Welch Capital Partners Cut Its United Continental Holdings (UAL) Stake; Magicjack Vocaltec Limited Ord (CALL) Shorts Up By 1.68%

June 5, 2017 - By Linda Rogers

Welch Capital Partners Llc decreased United Continental Holdings (UAL) stake by 27.66% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Welch Capital Partners Llc sold 28,180 shares as United Continental Holdings (UAL)’s stock rose 2.66%. The Welch Capital Partners Llc holds 73,710 shares with $5.37 million value, down from 101,890 last quarter. United Continental Holdings now has $25.73B valuation. The stock increased 1.31% or $1.06 on June 2, reaching $82.03. About shares traded. United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) has risen 77.19% since June 5, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 60.49% the S&P500.

Magicjack Vocaltec Limited Ord (NASDAQ:CALL) had an increase of 1.68% in short interest. CALL’s SI was 2.89M shares in June as released by FINRA. Its up 1.68% from 2.84M shares previously. With 115,200 avg volume, 25 days are for Magicjack Vocaltec Limited Ord (NASDAQ:CALL)’s short sellers to cover CALL’s short positions. The SI to Magicjack Vocaltec Limited Ord’s float is 30.09%. The stock increased 0.76% or $0.05 on June 2, reaching $6.6. About shares traded. magicJack VocalTec Ltd (NASDAQ:CALL) has risen 25.22% since June 5, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 8.52% the S&P500.

Since December 9, 2016, it had 1 insider purchase, and 4 sales for $2.49 million activity. ISAACSON WALTER sold $199,950 worth of United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) on Friday, December 9. Bonds Michael P had sold 25,464 shares worth $1.89M on Tuesday, February 28. Another trade for 10,000 shares valued at $748,131 was made by Levy Andrew C on Tuesday, February 28.

Among 19 analysts covering United Continental (NYSE:UAL), 10 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 53% are positive. United Continental had 43 analyst reports since July 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was initiated by Standpoint Research on Monday, August 24 with “Buy”. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Tuesday, April 12. The stock of United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) earned “Buy” rating by Stifel Nicolaus on Monday, October 24. The firm has “Overweight” rating given on Thursday, December 15 by Barclays Capital. The rating was initiated by Citigroup with “Neutral” on Friday, November 18. Morgan Stanley downgraded the shares of UAL in report on Thursday, January 5 to “Equal-Weight” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating by Standpoint Research given on Thursday, November 10. Deutsche Bank downgraded United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) on Friday, April 1 to “Hold” rating. The rating was downgraded by Evercore to “In-Line” on Thursday, March 16. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with “Buy” rating and $12500 target in Thursday, May 25 report.

Analysts await United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) to report earnings on July, 18. They expect $2.17 EPS, down 16.86% or $0.44 from last year’s $2.61 per share. UAL’s profit will be $680.65M for 9.45 P/E if the $2.17 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.41 actual EPS reported by United Continental Holdings Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 429.27% EPS growth.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.76 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.04, from 0.8 in 2016Q3. It dropped, as 59 investors sold UAL shares while 211 reduced holdings. 80 funds opened positions while 126 raised stakes. 296.70 million shares or 4.37% more from 284.26 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Mcf Advsr Limited Liability Com accumulated 1,516 shares. Fmr Ltd Liability Com accumulated 7.47M shares or 0.07% of the stock. Nationwide Fund Advsr invested in 0.09% or 313,078 shares. Cna Financial stated it has 1.2% in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL). Jpmorgan Chase And reported 12.92M shares. Wells Fargo And Mn reported 2.09M shares. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt invested in 0.21% or 56,388 shares. Credit Suisse Ag holds 0.03% in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) or 456,729 shares. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management holds 0.01% in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) or 8,290 shares. Aperio Limited invested 0.08% of its portfolio in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL). Moreover, Tci Wealth Inc has 0.01% invested in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) for 159 shares. Pdt Prns Ltd has invested 0.85% in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL). Credit Agricole S A has 97,085 shares. D E Shaw And stated it has 0.12% of its portfolio in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL). Par Cap Mngmt stated it has 15.53% of its portfolio in United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL).

magicJack VocalTec Ltd. and its subsidiaries is a cloud communications company. The company has market cap of $106.68 million. The Firm provides magicJack devices and other magicJack services and products. It currently has negative earnings. The Firm also provides additional services and products, which include voice applications on smart phones, as well as the magicJack PLUS, magicJack GO and magicJack EXPRESS, which are updated versions of the magicJack device that have their own central processing unit and can connect a regular phone directly to the users broadband modem/router and function as a standalone phone without using a computer.