Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp rises on social media chatter despite weak results
04/11/2021 15:42
** Sports retailer Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp shares BGFV.O
up 17.2% at $37.18
** BGFV among top ten trending stocks on investor-focused
social media site stocktwits.com, with message vols up ~160%
** About 47.9% of BGFV free float in short position,
according to estimates by analytics company Ortex
** Stock tracking its highest level since June 3
** Over 200% jump in mentions of BGFV on reddit
r/WallStreetBets in the last 24 hours, according to data
scrapping site memebergterminal.com
** Co reported its Q3 results on Wednesday missing both
revenue and EPS estimates urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nTUASYG6C
** Over 5.8 mln shares traded, nearly six times the co's
25-DMA vol
** Stock has risen 277% this year, including session gains
(Reporting by Bansari Mayur Kamdar)
((BansariMayur.Kamdar@thomsonreuters.com;))
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