Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ:SOHU) Short Interest Update

Sohu.com Limited (NASDAQ:SOHU) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 136,000 shares, a growth of 21.6% from the March 15th total of 111,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 48,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Sohu.com Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of SOHU opened at $11.43 on Monday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $10.05 and its 200 day moving average price is $9.46. Sohu.com has a 52 week low of $7.80 and a 52 week high of $14.42.

Sohu.com (NASDAQ:SOHU) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 4th. The information services provider reported ($0.29) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.42) by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $141.36 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $159.62 million. Sohu.com had a negative net margin of 5.06% and a negative return on equity of 4.88%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Sohu.com will post -1.21 earnings per share for the current year.

Institutional Trading of Sohu.com

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its position in Sohu.com by 5.8% in the third quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 491,784 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,615,000 after acquiring an additional 26,898 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in Sohu.com by 36.8% in the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 23,711 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $265,000 after acquiring an additional 6,382 shares in the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its position in Sohu.com by 17.9% in the first quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 14,488 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $213,000 after acquiring an additional 2,199 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in Sohu.com by 16.3% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 12,428 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $209,000 after acquiring an additional 1,740 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Sohu.com during the 4th quarter worth $191,000. 33.02% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Sohu.com from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 8th.

Sohu.com Company Profile

Sohu.com Limited engages in the provision of online media, video, and game products and services on personal computers (PCs) and mobile devices in China. It operates through two segments: Sohu and Changyou. The company offers online news, information, and content services through the mobile phone application Sohu News APP, mobile portal m.sohu.com, and www.sohu.com for PCs; and online video content and services through mobile phone application Sohu Video APP and tv.sohu.com, as well as ifox, a video application for PC.