capacitors, surface mount and leaded tantalum capacitors, surface mount and leaded film capacitors, thick and thin film packages of multiple passive integrated components, thermistors, inductors and resistive products.

Graham Capital Management Lp decreased Ishares Tr (IWM) stake by 4.92 million shares to 85,000 valued at $11.46 million in 2016Q4. It also reduced Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO) stake by 218,400 shares and now owns 76,500 shares. Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:TSL) was reduced too.

Among 9 analysts covering Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL), 2 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 22% are positive. Seadrill had 20 analyst reports since August 20, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Buy” rating by Vetr on Monday, August 31. The firm has “Underweight” rating given on Friday, January 15 by JP Morgan. Vetr downgraded it to “Buy” rating and $7.92 target in Wednesday, September 2 report. The stock of Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) earned “Strong-Buy” rating by Vetr on Thursday, August 20. The stock of Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) earned “Underperform” rating by Credit Suisse on Thursday, September 3. The rating was downgraded by Morgan Stanley on Thursday, January 28 to “Equal-Weight”. JP Morgan initiated Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) on Monday, January 18 with “Underweight” rating. On Saturday, August 29 the stock rating was maintained by Bank of America with “Neutral”. Vetr downgraded Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) on Friday, August 28 to “Strong-Buy” rating. The rating was maintained by Howard Weil on Tuesday, September 1 with “Sector Perform”.