Altimmune (ALT) Reaches $2.98 After 4.00% Up Move; Synaptics (SYNA) Shorts Down By 3.83%

July 25, 2017 - By Marie Mckinney

The stock of Altimmune Inc (NASDAQ:ALT) is a huge mover today! About 142,960 shares traded or 53.67% up from the average. Altimmune Inc (NASDAQ:ALT) has 0.00% since July 25, 2016 and is . It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500.The move comes after 8 months positive chart setup for the $44.26 million company. It was reported on Jul, 25 by Barchart.com. We have $3.10 PT which if reached, will make NASDAQ:ALT worth $1.77M more.

Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) had a decrease of 3.83% in short interest. SYNA’s SI was 5.71M shares in July as released by FINRA. Its down 3.83% from 5.93 million shares previously. With 1.02 million avg volume, 6 days are for Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA)’s short sellers to cover SYNA’s short positions. The stock increased 0.28% or $0.15 during the last trading session, reaching $53.99. About 609,722 shares traded. Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) has declined 12.49% since July 25, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 29.19% the S&P500.

Altimmune, Inc., formerly Pharmathene, Inc., is a clinical-stage immunotherapeutic company. The company has market cap of $44.26 million. The Firm focuses in development of medical counter measures against biological and chemical threats. It has a 0.1 P/E ratio. The Firm is involved in development of two next generation anthrax vaccines.

Synaptics Incorporated is engaged in the development, marketing and sale of intuitive human interface solutions for electronic devices and products. The company has market cap of $1.87 billion. The Firm is a developer and supplier of custom-designed human interface product solutions that enable people to interact with a range of mobile computing, communications, entertainment and other electronic devices. It has a 79.98 P/E ratio. The Company’s products include ClearPad, ClearView, TouchView, Natural ID, TouchPad, SecurePad, ClickPad and ForcePad.

Since January 31, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 8 sales for $6.50 million activity. Ali Wajid sold $31,496 worth of stock or 555 shares. Shares for $562,632 were sold by Bergman Rick. The insider BUCHANAN JEFFREY D sold 9,375 shares worth $524,284. LEE FRANCIS F also sold $3.36M worth of Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) shares.

Investors sentiment is 0.91 in Q4 2016. Its the same as in 2016Q3. It is without change, as 47 investors sold Synaptics, Incorporated shares while 80 reduced holdings. only 29 funds opened positions while 86 raised stakes. 31.76 million shares or 0.26% more from 31.68 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Acadian Asset Mgmt Limited Liability Company reported 17 shares. Barclays Pcl holds 9,648 shares or 0% of its portfolio. West Family Invs accumulated 25,073 shares. Amp Capital Ltd reported 0% stake. Quentec Asset Mgmt Limited Liability Company reported 6,296 shares stake. Putnam Limited Liability accumulated 20,823 shares or 0% of the stock. Numeric Investors Limited Liability holds 0.05% or 86,000 shares. Reilly Ltd Llc holds 0% of its portfolio in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) for 200 shares. Balyasny Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Corporation has invested 0% in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA). Cwm Llc has invested 0.67% in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA). Gru One Trading L P stated it has 0% of its portfolio in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA). Canada Pension Plan Board stated it has 169,200 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. Tudor Investment Corp Et Al has invested 0.01% in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA). Pnc Svcs has invested 0% in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA). Retail Bank Of America Corporation De stated it has 0% of its portfolio in Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA).

Among 13 analysts covering Synaptics Inc (NASDAQ:SYNA), 7 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 54% are positive. Synaptics Inc had 43 analyst reports since August 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Northland Capital on Friday, July 31 with “Outperform”. The rating was maintained by Lake Street on Friday, January 27 with “Hold”. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with “Buy” on Friday, January 29. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, April 15 by Cross Research. The rating was maintained by Needham with “Buy” on Friday, June 9. The company was initiated on Monday, April 11 by Redstone Technology. BMO Capital Markets downgraded it to “Market Perform” rating and $69 target in Friday, April 29 report. The rating was maintained by Northland Capital on Friday, October 23 with “Outperform”. The stock of Synaptics, Incorporated (NASDAQ:SYNA) earned “Underperform” rating by Oppenheimer on Monday, December 12. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, March 8 by Rosenblatt.