Walthausen & Company Has Upped Its Intrepid Potash (IPI) Stake; Shorts at ENCISION (ECIA) Lowered By 54.84%

August 21, 2017 - By Adrian Mccoy

ENCISION INCORPORATED (OTCMKTS:ECIA) had a decrease of 54.84% in short interest. ECIA’s SI was 1,400 shares in August as released by FINRA. Its down 54.84% from 3,100 shares previously. With 7,600 avg volume, 0 days are for ENCISION INCORPORATED (OTCMKTS:ECIA)’s short sellers to cover ECIA’s short positions. It closed at $0.43 lastly. It is down 0.00% since August 21, 2016 and is . It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500.

Walthausen & Company increased Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI) stake by 18.26% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Walthausen & Company acquired 450,420 shares as Intrepid Potash Inc (IPI)’s stock rose 3.15%. The Walthausen & Company holds 2.92M shares with $6.07 million value, up from 2.47 million last quarter. Intrepid Potash Inc now has $425.87 million valuation. The stock declined 0.61% or $0.02 reaching $3.27 on the news. About shares traded. Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) has risen 84.68% since August 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 67.98% the S&P500.

Among 9 analysts covering Intrepid Potash Inc. (NYSE:IPI), 1 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 11% are positive. Intrepid Potash Inc. had 21 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. BMO Capital Markets maintained it with “Hold” rating and $200 target in Thursday, July 6 report. On Tuesday, January 26 the stock rating was maintained by Susquehanna with “Neutral”. The stock has “Underperform” rating by Cowen & Co on Thursday, April 14. On Wednesday, October 28 the stock rating was downgraded by Credit Agricole to “Underperform”. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co on Tuesday, November 24 with “Market Perform”. The rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets on Thursday, August 3 with “Market Perform”. The rating was downgraded by CLSA on Wednesday, October 28 to “Underperform”. On Tuesday, May 10 the stock rating was upgraded by CLSA to “Outperform”. The stock of Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE:IPI) has “Sector Perform” rating given on Wednesday, October 28 by RBC Capital Markets. On Tuesday, November 24 the stock rating was downgraded by Vertical Research to “Hold”.

Walthausen & Company decreased Moog Inc (NYSE:MOG.A) stake by 28,160 shares to 96,600 valued at $6.35 million in 2016Q4. It also reduced First Financial Bancorp (NASDAQ:FFBC) stake by 98,170 shares and now owns 434,162 shares. Commerce Bancshares Inc (NASDAQ:CBSH) was reduced too.