Bb&T Securities Has Cut Keycorp New (KEY) Position By $2.85 Million, Shorts at Taitron Components Class A (TAIT) Raised By 55.56%

June 14, 2017 - By Clifton Ray

Taitron Components Incorporated Class A (NASDAQ:TAIT) had an increase of 55.56% in short interest. TAIT’s SI was 8,400 shares in June as released by FINRA. Its up 55.56% from 5,400 shares previously. With 21,000 avg volume, 0 days are for Taitron Components Incorporated Class A (NASDAQ:TAIT)’s short sellers to cover TAIT’s short positions. The SI to Taitron Components Incorporated Class A’s float is 0.28%. About shares traded. Taitron Components Inc. (NASDAQ:TAIT) has risen 43.99% since June 14, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 27.29% the S&P500.

Bb&T Securities Llc decreased Keycorp New (KEY) stake by 40.8% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Bb&T Securities Llc sold 167,825 shares as Keycorp New (KEY)’s stock declined 6.49%. The Bb&T Securities Llc holds 243,542 shares with $4.22M value, down from 411,367 last quarter. Keycorp New now has $20.30B valuation. The stock declined 1.26% or $0.24 reaching $18.43 per share. About 461 shares traded. KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) has risen 43.10% since June 14, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 26.40% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.87 in 2016 Q4. Its down 1.18, from 2.05 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 61 investors sold KEY shares while 226 reduced holdings. 77 funds opened positions while 174 raised stakes. 851.55 million shares or 3.53% more from 822.54 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Chesley Taft Associates Limited Liability Com owns 59,600 shares or 0.11% of their US portfolio. Fiduciary Tru holds 264,662 shares. Moreover, Brinker Capital has 0.08% invested in KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) for 73,599 shares. 22,979 were accumulated by Ssi Invest Mngmt. 2.30 million were accumulated by Credit Suisse Ag. Schroder Investment Mngmt Group Incorporated holds 0% or 22,170 shares. Fincl Architects Incorporated accumulated 2,164 shares. Qs Investors Ltd Limited Liability Company owns 41,163 shares. Raymond James & Assoc has invested 0.03% of its portfolio in KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY). Interest Group Incorporated reported 0.03% stake. Norinchukin National Bank & Trust The owns 33,545 shares or 0.01% of their US portfolio. Profund Advisors Limited Com holds 67,290 shares. Commonwealth Equity Services holds 177,812 shares. Acadian Asset Ltd Liability reported 2,417 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Twin Tree Mngmt Ltd Partnership, Texas-based fund reported 5,106 shares.

Since February 8, 2017, it had 2 buys, and 3 selling transactions for $3.46 million activity. 12,500 shares were sold by Evans Trina M, worth $227,875 on Friday, February 10. The insider GILLIS RUTH ANN M bought $84,768. The insider COOLEY CHARLES P bought 5 shares worth $94. $240,053 worth of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) shares were sold by Schosser Douglas M. Another trade for 161,430 shares valued at $3.07M was sold by Burke Edward J..

Bb&T Securities Llc increased Dow Chem Co (NYSE:DOW) stake by 29,835 shares to 252,876 valued at $13.77M in 2016Q4. It also upped Chubb Limited stake by 30,925 shares and now owns 127,123 shares. Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GILD) was raised too.

Among 29 analysts covering Keycorp (NYSE:KEY), 13 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 14 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Keycorp had 64 analyst reports since July 20, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. UBS reinitiated the stock with “Neutral” rating in Wednesday, January 11 report. As per Monday, November 9, the company rating was downgraded by Deutsche Bank. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, January 4 by Sandler O’Neill. Vetr downgraded the stock to “Strong-Buy” rating in Friday, August 28 report. The rating was maintained by Citigroup with “Buy” on Monday, August 22. Keefe Bruyette & Woods upgraded the stock to “Outperform” rating in Monday, November 2 report. The stock of KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) earned “Buy” rating by UBS on Friday, February 5. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, November 29 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The firm has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Tuesday, April 12 by Morgan Stanley. FBR Capital upgraded KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) on Monday, July 11 to “Outperform” rating.

Analysts await KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) to report earnings on July, 25. They expect $0.34 EPS, up 25.93% or $0.07 from last year’s $0.27 per share. KEY’s profit will be $374.50M for 13.55 P/E if the $0.34 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.32 actual EPS reported by KeyCorp for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 6.25% EPS growth.

Since May 8, 2017, it had 2 buys, and 0 selling transactions for $76,000 activity. 40,000 shares were bought by WANG STEWART, worth $40,000.

Taitron Components Incorporated is a distributor of electronic components and supplier of original designed and manufactured (ODM) electronic components (ODM Components). The company has market cap of $8.52 million. The Firm is engaged in the business of providing distribution and services for electronic components. It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s product offerings range from discrete semiconductors to electronic devices.