Another concern is Trinad Management exiting
its activist position in the stock.
Trinad Management had
an activist position in the stock, but had been selling at the time I opened the position and only one stockholder owned more than 5 % of the stock.
No investors have disclosed
an activist position in this stock and management still seem intent on helping themselves to big portions of options and restricted stock.
Trinad Management did have
an activist position in the stock, but has been selling recently and only one stockholder owns more than 5 % of the stock.
Trinad Management had previously held
an activist position in the stock, but had been selling at the time I opened the position and only one stockholder owned more than 5 % of the stock.
Not exact matches
Not mentioned was the fact that Miranda, the longtime political consultant for Klein and other politicians involved
in the press event, was also working for William Ackman, an
activist investor whose hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, has «shorted» Herbalife
stock — a
position that will reap significant rewards if its value plunges.
Observing that
stock prices rose dramatically when owner - managers of «Wall Street's orphaned stars» decided to sell, and outside investors were «typically a diffuse bunch
in no
position to put heat on the controlling insiders,»
activist investors saw the obvious value proposition and path to a catalyst and entered the fray.
One problem with riding the coattails of
activists is that their
stocks rally sharply the second it becomes known that they have big
positions in companies.
Investors love to follow
activist money managers who take big
positions in a company, often get on the board and then lobby for changes that make the
stock rise.
Even if
activists or financial acquirers do not make a run at the company, SureWest would be
in a far better negotiating
position with a potential strategic acquirer, such as Comcast, with a higher
stock price.
In our earlier post, we wrote that VVTV seemed to us to be one of the better opportunities available because it's a net net stock (i.e. a stock trading for less than its net current assets) with other valuable assets and noted activist investor Carlo Cannell of Cannell Capital has an activist position in i
In our earlier post, we wrote that VVTV seemed to us to be one of the better opportunities available because it's a net net
stock (i.e. a
stock trading for less than its net current assets) with other valuable assets and noted
activist investor Carlo Cannell of Cannell Capital has an
activist position in i
in it.
I took a small
position in Support.com after reading the writeup
in Shadow
Stocks and reading the latest 10Qs; I'm always on the prowl for small cap net - nets with some sort of catalyst (
in this case an
activist investor and new management).