Quaker Capital Investments Has Cut By $437,000 Its Wsfs Finl (WSFS) Holding, Allison Transmission Holdings IN (ALSN) Shorts Raised By 20.51%

May 31, 2017 - By Kurt Siggers

Allison Transmission Holdings IN (NYSE:ALSN) had an increase of 20.51% in short interest. ALSN’s SI was 1.23M shares in May as released by FINRA. Its up 20.51% from 1.02M shares previously. With 2.01M avg volume, 1 days are for Allison Transmission Holdings IN (NYSE:ALSN)’s short sellers to cover ALSN’s short positions. The SI to Allison Transmission Holdings IN’s float is 0.86%. About 258,014 shares traded. Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) has risen 38.35% since May 31, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 21.65% the S&P500.

Quaker Capital Investments Llc decreased Wsfs Finl Corp (WSFS) stake by 37.25% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Quaker Capital Investments Llc sold 9,500 shares as Wsfs Finl Corp (WSFS)’s stock declined 4.99%. The Quaker Capital Investments Llc holds 16,000 shares with $742,000 value, down from 25,500 last quarter. Wsfs Finl Corp now has $1.37 billion valuation. The stock declined 0.80% or $0.35 reaching $43.45 per share. About 11,172 shares traded. WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WSFS) has risen 27.14% since May 31, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 10.44% the S&P500.

Among 16 analysts covering Allison Transmission Holdings (NYSE:ALSN), 7 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 44% are positive. Allison Transmission Holdings had 34 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Tuesday, March 15 by RBC Capital Markets. On Wednesday, March 2 the stock rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Buy”. Piper Jaffray maintained Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) on Friday, April 28 with “Sell” rating. As per Monday, January 4, the company rating was downgraded by Robert W. Baird. Piper Jaffray downgraded the stock to “Underweight” rating in Friday, December 9 report. As per Wednesday, September 7, the company rating was initiated by Deutsche Bank. The rating was initiated by Barclays Capital on Friday, September 25 with “Overweight”. The stock of Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) earned “Neutral” rating by Citigroup on Friday, July 29. On Thursday, April 6 the stock rating was initiated by Seaport Global with “Neutral”. As per Friday, December 9, the company rating was upgraded by JP Morgan.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.99 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.09, from 0.9 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 24 investors sold Allison Transmission Holdings Inc shares while 91 reduced holdings. 41 funds opened positions while 73 raised stakes. 163.18 million shares or 0.39% more from 162.55 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Princeton Alpha Mgmt Lp invested 0.07% of its portfolio in Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN). Waddell & Reed Finance Inc invested in 0.07% or 904,280 shares. Sterling Capital Mgmt Ltd Limited Liability Company stated it has 1.87 million shares. Menta Capital Lc owns 26,500 shares for 0.07% of their portfolio. Us Bancorporation De accumulated 27,484 shares. Price Michael F stated it has 300,000 shares. Wellington Mngmt Gru Ltd Liability Partnership holds 0.04% in Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) or 4.69M shares. Ubs Asset Mgmt Americas owns 78,606 shares for 0% of their portfolio. 370,777 are held by Prudential Fin Inc. Sunbelt Securities accumulated 85 shares. Nomura Asset Mgmt Com Limited holds 0% or 2,650 shares in its portfolio. C M Bidwell And Associate Limited holds 110,825 shares or 0.88% of its portfolio. Ahl Prtn Llp holds 0.21% or 208,777 shares in its portfolio. Thornburg Management owns 647,727 shares or 0.17% of their US portfolio. Los Angeles Mngmt Equity Research stated it has 0.01% of its portfolio in Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN).

Since December 7, 2016, it had 0 insider buys, and 12 insider sales for $16.34 million activity. Another trade for 50,000 shares valued at $1.91 million was sold by Graziosi David S.. The insider Kirk Randall R. sold 6,854 shares worth $245,494. On Monday, May 1 Dewey Lawrence E. sold $2.99 million worth of Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) or 77,678 shares. Dick Michael sold $279,127 worth of Allison Transmission Holdings Inc (NYSE:ALSN) on Tuesday, May 23.

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries design and manufacture commercial and defense fully-automatic transmissions. The company has market cap of $5.86 billion. The Firm makes fully-automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, and medium-and heavy-tactical United States defense vehicles. It has a 25.27 P/E ratio. The Company’s transmissions are used in a range of applications, including on-highway trucks , buses (primarily school, transit and hybrid-transit), motorhomes, off-highway vehicles and equipment (energy, mining and construction) and defense vehicles (wheeled and tracked).

Analysts await WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WSFS) to report earnings on July, 27. They expect $0.62 earnings per share, up 6.90% or $0.04 from last year’s $0.58 per share. WSFS’s profit will be $19.55M for 17.52 P/E if the $0.62 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.59 actual earnings per share reported by WSFS Financial Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 5.08% EPS growth.

Among 2 analysts covering WSFS Financial (NASDAQ:WSFS), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. WSFS Financial had 2 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Monday, October 31 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods.