Small Cap Bearish Stocks: Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ:PFPT), Amphastar Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AMPH), STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA), Coupons.Com (NYSE:COUP), Marcus & Millichap Inc (NYSE:MMI)

Posted by on Jul 03, 2014

Proofpoint (NASDAQ:PFPT) CEO Gary Steele sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $36.14, for a total transaction of $722,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 81,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,952,240. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC. Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ:PFPT) net profit margin is 23.70% and weekly performance is -1.97%. On last trading day company shares ended up $36.78. Analysts mean target price for the company is $42.54. Proofpoint Inc (NASDAQ:PFPT) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 15.57%.

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amphastar) (Nasdaq:AMPH), a specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses primarily on developing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling technically-challenging generic and proprietary injectable and inhalation products, announced that the underwriters of its initial public offering exercised in full their option to purchase from Amphastar 1,200,000 additional shares of its common stock at the initial public offering price of $7.00 per share.Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AMPH) shares fell -6.26% in last trading session and ended the day on $9.14.

Zacks upgraded shares of STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) from an underperform rating to a neutral rating in a research note released on Tuesday morning. They currently have $17.20 target price on the stock. STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) shares moved down -7.11% in last trading session and was closed at $13.85, while trading in range of $13.81-$15.02. STAAR Surgical Company (NASDAQ:STAA) year to date performance is -14.45%.

On June 10,2014 Coupons.Com (NASDAQ:COUP) was downgraded by equities researchers at Goldman Sachs from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued on Tuesday. They currently have a $19.00 price objective on the stock. Coupons.Com Inc (NYSE:COUP) ended the last trading day at $22.37. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 6.26% and price to cash ratio as 7.85. Coupons.Com Inc (NYSE:COUP) showed a negative weekly performance of -16.84%.

On June 12,2014 Marcus & Millichap recently sold the Storage Banc portfolio, a seven-property 404,578-net-rentable-square-foot self-storage portfolio in the St. Louis area. The portfolio includes about 110,000 gross rentable square feet of climate-controlled warehouse space in the suburbs of St. Louis. The portfolio covers about 42.4 acres and consists of 3,279 storage units and 224 outdoor parking spaces. Marcus & Millichap Inc (NYSE:MMI) net profit margin is 3.00% and weekly performance is -6.45%. On last trading day company shares ended up $23.48. Marcus & Millichap Inc (NYSE:MMI) distance from 50-day simple moving average is 14.70%.

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