Aureus Greenway Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AGH) Short Interest Up 40.8% in April

Key Points

• Short interest rose 40.8% in April to 1,050,478 shares — about 8.4% of the company's stock — leaving a short-interest ratio of 1.6 days based on average volume.
• Analysts' consensus is a Sell, with Wall Street Zen downgrading to "strong sell" and Weiss Ratings reaffirming a "sell (d-)" rating.
• Shares opened at $3.84 (down 3.5%), market cap roughly $77.8M, and the company reported an EPS loss of ($0.08) with a negative net margin of 124%, reflecting weak recent fundamentals.

Aureus Greenway Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:AGH - Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,050,478 shares, an increase of 40.8% from the March 31st total of 746,087 shares. Currently, 8.4% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 662,882 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Wall Street Zen lowered Aureus Greenway to a "strong sell" rating in a research report on Saturday, March 28th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Aureus Greenway in a research report on Friday, March 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Sell".

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. HRT Financial LP purchased a new position in shares of Aureus Greenway in the 4th quarter valued at $51,000. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Aureus Greenway in the 4th quarter valued at $76,000. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of Aureus Greenway by 233.0% in the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 34,300 shares of the company's stock valued at $108,000 after acquiring an additional 24,000 shares during the period. GM Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Aureus Greenway in the 3rd quarter valued at $155,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Aureus Greenway by 27.3% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 103,436 shares of the company's stock valued at $326,000 after acquiring an additional 22,172 shares during the period.

Aureus Greenway Stock Down 3.5%

Shares of NASDAQ AGH opened at $3.84 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $4.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.30. The firm has a market cap of $77.78 million, a PE ratio of -14.77 and a beta of 8.86. Aureus Greenway has a twelve month low of $0.54 and a twelve month high of $8.25.

Aureus Greenway (NASDAQ:AGH - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 31st. The company reported ($0.08) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aureus Greenway had a negative net margin of 124.06% and a negative return on equity of 16.59%. The company had revenue of $0.70 million during the quarter.

Aureus Greenway Company Profile

We own and operate two public golf country clubs in Florida that each features a golf-club, consisting of over 289 acres of multi-service recreational property. Our golf country clubs include two golf-courses with over 13,000 yards of combined fairways, clubhouses boasting food and beverage options, aquatic golf ranges, and pro shops to assist any level of golfer. We believe our golf country clubs are a serene combination of approachable golf and nature that are designed to appeal to local residents and tourists alike.

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