Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:TAXI) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of January. As of March 14th, there was short interest totalling 936,262 shares, a growth of 34.8% from the February 28th total of 694,713 shares, AnalystRatings.NET reports. Based on an average trading volume of 163,730 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 5.7 days. Currently, 4.3% of the company’s stock are sold short. Medallion Financial Corp (NASDAQ:TAXI) shares after opening at $18.76 moved to $14.30 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $14.23. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 10.23 and price to cash ratio as 6.84. Medallion Financial Corp (NASDAQ:TAXI) showed a positive weekly performance of 10.05%.
Shares of Goodrich Petroleum (NYSE:GDP) were the target of a significant growth in short interest in January. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,763,932 shares, a growth of 21.7% from the March 14th total of 12,955,836 shares, American Banking and Market News reports. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,016,576 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 7.8 days. Approximately 45.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:GDP) shares advanced 6.01% in last trading session and ended the day on $26.46. GDP return on equity ratio is recorded as -63.60% and its return on assets is -12.90%. Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:GDP) yearly performance is 94.70%.
Soda stream International (NASDAQ:SODA) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock traders bought 13,485 call options on the company, Analyst Ratings Network.com reports. This represents an increase of 189% compared to the average daily volume of 4,671 call options. Soda stream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA) shares moved up10.71% in last trading session and was closed at $44.76, while trading in range of $ 39.67 – 47.30.Soda stream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA) year to date (YTD) performance is -9.83
SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE:SVU) company on Apr. 17 announced it has successfully completed the repricing, amendment and extension of its existing $1.0 billion asset-based revolving credit facility, which is secured by the Company’s inventory, credit card and certain other receivables and certain other assets. The amendment reduces the facility’s interest rates to LIBOR plus 1.50 percent to 2.00 percent and prime plus 0.50 percent to 1.00 percent, depending on utilization. The amendment also eliminates the springing maturity provision that would have accelerated the revolving credit facility’s maturity to 90 days prior to May 1, 2016 if more than $250 million of the Company’s 8% senior notes remained outstanding as of that date. SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE:SVU) weekly performance is 11.70%. On last trading day company shares ended up $7.54. SUPERVALU INC.(NYSE:SVU) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 14.78%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $7.47.