Lodge Hill Capital Decreased By $22.05 Million Its Eagle Materials (EXP) Position; Cornerstone Ondemand (CSOD) Shorts Increased By 16.52%

June 21, 2017 - By Peter Erickson

Cornerstone Ondemand Incorporated (NASDAQ:CSOD) had an increase of 16.52% in short interest. CSOD’s SI was 2.60 million shares in June as released by FINRA. Its up 16.52% from 2.23M shares previously. With 524,400 avg volume, 5 days are for Cornerstone Ondemand Incorporated (NASDAQ:CSOD)’s short sellers to cover CSOD’s short positions. The SI to Cornerstone Ondemand Incorporated’s float is 5.36%. About 249,580 shares traded. Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSOD) has risen 0.77% since June 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 15.93% the S&P500.

Lodge Hill Capital Llc decreased Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) stake by 36.9% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Lodge Hill Capital Llc sold 225,000 shares as Eagle Materials Inc (EXP)’s stock declined 5.37%. The Lodge Hill Capital Llc holds 384,800 shares with $37.91 million value, down from 609,800 last quarter. Eagle Materials Inc now has $4.29 billion valuation. The stock declined 2.57% or $2.38 reaching $90.18 per share. About 370,251 shares traded. Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) has risen 36.20% since June 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 19.50% the S&P500.

Among 8 analysts covering Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP), 4 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Eagle Materials had 17 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, August 5 by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock has “Buy” rating by BB&T Capital on Monday, March 28. Standpoint Research downgraded Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) on Wednesday, November 9 to “Hold” rating. CL King upgraded the shares of EXP in report on Tuesday, October 4 to “Buy” rating. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Tuesday, July 26 by CL King. The stock of Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) earned “Hold” rating by Standpoint Research on Friday, July 22. The rating was downgraded by Citigroup to “Neutral” on Monday, December 5. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of EXP in report on Friday, October 23 with “Buy” rating. The stock of Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) has “Neutral” rating given on Friday, October 9 by Longbow. The rating was upgraded by Standpoint Research to “Buy” on Tuesday, October 4.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.47 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.36, from 1.11 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 28 investors sold EXP shares while 81 reduced holdings. 74 funds opened positions while 86 raised stakes. 43.96 million shares or 0.38% more from 43.79 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Allen Management Limited Liability Corporation owns 6,073 shares. Barclays Public Limited Company holds 0% or 1,207 shares in its portfolio. Tocqueville Asset Management Ltd Partnership holds 0.01% or 5,500 shares in its portfolio. State Street Corporation owns 0.01% invested in Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) for 1.30 million shares. Whittier Trust Communications has invested 0.09% of its portfolio in Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP). 5,486 are held by Alps Advisors Incorporated. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board owns 36,900 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. New Hampshire-based Ledyard Bank & Trust has invested 0% in Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP). Oakbrook Invests Lc has 0.03% invested in Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) for 4,450 shares. Rosenblum Silverman Sutton S F Ca holds 2.48% or 53,290 shares in its portfolio. Geneva Advsrs Limited Liability Co holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) for 8,464 shares. Dynamic Cap holds 0.34% or 32,329 shares in its portfolio. Quantitative Inv Management Limited holds 66,900 shares. Credit Suisse Ag invested in 47,101 shares. Mutual Of America Mgmt Limited Liability Corporation holds 36,837 shares.

Since January 27, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 6 sales for $7.77 million activity. Another trade for 6,740 shares valued at $714,170 was sold by Metcalf Keith W. The insider Powers David B sold $1.09 million. The insider Graass James H sold $1.01 million. 5,000 shares were sold by ESSL GERALD J, worth $525,000 on Monday, January 30. $2.09 million worth of Eagle Materials, Inc. (NYSE:EXP) was sold by BARNETT F WILLIAM on Monday, February 13.

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. is a cloud computing company. The company has market cap of $1.93 billion. The Firm provides learning and human capital management software, delivered as Software-as-a-Service . It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s human capital management platform combines the talent management solutions with analytics and human resources (HR) administration solutions to enable organizations to manage the employee lifecycle.

Among 16 analysts covering Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ:CSOD), 10 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. Cornerstone OnDemand had 31 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Overweight” rating given on Friday, September 2 by Piper Jaffray. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Credit Suisse on Friday, November 4. Needham downgraded it to “Buy” rating and $43 target in Friday, November 4 report. The firm has “Overweight” rating by First Analysis given on Tuesday, September 6. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Monday, May 23 by Goldman Sachs. FBR Capital maintained Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSOD) rating on Thursday, February 11. FBR Capital has “Outperform” rating and $34 target. Wunderlich maintained it with “Buy” rating and $46 target in Friday, November 4 report. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Thursday, February 18 by Wunderlich. The stock has “Strong Buy” rating by Needham on Thursday, July 30. The firm has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Friday, July 15 by Barclays Capital.

Since January 17, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 8 insider sales for $3.09 million activity. Baker R C Mark had sold 1,000 shares worth $36,910 on Monday, May 22. 50,000 shares were sold by Belliveau Vincent, worth $2.12 million on Thursday, February 16. Another trade for 1,000 shares valued at $40,880 was sold by BURLINGAME HAROLD W. The insider Swartz Brian L sold $618,586.