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Kroger (KR:NYS) and Ctrip.com International (CTRP:NAS) Downgraded

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Downgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been downgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.

Why Do Companies Get Downgraded?

Companies can get downgraded for a number of reasons but primarily due to reduced future earnings potential due to loss of contracts, faultering product lines, increasing costs relative to revenue or financial risk.

In the list below you can see the number of analysts we have in the StockCalc database along with the number of buy-hold-sell on the company.

Today’s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Below we have today’s data for companies listed on all of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and TSX Venture Exchange.

New York Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
KR The Kroger Co 4 0 4 0 0 0 4.0000 4.1250 Outperform
DGX Quest Diagnostics Inc 2 0 4 0 0 0 3.6667 3.8571 Outperform
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 6 3 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.7000 Buy
CLGX CoreLogic Inc 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.3333 3.0000 Underperform
PNM PNM Resources Inc 2 0 1 0 2 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co Inc 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.0000 5.0000 Hold
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp 6 3 0 0 0 0 4.6667 4.7000 Buy
FTT Finning International Inc 5 3 0 0 0 0 4.6250 4.7143 Buy
TIH Toromont Industries Ltd 2 1 5 0 0 0 3.6250 3.7143 Outperform
EFN Element Fleet Management Corp 1 2 5 0 1 0 3.2222 3.6667 Hold
TCW Trican Well Service Ltd 5 5 2 0 0 0 4.2500 4.3077 Outperform
TXG Torex Gold Resources Inc 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
CNE Canacol Energy Ltd 2 1 3 0 0 0 3.8333 4.0000 Outperform
U Uranium Participation Corp 0 0 3 0 0 0 3.0000 3.2500 Hold
TDG Trinidad Drilling Ltd 2 4 5 0 0 0 3.7273 3.8333 Outperform
PXX BlackPearl Resources Inc 2 2 3 0 0 0 3.8571 4.0000 Outperform
YGR Yangarra Resources Ltd 2 5 0 0 0 0 4.2857 4.3750 Outperform
HWO High Arctic Energy Services Inc 0 3 1 0 0 0 3.7500 4.0000 Outperform
ESN Essential Energy Services Ltd 0 2 2 0 0 0 3.5000 3.8000 Hold
IBR Iron Bridge Resources Inc 1 5 2 0 2 0 3.3000 3.3333 Hold
LGD Liberty Gold Corp 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 5.0000 Outperform
PRQ Petrus Resources Ltd 1 2 1 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2000 Outperform
PPR Prairie Provident Resources Inc 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.4000 Outperform
TSX Venture Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
IKM Ikkuma Resources Corp 2 1 1 0 0 0 4.2500 4.4000 Outperform
AVE Aveda Transportation and Energy Services Inc 1 2 0 0 0 0 4.3333 4.5000 Outperform
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
CTRP Ctrip.com International Ltd 2 0 3 0 0 0 3.8000 4.0000 Outperform
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 1 0 3.3333 3.5556 Hold
DISCB Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 1 0 3.3333 3.5556 Hold
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 1 0 3.3333 3.5556 Hold
GOLD Randgold Resources Ltd 0 1 2 0 0 0 3.3333 3.6667 Hold
SOHU Sohu.com Inc 0 1 3 0 0 0 3.2500 3.3333 Hold

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

KR:NYS Kroger

http://www.kroger.com
Kroger has 443000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
The Kroger Co operates grocery stores. Its coverage includes retail food and drug stores, multi-department stores, jewelry stores and convenience stores.

CTRP:NAS Ctrip.com International

http://www.ctrip.com
Ctrip.com International has 37000 employees and is headquartered in China.
Ctrip.com International Ltd provides travel related services. Its areas of interest include reservation, transportation ticketing, packaged-tour, corporate travel management services, as well as Internet-related advertising.

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Pendrell (PCO:NAS) and Liberty TripAdvisor Hldgs (LTRPA:NAS) Trading at Less than Cash Value

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Trading at Less than Cash Value

Today we are looking at companies trading at less than cash value meaning companies whose current share price is less than the cash per share on the balance sheet. We also show the value of cash net debt per share to show how much cash per share would be left if the debt was paid off.

What this Means…

Companies can have more cash per share than the actual share price for a number of reasons including they just raised capital, are in industries that experience high burn rates and will eat through the cash quickly or if there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the company. Companies earning a positive net income will have a P/E greater than 0 and are worth exploring in more detail.

Today’s Data on NASDAQ

Today’s data is for companies listed on the NASDAQ.

Symbol Name Close Price Shares Outstanding P/E P/B Cash per Share Net Cash per Share
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 18.400000 379055222 9.6335 1.2151 18.45 -20.35
PCO Pendrell Corp 716.000000 244738 13.7692 0.8387 764.98 873.40
LEXEB Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 45.020000 57252524 1.1851 0.9518 58.51 -27.09
LEXEA Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 43.750000 57252524 1.1516 0.9250 58.51 -27.09
LTRPA Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc 9.300000 75056405 93.0000 0.8881 10.30 0.40
PDLI PDL BioPharma Inc 2.850000 154338793 5.7000 0.5345 3.30 1.75
FWP Forward Pharma A/S 4.170000 47183999 3.2835 0.1676 28.75 0.96
EXXI Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc 5.100000 33221427 None 0.4699 5.22 2.99
EXXI Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc 5.100000 33221427 None 0.4699 5.22 2.99
OPHT Ophthotech Corp 2.890000 36038683 1.8291 2.3738 5.00 5.84
MLNK ModusLink Global Solutions Inc 1.790000 55557326 None 1.5793 1.99 0.92
VSAR Versartis Inc 2.250000 35809311 None 1.6363 3.32 3.17
NVLN Novelion Therapeutics Inc 3.640000 18652368 None 1.7742 3.78 -9.61
GURE Gulf Resources Inc 1.450000 46803791 2.1642 0.1728 4.13 4.08
APWC Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd 2.900000 13819669 8.5294 0.2716 3.54 0.44
EVK Ever-Glory International Group Inc 2.400000 14795992 3.4286 0.3734 2.76 -0.28
GIGM GigaMedia Ltd 3.000000 11052235 None 0.5519 5.77 5.77
VLRX Valeritas Holdings Inc 4.040000 7015636 None 2.8641 4.86 -0.13
CREG China Recycling Energy Corp 3.100000 8310198 193.9950 0.1220 5.81 -0.21
CYCC Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals Inc 2.000000 11904521 None 1.0150 2.19 0.97
ABAC Renmin Tianli Group Inc 2.810100 7983745 25.5464 0.2535 7.56 7.30
KBSF KBS Fashion Group Ltd 4.040000 1772016 None 0.0869 13.49 12.01
KONE Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding Ltd 3.720000 1405000 18.6000 0.2850 4.00 10.61
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc 6.180000 757193 None 0.0363 10.80 -26.46
NURO NeuroMetrix Inc 1.680000 2345519 None 0.8722 1.69 3.92

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

PCO:NAS Pendrell

http://www.pendrell.com
Pendrell has 14 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Pendrell Corp is engaged in licensing and selling its IP rights. The company through its subsidiaries provides IP licensing programs digital media, digital cinema, wireless technologies, and memory and storage technologies.

LTRPA:NAS Liberty TripAdvisor Hldgs

http://www.libertytripadvisorholdings.com
Liberty TripAdvisor Hldgs has 3485 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc provides online travel site services and online retail through its subsidiaries TripAdvisor and BuySeasons.

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Discovery Communications (DISCK:NAS) and Liberty Expedia Holdings (LEXEA:NAS) Trading at Less than Cash Value

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Trading at Less than Cash Value

Today we are looking at companies trading at less than cash value meaning companies whose current share price is less than the cash per share on the balance sheet. We also show the value of cash net debt per share to show how much cash per share would be left if the debt was paid off.

What this Means…

Companies can have more cash per share than the actual share price for a number of reasons including they just raised capital, are in industries that experience high burn rates and will eat through the cash quickly or if there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the company. Companies earning a positive net income will have a P/E greater than 0 and are worth exploring in more detail.

Today’s Data on NASDAQ

Today’s data is for companies listed on the NASDAQ.

Symbol Name Close Price Shares Outstanding P/E P/B Cash per Share Net Cash per Share
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 17.550000 379055222 9.1885 1.1590 18.45 -20.35
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 16.460000 379055222 8.6178 1.0870 18.45 -20.35
LEXEB Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 46.190000 57252524 1.2159 0.9765 58.51 -27.09
LEXEA Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 46.090000 57252524 1.2132 0.9744 58.51 -27.09
LTRPA Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc 8.350000 75056405 83.5000 0.7974 10.30 0.40
PDLI PDL BioPharma Inc 2.840000 154338793 5.6800 0.5326 3.30 1.75
EXXI Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc 4.900000 33221427 None 0.4515 5.22 2.99
EXXI Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc 4.900000 33221427 None 0.4515 5.22 2.99
PCO Pendrell Corp 6.400000 24473885 12.3077 0.7497 7.65 8.73
OPHT Ophthotech Corp 3.350000 36038683 2.1203 2.7517 5.00 5.84
FWP Forward Pharma A/S 4.600000 23591999 0.3622 0.0924 57.50 1.92
MLNK ModusLink Global Solutions Inc 1.770000 55555973 None 1.5616 1.99 0.92
VSAR Versartis Inc 1.825000 35809311 None 1.3272 3.32 3.17
APVO Aptevo Therapeutics Inc 2.870000 21428468 None 0.6810 3.54 2.72
APWC Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd 2.850000 13819669 8.3824 0.2669 3.49 1.44
EVK Ever-Glory International Group Inc 2.350000 14795992 3.3571 0.3656 2.76 -0.28
GIGM GigaMedia Ltd 3.020000 11052235 None 0.5556 5.77 5.77
WLB Westmoreland Coal Co 1.770000 18744151 None None 2.36 -54.79
CREG China Recycling Energy Corp 3.800000 8310198 193.9950 0.1495 5.81 -0.21
TNXP Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp 3.620000 7830040 None 0.9883 3.74 0.23
ABAC Renmin Tianli Group Inc 2.990000 7983745 27.1818 0.2697 7.56 7.30
VLRX Valeritas Holdings Inc 2.761200 7015636 None 1.9575 4.86 -0.13
KBSF KBS Fashion Group Ltd 5.290000 1772016 None 0.1138 13.49 12.01
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc 8.230000 757193 None 0.0483 15.28 -30.63
KONE Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding Ltd 4.000000 1405000 20.0000 0.3064 4.00 10.61

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

DISCK:NAS Discovery Communications

http://www.discoverycommunications.com
Discovery Communications has 7000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Discovery Communications Inc is a media and entertainment company. It provides programming across multiple distribution platforms. The company also provides educational products and services to schools and operates digital media services.

LEXEA:NAS Liberty Expedia Holdings

http://www.libertyexpediaholdings.com
Liberty Expedia Holdings has 20075 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc is an online travel company. It operates a strong brand portfolio with global reach, targeting a broad range of travelers, travel suppliers, and advertisers.

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Discovery Communications (DISCA:NAS) and Liberty Expedia Holdings (LEXEB:NAS) Trading at Less than Cash Value

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Trading at Less than Cash Value

Today we are looking at companies trading at less than cash value meaning companies whose current share price is less than the cash per share on the balance sheet. We also show the value of cash net debt per share to show how much cash per share would be left if the debt was paid off.

What this Means…

Companies can have more cash per share than the actual share price for a number of reasons including they just raised capital, are in industries that experience high burn rates and will eat through the cash quickly or if there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of the company. Companies earning a positive net income will have a P/E greater than 0 and are worth exploring in more detail.

Today’s Data on NASDAQ

Today’s data is for companies listed on the NASDAQ.

Symbol Name Close Price Shares Outstanding P/E P/B Cash per Share Net Cash per Share
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 17.170000 379055222 8.9895 1.1339 18.45 -20.35
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 16.100000 379055222 8.4293 1.0632 18.45 -20.35
LEXEB Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 55.000000 57252524 1.4478 1.1628 58.51 -27.09
LEXEA Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc 43.900000 57252524 1.1556 0.9281 58.51 -27.09
LTRPA Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc 8.750000 75055884 35.0000 0.8313 12.19 2.40
LTRPB Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc 11.595000 75055884 46.3800 1.1016 12.19 2.40
FOSL Fossil Group Inc 5.680000 48521969 None 0.4286 6.59 -6.73
CXDC China XD Plastics Co Ltd 4.850000 49511541 3.3681 0.4052 5.65 -11.27
PCO Pendrell Corp 6.430000 24473885 12.3654 0.7532 7.65 8.73
ICON Iconix Brand Group Inc 1.880000 57078142 None 0.2424 1.91 -14.95
FWP Forward Pharma A/S 4.490000 23591999 0.3535 0.0902 57.50 1.92
OPHT Ophthotech Corp 2.830000 35942879 None None 5.01 5.86
NVLN Novelion Therapeutics Inc 4.410000 18648640 None 0.9444 4.46 -8.48
JASN Jason Industries Inc 2.020000 25966381 None None 2.12 -13.97
APWC Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd 2.874300 13819669 13.6871 0.2922 3.49 1.44
GIGM GigaMedia Ltd 3.145000 11052235 None 0.5786 5.77 5.77
EVK Ever-Glory International Group Inc 2.150000 14792836 4.1346 0.3814 2.56 0.00
CREG China Recycling Energy Corp 3.750000 8310198 187.5000 0.1506 5.65 -0.24
ABAC Aoxin Tianli Group Inc 3.550000 7983745 None 0.3284 7.25 6.99
PRPH ProPhase Labs Inc 2.170000 12428461 2.5529 0.5784 3.00 3.00
TNXP Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp 3.379900 7830040 None 0.9228 3.74 0.23
VLRX Valeritas Holdings Inc 2.440000 6842978 None 0.8830 4.98 -0.14
KBSF KBS Fashion Group Ltd 5.450000 1772016 None 0.1173 13.49 12.01
KONE Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding Ltd 3.580000 1405000 17.9000 0.2742 4.00 10.61
DCIX Diana Containerships Inc 11.010000 2332 None 0.0002 4960.12 -9946.83

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

DISCA:NAS Discovery Communications

http://www.discoverycommunications.com
Discovery Communications has 7000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Discovery Communications Inc is a media and entertainment company. It provides programming across multiple distribution platforms. The company also provides educational products and services to schools and operates digital media services.

LEXEB:NAS Liberty Expedia Holdings

http://www.libertyexpediaholdings.com
Liberty Expedia Holdings has 20075 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Liberty Expedia Holdings Inc is an online travel company. It operates a strong brand portfolio with global reach, targeting a broad range of travelers, travel suppliers, and advertisers.

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Arch Capital Group (ACGL:NAS) and Discovery Communications (DISCA:NAS) Downgraded

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Downgraded Stocks on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Today we are looking at companies whose share price has been downgraded by at least one analyst in the last few days.

Why Do Companies Get Downgraded?

Companies can get downgraded for a number of reasons but primarily due to reduced future earnings potential due to loss of contracts, faultering product lines, increasing costs relative to revenue or financial risk.

In the list below you can see the number of analysts we have in the StockCalc database along with the number of buy-hold-sell on the company.

Today’s Data on NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX, TSE, and TSX

Below we have today’s data for companies listed on all of the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange, and TSX Venture Exchange.

New York Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
HON Honeywell International Inc 5 0 1 1 0 0 4.2857 4.3750 Outperform
WBK Westpac Banking Corp 0 0 4 0 0 0 3.0000 3.5000 Hold
AMT American Tower Corp 5 0 0 1 0 0 4.5000 4.6667 Outperform
OMC Omnicom Group Inc 1 0 4 1 0 0 3.1667 3.2000 Hold
HOG Harley-Davidson Inc 1 0 7 1 0 0 3.1111 3.2222 Hold
ANET Arista Networks Inc 5 0 2 1 0 0 4.1250 4.2500 Outperform
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc 0 0 1 0 1 0 2.0000 3.0000 Underperform
POST Post Holdings Inc 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.5000 4.0000 Hold
ATHM Autohome Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform
Toronto Stock Exchange
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
SCL Shawcor Ltd 2 3 2 0 0 0 4.0000 4.2857 Outperform
CPX Capital Power Corp 0 1 1 0 1 0 2.6667 3.2500 Hold
SVY Savanna Energy Services Corp 1 1 2 0 2 0 2.8333 3.1429 Hold
NASDAQ
Symbol Name Buy Out Perform Hold Under Perform Sell No Opinion Mean Rating Prev Mean Rating Mean Label
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.3333 5.0000 Outperform
DISCA Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 2 0 3.1000 3.3000 Hold
DISCK Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 2 0 3.1000 3.3000 Hold
DISCB Discovery Communications Inc 2 1 5 0 2 0 3.1000 3.3000 Hold
WIN Windstream Holdings Inc 1 0 3 0 0 0 3.5000 3.6667 Hold
LWAY Lifeway Foods Inc 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.5000 5.0000 Outperform
OMED OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.0000 5.0000 Outperform

Let’s look at a few companies…

Lets look at a couple of the companies on this list to get a better understanding of them.

ACGL:NAS Arch Capital Group

http://www.archcapgroup.bm
Arch Capital Group has 1620 employees and is headquartered in Bermuda.
Arch Capital Group Ltd provides insurance, reinsurance & mortgage insurance through its wholly owned subsidiaries. It provides property, casualty & mortgage insurance & reinsurance lines, and focus on writing specialty lines of insurance and reinsurance.

DISCA:NAS Discovery Communications

http://www.discoverycommunications.com
Discovery Communications has 7000 employees and is headquartered in United States.
Discovery Communications Inc is a media and entertainment company. It provides programming across multiple distribution platforms . The Company also provides educational products and services to schools & operates digital media services.

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