Ezra Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:EZRA) Short Interest Up 148.5% in May

Ezra Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:EZRA) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,166,971 shares, a growth of 148.5% from the April 30th total of 469,683 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,149,358 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Ezra Price Performance

Shares of EZRA opened at $4.11 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $6.42. Ezra has a 52-week low of $3.45 and a 52-week high of $142.00.

Ezra (NASDAQ:EZRA) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported ($3.60) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $3.80 million for the quarter.

Insider Transactions at Ezra

In other Ezra news, CFO Joel Markovits sold 3,189 shares of Ezra stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $8.40, for a total value of $26,787.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 3 shares in the company, valued at $25.20. The trade was a 99.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently commented on EZRA shares. Weiss Ratings assumed coverage on Ezra in a research note on Thursday, March 12th. They set a “sell (e+)” rating for the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Ezra to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Ezra has a consensus rating of “Sell”.