Tahithromos Has Cut Assured Guaranty LTD (AGO) Stake; Shorts at Endo International Plc Ord (ENDP) Raised By 13.07%

May 24, 2017 - By Richard Conner

Endo International Plc Ord (NASDAQ:ENDP) had an increase of 13.07% in short interest. ENDP’s SI was 22.56M shares in May as released by FINRA. Its up 13.07% from 19.95 million shares previously. With 5.61M avg volume, 4 days are for Endo International Plc Ord (NASDAQ:ENDP)’s short sellers to cover ENDP’s short positions. The SI to Endo International Plc Ord’s float is 11.32%. About 373,250 shares traded. Endo International plc – Ordinary Shares (NASDAQ:ENDP) has declined 19.57% since May 24, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 36.27% the S&P500.

Tahithromos Llc decreased Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO) stake by 36.82% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Tahithromos Llc sold 65,034 shares as Assured Guaranty Ltd (AGO)’s stock declined 5.68%. The Tahithromos Llc holds 111,575 shares with $4.21M value, down from 176,609 last quarter. Assured Guaranty Ltd now has $4.74B valuation. The stock rose 0.23% or $0.09 reaching $38.79. About 6,948 shares traded. Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) has risen 51.57% since May 24, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 34.87% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.24 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.26, from 0.98 in 2016Q3. It is positive, as 30 investors sold AGO shares while 84 reduced holdings. 50 funds opened positions while 91 raised stakes. 119.74 million shares or 2.02% less from 122.20 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Moreover, Ameriprise Financial has 0.01% invested in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO). Timessquare Cap Management Lc owns 0.77% invested in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) for 3.06M shares. Qs Invsts accumulated 261,303 shares. Macquarie Grp Inc stated it has 34,400 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Bnp Paribas Arbitrage Sa invested 0% of its portfolio in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO). 127,171 are owned by Rhumbline Advisers. Loomis Sayles Ltd Partnership reported 5,764 shares. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co Ltd Company reported 0.15% stake. Fmr Ltd, Massachusetts-based fund reported 119,092 shares. Renaissance Technologies Ltd Company reported 237,300 shares. Catalyst Cap has 0.04% invested in Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO). Clearbridge Investments Ltd Limited Liability Company has 492 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Fifth Third Bancshares holds 0% or 2,028 shares. Brandywine Inv Mngmt Limited Liability Corporation reported 0.11% stake. 6,850 are held by Quantum Cap Management.

Among 5 analysts covering Assured Guaranty (NYSE:AGO), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 60% are positive. Assured Guaranty had 6 analyst reports since August 12, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. UBS maintained Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) on Tuesday, November 10 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Mkt Perform” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods on Tuesday, February 28. The rating was maintained by Macquarie Research with “Outperform” on Monday, November 9. Zacks downgraded the shares of AGO in report on Wednesday, August 12 to “Buy” rating. M Partners maintained it with “Buy” rating and $40 target in Monday, November 16 report. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, April 7 by Wood.

Since May 10, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 1 sale for $470,280 activity. Albert Howard also sold $470,280 worth of Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO) shares.

Among 19 analysts covering Endo International plc (NASDAQ:ENDP), 9 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 10 Hold. Therefore 47% are positive. Endo International plc had 43 analyst reports since August 11, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Tuesday, September 29, the company rating was initiated by Deutsche Bank. The stock has “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, March 18. The firm has “Equal Weight” rating by Barclays Capital given on Friday, May 6. On Tuesday, August 11 the stock rating was maintained by Leerink Swann with “Outperform”. JP Morgan maintained it with “Overweight” rating and $65 target in Monday, March 21 report. The rating was initiated by Barclays Capital with “Equal-Weight” on Thursday, January 21. RBC Capital Markets downgraded the shares of ENDP in report on Friday, May 6 to “Sector Perform” rating. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Mizuho on Monday, June 13. Northland Capital initiated the shares of ENDP in report on Wednesday, December 9 with “Market Perform” rating. The rating was downgraded by Leerink Swann to “Market Perform” on Friday, May 6.