Benjamin F Edwards & Company Decreased By $749,026 Its Goldman Sachs Group (GS) Stake, Pyxis Tankers (PXS) Shorts Down By 73.96%

May 16, 2017 - By Winifred Garcia

Benjamin F Edwards & Company Inc decreased Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS) stake by 68.16% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Benjamin F Edwards & Company Inc sold 3,134 shares as Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS)’s stock rose 48.66%. The Benjamin F Edwards & Company Inc holds 1,464 shares with $351,000 value, down from 4,598 last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc now has $89.53B valuation. It closed at $225.12 lastly. It is down 33.31% since October 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 22.66% the S&P500.

Pyxis Tankers Incorporated (NASDAQ:PXS) had a decrease of 73.96% in short interest. PXS’s SI was 4,400 shares in May as released by FINRA. Its down 73.96% from 16,900 shares previously. With 14,800 avg volume, 0 days are for Pyxis Tankers Incorporated (NASDAQ:PXS)’s short sellers to cover PXS’s short positions. The SI to Pyxis Tankers Incorporated’s float is 0.02%. It closed at $1.29 lastly. It is down 46.27% since October 6, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 56.92% the S&P500.

Pyxis Tankers Inc. is a holding company. The company has market cap of $21.12 million. The Firm is an international maritime transportation firm focused on the product tanker sector. It currently has negative earnings. It owns a fleet of six double hull product tankers: Pyxis Epsilon with carrying capacity of approximately 50,300 deadweight tonnage ; Pyxis Theta with carrying capacity of approximately 51,800 dwt, Pyxis Malou with carrying capacity of over 50,670 dwt; Pyxis Delta with carrying capacity of approximately 46,620 dwt; Northsea Beta with carrying capacity of over 8,650 dwt, and Northsea Alpha with carrying capacity of approximately 8,615 dwt.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.88 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.02, from 0.86 in 2016Q3. It is positive, as 65 investors sold GS shares while 424 reduced holdings. 168 funds opened positions while 262 raised stakes. 287.95 million shares or 5.61% more from 272.65 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Cmt Asset Limited owns 5,503 shares for 0.06% of their portfolio. Summit Grp Ltd Limited Liability Company owns 9,400 shares for 0.49% of their portfolio. Wall Street Access Asset Limited Liability Company stated it has 0.38% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Wealthtrust invested in 0.04% or 254 shares. Cap invested 0.3% of its portfolio in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management holds 0.01% of its portfolio in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) for 5,598 shares. Rhumbline Advisers holds 636,356 shares or 0.39% of its portfolio. Thomas J Herzfeld Advisors Inc invested in 693 shares. Transamerica Fin has 5 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Comerica State Bank reported 113,473 shares stake. California State Teachers Retirement System invested 0.4% of its portfolio in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Interocean Capital Ltd Liability Corp holds 1.62% of its portfolio in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) for 31,576 shares. Tower Bridge Advsr has 0% invested in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd Liability Partnership reported 19,850 shares or 0.1% of all its holdings. Triangle Wealth Management invested in 7,261 shares or 1.16% of the stock.

Among 25 analysts covering Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS), 15 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 60% are positive. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had 59 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Tuesday, September 22 by Zacks. On Monday, January 25 the stock rating was upgraded by Nomura to “Buy”. The stock of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) earned “Buy” rating by Bank of America on Wednesday, September 9. Evercore upgraded the shares of GS in report on Monday, August 31 to “Buy” rating. Keefe Bruyette & Woods upgraded the shares of GS in report on Tuesday, November 29 to “Outperform” rating. As per Tuesday, January 3, the company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research on Friday, November 18. The rating was maintained by Credit Suisse with “Outperform” on Wednesday, March 30. The rating was downgraded by Berenberg on Friday, February 24 to “Sell”. As per Friday, April 21, the company rating was upgraded by Atlantic Securities.

Analysts await Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) to report earnings on July, 18. They expect $3.98 EPS, up 6.99% or $0.26 from last year’s $3.72 per share. GS’s profit will be $1.58 billion for 14.14 P/E if the $3.98 EPS becomes a reality. After $5.15 actual EPS reported by Goldman Sachs Group Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -22.72% negative EPS growth.

Benjamin F Edwards & Company Inc increased Jpmorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) stake by 4,629 shares to 18,264 valued at $1.58M in 2016Q4. It also upped Ishares Tr (IEF) stake by 55,865 shares and now owns 55,935 shares. W P Carey Inc (NYSE:WPC) was raised too.

Since November 18, 2016, it had 0 insider purchases, and 18 selling transactions for $38.65 million activity. 10,000 shares valued at $2.52M were sold by SALAME PABLO J on Tuesday, February 21. The insider COOPER EDITH W sold 2,336 shares worth $539,184. 10,691 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shares with value of $2.51 million were sold by SMITH SARAH G. 5,599 shares were sold by COHEN ALAN M, worth $1.40 million on Thursday, February 16. 11,600 shares were sold by JOHNSON JAMES A /DC/, worth $2.71M on Thursday, January 19. 32,325 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shares with value of $8.08 million were sold by ROGERS JOHN F.W.. 200 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shares with value of $46,814 were sold by Spar Debora L.