Rothschild Capital Partners Has Boosted Vonage Holdgs (VG) Position, Shorts at Ipass (IPAS) Lowered By 7.4%

June 6, 2017 - By Stephen Andrade

Rothschild Capital Partners Llc increased Vonage Holdgs Corp (VG) stake by 32.77% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Rothschild Capital Partners Llc acquired 150,719 shares as Vonage Holdgs Corp (VG)’s stock rose 4.20%. The Rothschild Capital Partners Llc holds 610,719 shares with $4.18M value, up from 460,000 last quarter. Vonage Holdgs Corp now has $1.56 billion valuation. The stock increased 0.57% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $7.03. About shares traded. Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) has risen 55.05% since June 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 38.35% the S&P500.

Ipass Incorporated (NASDAQ:IPAS) had a decrease of 7.4% in short interest. IPAS’s SI was 336,600 shares in June as released by FINRA. Its down 7.4% from 363,500 shares previously. With 113,500 avg volume, 3 days are for Ipass Incorporated (NASDAQ:IPAS)’s short sellers to cover IPAS’s short positions. The SI to Ipass Incorporated’s float is 0.67%. The stock increased 0.69% or $0.01 on June 5, reaching $1.46. About shares traded. iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) has risen 11.30% since June 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 5.40% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.18, from 1.18 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 6 investors sold iPass Inc. shares while 5 reduced holdings. 2 funds opened positions while 9 raised stakes. 19.78 million shares or 0.62% less from 19.90 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Bank Of Ny Mellon owns 68,121 shares or 0% of their US portfolio. Keybank National Association Oh holds 0% or 40,000 shares. Earnest Prns Ltd owns 7,700 shares or 0% of their US portfolio. Amg National Natl Bank invested in 21,440 shares or 0% of the stock. 478,118 are owned by Geode Cap Mngmt Limited Com. Adirondack Rech & accumulated 1.69% or 3.02 million shares. Moreover, Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp has 0% invested in iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) for 997,642 shares. M&R Cap Mngmt Incorporated reported 15,000 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Blackrock Fund Advsr has 182,136 shares. Northern Corp accumulated 0% or 127,690 shares. Renaissance Techs Limited Liability Co reported 3.13M shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Vanguard Group Inc Inc holds 0% or 2.22 million shares. Tower Research Cap Ltd Co (Trc) reported 0% stake. Guardian Trust owns 7,035 shares or 0% of their US portfolio. Goldman Cap Mgmt has 0.86% invested in iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) for 601,000 shares.

iPass Inc. , is a provider of global mobile connectivity, offering wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) on mobile devices. The company has market cap of $96.05 million. The Company, through its Mobile Connectivity Services segment, offers a cloud solution allowing its clients and their users’ access to its global Wi-Fi network to stay connected to the people and information. It currently has negative earnings. The Firm has categorized its services into two approaches: Enterprise and Strategic Partnerships.

Since February 14, 2017, it had 8 insider buys, and 0 sales for $215,615 activity. 15,000 iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) shares with value of $15,600 were bought by Tedesco Michael. Another trade for 50,000 shares valued at $51,715 was made by Griffiths Gary A on Tuesday, March 14. Park Damien also bought $27,500 worth of iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) shares. $10,000 worth of iPass Inc. (NASDAQ:IPAS) was bought by Hume Patricia. Another trade for 15,000 shares valued at $15,450 was made by Panos E David on Tuesday, March 14.

Among 3 analysts covering iPass (NASDAQ:IPAS), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. iPass had 4 analyst reports since August 4, 2016 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, October 19 by Maxim Group. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Friday, December 16 by Chardan Capital Markets. On Thursday, August 4 the stock rating was upgraded by Chardan Capital Markets to “Buy”. The stock has “Buy” rating by Aegis Capital on Wednesday, May 24.

Among 9 analysts covering Vonage (NYSE:VG), 8 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 89% are positive. Vonage had 15 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Dougherty & Company maintained it with “Buy” rating and $9 target in Monday, September 12 report. Canaccord Genuity initiated the shares of VG in report on Monday, August 10 with “Buy” rating. The stock of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) has “Outperform” rating given on Friday, February 12 by Oppenheimer. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, September 26 by Needham. The company was maintained on Thursday, November 5 by Oppenheimer. The company was maintained on Friday, July 31 by Northland Capital. Dougherty & Company maintained Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) on Friday, February 12 with “Buy” rating. As per Tuesday, June 14, the company rating was upgraded by Citigroup. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Robert W. Baird on Wednesday, September 14. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Tuesday, June 28 by Needham.

Since December 12, 2016, it had 0 insider buys, and 11 sales for $25.03 million activity. The insider JAMOUS ANTOINE sold $2.68M. On Tuesday, February 21 Citron Jeffrey A sold $2.50M worth of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) or 414,913 shares. Graham McGonigal also sold $322,793 worth of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) on Tuesday, May 9.