This Stock Has Gained Over 700% Today, Plus the Latest on GoPro, Petrobras and Sinclair

On the first day of the September FOMC meeting, the bulls are firmly in charge of the market once again, as all three major indexes are up by around half-a-percentage point. After falling lower in the morning, crude futures are also attempting to make a comeback.

In this article, we’ll find out why investors are buzzing about Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (NASDAQ:SBGI), GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO), Allergan plc Ordinary Shares (NYSE:AGN), Tobira Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TBRA), and Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras (ADR) (NYSE:PBR) this morning and use the latest regulatory data to determine how successful hedge funds are positioned in each stock.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (NASDAQ:SBGI) shares are 6% in the red after the company issued a disappointing update on its third quarter results. For the time period, the company expects media revenue to be between $637 million and $638 million, including $46 million of political spending. The company originally had anticipated media revenue of $649.2 million-to-$663.2 million for the quarter, with political spending accounting for $58 million-to-$68 million of that. Sinclair will release its final third quarter results on November 2. Some of the shortfall is likely due to Donald Trump’s more unconventional, social media-based style of running for President. Ken Griffin‘s Citadel Investment Group raised its position in Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc (NASDAQ:SBGI) by 45% in the second quarter to over 1.66 million shares at the end of June.

Traders are talking about GoPro Inc (NASDAQ:GPRO) after the biggest name on the street, Goldman Sachs, slightly raised its price target on the stock while retaining its ‘Neutral’ rating. Due to some stronger data from its research, the investment bank now has a price target of $14 on the action camera/drone maker’s stock, up from $12.50. In terms of its newly-launched drones, Goldman Sachs expects GoPro’s new product segment to bring in around $31 million during its fiscal year 2016 and $277 million in its 2017 fiscal year. Despite the price hike, Goldman Sachs is among the less optimistic investment banks covering GoPro, as the firm’s price target of $14 is still below GoPro shares’ current price of $15.28. Of the 749 hedge funds that we track which filed 13Fs for the June quarter, 16 of them owned 8.40% of GoPro’s float on June 30.

On the next page, we’ll examine the latest on Allergan, Tobira Therapeutics, and Petroleo Brasileiro SA Petrobras.