What Drove These Three Stocks Lower On Friday?

Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN)‘s shares were also down on the back of its financial results for the third quarter. The stock opened 7% in the red on Friday, though it recovered to end the day down by just 1.17%. The company delivered adjusted earnings of $0.86 per share, down from $1.05 a year earlier, while its revenue slid to $996.3 million from $1.37 billion in the third quarter of 2014, as the company was severely affected by the slowdown of the gaming industry in Macau, where Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) registered a 38% net revenue drop. Compared to analysts’ EPS estimates of $0.86, the company managed to post better-than-expected results, but it fell short of expectations on the revenue side, with the consensus estimate having stood at around $1.03 billion. Among the hedge funds from our database, we can see some optimism regarding Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN)’s prospects as the number of funds with long positions in the company went up by ten to 35 during the second quarter, while the aggregate value of their holdings advanced to $1.24 billion and represented 12.40% of the company’s shares at the end of June. Mason Hawkins‘ Southeastern Asset Management is the top shareholder of Wynn Resorts in our database, owning 7.11 million shares after a 56% hike to its holding during the second quarter, followed by John Griffin’s Blue Ridge Capital, which reported a new position of 790,000 shares in its 13F filing for the second quarter.

Lastly is Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:CRZO), whose stock lost 1.49% yesterday after the company issued estimated oil production figures for the third quarter and raised its production growth target for the current year to 23,573 Bbls/d and 21% respectively. The third quarter production represents an increase of 18% on the year and is 4% above the high-end of its previous guidance. On Thursday, Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:CRZO) also announced an underwritten public offering of 5.50 million shares, up from 5.30 million that it had announced earlier, expecting gross proceeds of almost $212 million. Several analysts have lowered their price targets on the stock in the last couple of months, including KLR Group, which reduced its target to $49 from $51 on Thursday. Still, most analysts have ‘Buy’ ratings on the stock and the consensus price target currently amounts to $53.60, which indicates an upside potential of nearly 31%. On the other hand, Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:CRZO) lost some popularity among the funds we track during the second quarter, as the number of funds with long positions slid to 25 from 39, while the aggregate value of their holdings fell to $266.82 million from $417.76 million and represented 10.50% of the company’s common stock at the end of June. Mariko Gordon’s Daruma Asset Management and Ken Griffin’s Citadel Investment Group lead the list of Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:CRZO)’s shareholders in our database with stakes of 1.40 million shares and 1.37 million shares respectively.

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