Why These Five Stocks Are Trending on Wednesday?

Wall Street extended its losses for the second day on Wednesday following weaker-than-expected private jobs numbers and ahead of the Friday US non-farm payroll data. Meanwhile, five stocks that stand out among most losers are Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA), Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY), Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU), Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD), and Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP). Let’s take a closer look at the developments that sent these stocks deep in the red territory and assess the hedge fund sentiment towards them.

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Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA)’s stock took a hit on Wednesday morning and is currently almost 7% in the red after the day before the company announced that two top executives had resigned from the company. Chief Merchandising Officer, Henry Stafford, and Robin Thurston, Chief Digital Officer of Under Armour, will leave the company in July. After their departures, Kip Fulks, the current Chief Marketing Officer, will assume the responsibilities of the Chief Merchandise Office on an interim basis and Michael Lee, a senior vice president, will become the Chief Digital Officer of Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA), the company said in a statement. Overall, 25 funds from our database held shares of Under Armour Inc (NYSE:UA) at the end of the fourth quarter of 2015, including Columbus Circle Investors, which, however, cut its stake by more than 50% on the quarter and reported 763,538 shares as of the end of March.

Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY)’s stock has dropped by almost 20% so far today after the company posted better than expected results for the first quarter, but provided weak guidance for the second quarter and full year. Cray’s first-quarter loss of $0.13 per share and revenue of $105.5 million, managed to beat both top- and bottom-line estimates by $0.12 and $4.70 million, respectively. However, for the current quarter, the company forecasted revenue of $100 million, below the current estimates of some $113 million, while for the full 2016, revenue is expected at $825 million also lower than the estimates of $826.28 million. John A. Levin‘s Levin Capital Strategies, with a stake of 624,647 shares, was among the 14 funds we track with long positions in Cray Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAY) at the end of 2015.

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Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU)’s stock has slipped by over 17% on the back of the company’s disappointing first-quarter results, which included a net loss of $0.03 per share, better than the expected loss of $0.05, while the revenue of $54 million missed the estimates of $54.50 million. However, the developer of mobile games also announced plans to slash its workforce by 85 people and said it expects revenue in the range of $46 million to $49 million for the second quarter, which is considerably below the current consensus estimate of $59 million. A total of 13 funds from our database reported long positions in Glu Mobile Inc. (NASDAQ:GLUU) as of the end of 2015, down by eight on the quarter. These funds held nearly 16% of Glu Mobile’s outstanding shares heading into 2016.

Shares of Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD) are over 10% in the red, even though the Africa-focused gold miner posted EPS of $0.58, higher than $0.52 a year ago and gold sales of $345.77 million, versus $344.63 million a year earlier. However, the production was down by 11% on the quarter and up by 4% on the year and the stock declined amid investors’ concerns over production for the full year. Just 10 funds from our database reported holding shares of Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD) as of the end of 2015, down by 10 over the quarter. In the current round of 13F filings, Eric Sprott‘s Sprott Asset Management reported ownership of 192,864 shares of Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GOLD) as of the end of March.

Finally, shares of Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP) are 18% lower today on the back of the biotech company announcing that it closed an offering of $150 million in senior secured loans that carry a 11.5% interest and are due April 2022. The market responded negatively to the increase of debt as the company currently has a single drug, Veltassa for the treatment of hyperkalemia. Analysts forecast sales of Veltassa worth just $20 million this year and $76 million next year, according to Bloomberg, and AstraZeneca plc (ADR) (NYSE:AZN)’s drug for the treatment of hyperkalemia might be approved later this month. Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP) is scheduled to release its financial results for the first quarter today after the closing bell and analysts project a net loss of $1.46 on revenue of $6.88 million. Relypsa Inc (NASDAQ:RLYP) saw the support of 21 funds from our database, which held 31.70% of the company’s outstanding stock at the end of 2015.

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