Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (TAST) At $11.20 Forms Top; Vonage Holdings (VG) Shorts Decreased By 20.82%

Saturday, 31 March 2018

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (TAST) At $11.20 Forms Top; Vonage Holdings (VG) Shorts Decreased By 20.82%

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Vonage Holdings Corp (NYSE:VG) had a decrease of 20.82% in short interest. VG’s SI was 4.51 million shares in March as released by FINRA. Its down 20.82% from 5.70M shares previously. With 1.53M avg volume, 3 days are for Vonage Holdings Corp (NYSE:VG)’s short sellers to cover VG’s short positions. The SI to Vonage Holdings Corp’s float is 2.14%. The stock increased 1.43% or $0.15 during the last trading session, reaching $10.65. About 1.64M shares traded. Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) has risen 69.94% since March 31, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 58.39% the S&P500.

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (TAST) formed multiple top with $12.21 target or 9.00% above today’s $11.20 share price. Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (TAST) has $396.89M valuation. The stock decreased 0.44% or $0.05 during the last trading session, reaching $11.2. About 407,848 shares traded or 50.45% up from the average. Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST) has declined 18.84% since March 31, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 30.39% the S&P500.

Since October 17, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 9 sales for $25.48 million activity. MASAREK ALAN also sold $5.04 million worth of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) on Monday, February 26. KAHN VALERIE sold 9,826 shares worth $106,214. Citron Jeffrey A also sold $5.34 million worth of Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) shares. WYATT KENNETH sold $411,996 worth of stock. 29,388 shares valued at $311,529 were sold by LALA VINOD on Monday, March 19. Another trade for 11,322 shares valued at $121,406 was sold by GILVAR EDWARD M..

Investors sentiment increased to 1.4 in 2017 Q4. Its up 0.07, from 1.33 in 2017Q3. It is positive, as 16 investors sold Vonage Holdings Corp. shares while 68 reduced holdings. 42 funds opened positions while 76 raised stakes. 186.23 million shares or 2.83% more from 181.10 million shares in 2017Q3 were reported. United Services Automobile Association owns 365,570 shares. Wells Fargo And Company Mn holds 0% or 383,190 shares in its portfolio. Tiaa Cref Inv Management Ltd Company reported 1.39 million shares. Johnson Invest Counsel owns 22,129 shares. Guggenheim Limited Liability Corporation stated it has 0% in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG). Moreover, Origin Asset Mgmt Llp has 0.02% invested in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG). Wellington Management Grp Llp has invested 0.03% of its portfolio in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG). Woodmont Inv Counsel Ltd Limited Liability Company stated it has 0.24% in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG). Moreover, Jefferies Gru has 0% invested in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) for 24,288 shares. Shell Asset Management reported 0.3% in Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG). Meeder Asset Management owns 2,291 shares for 0% of their portfolio. First Personal Fincl Serv invested in 0% or 324 shares. Huntington Commercial Bank holds 2,355 shares. C M Bidwell & Assoc stated it has 14,340 shares or 0.13% of all its holdings. Great West Life Assurance Can reported 274,925 shares.

Among 11 analysts covering Vonage (NYSE:VG), 9 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 82% are positive. Vonage had 34 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Thursday, August 10, the company rating was maintained by Oppenheimer. The stock has “Buy” rating by Northland Capital on Tuesday, September 5. As per Thursday, February 22, the company rating was maintained by Northland Capital. William Blair maintained the shares of VG in report on Wednesday, November 8 with “Buy” rating. Craig Hallum maintained Vonage Holdings Corp. (NYSE:VG) rating on Tuesday, November 7. Craig Hallum has “Buy” rating and $11.0 target. Northland Capital maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $7 target in Friday, July 31 report. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Thursday, November 5 by Oppenheimer. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, May 25 by William Blair. Robert W. Baird initiated it with “Outperform” rating and $8 target in Wednesday, September 14 report. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, August 10 by Canaccord Genuity.

Vonage Holdings Corp. provides communications services connecting people through cloud-connected devices worldwide. The company has market cap of $2.46 billion. It offers various business services, including basic dial tone, call queue, conferencing, call groups, mobile functionality, CRM integration, and detailed analytics, as well as Vonage Essential services. It currently has negative earnings. The firm also provides home telephone replacement services through various service plans with basic features, such as voicemail, call waiting, call forwarding, simulring, visual voicemail, and extensions, as well as area code selection, virtual phone number, and Web-enabled voicemail.

Since December 14, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 1 insider sale for $32,000 activity. 2,500 shares valued at $32,000 were sold by Flanders Paul R on Thursday, December 14.

Analysts await Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:TAST) to report earnings on May, 8. They expect $-0.17 EPS, down 21.43% or $0.03 from last year’s $-0.14 per share. After $0.08 actual EPS reported by Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -312.50% negative EPS growth.

Among 3 analysts covering Carrols Restaurant Group (NASDAQ:TAST), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Carrols Restaurant Group had 5 analyst reports since January 29, 2016 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Buy” rating by Citigroup given on Monday, March 5. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Tuesday, September 26 by Raymond James. As per Monday, November 20, the company rating was maintained by Citigroup.

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