Weekly 3-Year Low Highlights: VOD, TFM, SALT, WPRT, PBPB

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Feb 23, 2014

According to GuruFocus list of 3-year lows; Vodafone Group PLC, Fresh Market Inc, Scorpio Bulkers Inc, Westport Innovations Inc, and Potbelly Corporation have all reached their 3-year lows.

Vodafone Group PLC (VOD, Financial) Reached the 3-year Low of $39.00

The prices of Vodafone Group PLC (VOD, Financial) shares have declined to close to the 3-year low of $39.00, which is 38.6% off the 3-year high of $72.54.

Vodafone Group PLC is a provider of mobile communications. Vodafone Group PLC has a market cap of $189.03 billion; its shares were traded at around $39.00 with a P/E ratio of 256.70 and P/S ratio of 2.56. The dividend yield of Vodafone Group PLC stocks is 4.08%. Vodafone Group PLC had an annual average earnings growth of 2.00% over the past 5 years.

For its quarter ended December 31, 2013, Vodafone saw a 3.6% decline in revenue to £11.0 billion.

2 Gurus Initiated Positions: Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) bought 162,973 shares in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31, which is 0.15% of the $4.2 billion portfolio of Gotham Capital. Martin Whitman (Trades, Portfolio) bought 22,200,000 shares in the quarter that ended on 10/31/2013, which is 3.5% of the $2.29 billion portfolio of Third Avenue Value Fund.

3 Gurus Increased Positions: James Barrow (Trades, Portfolio) owns 6,348,462 shares as of Dec. 31, an increase of 103.4% from the previous quarter. John Paulson (Trades, Portfolio) owns 35,195,900 shares as of Dec. 31, an increase of 75.98% from the previous quarter. Jean-Marie Eveillard (Trades, Portfolio) owns 1,754,673 shares as of Dec. 31, an increase of 53.61% from the previous quarter.

2 Gurus Reduced Positions: Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) owns 75,069 shares as of Dec. 31, a decrease of 81.62% of from the previous quarter. NWQ Managers (Trades, Portfolio) owns 95,017 shares as of Dec. 31, a decrease of 96.88% of from the previous quarter.

Fresh Market, Inc. (TFM, Financial) Reached the 3-year Low of $32.31

The prices of Fresh Market (TFM, Financial) shares have declined to close to the 3-year low of $32.31, which is 53.0% off the 3-year high of $65.69.

Fresh Market is owned by 3 Gurus we are tracking. Among them, two have added to their positions during the past quarter, and three have reduced their positions. Fresh Market is a Delaware corporation and it was founded in 1982. Fresh Market has a market cap of $1.56 billion; its shares were traded at around $32.31 with a P/E ratio of 22.50 and P/S ratio of 1.07.

Fresh Market Inc. has released its third quarter 2013 results. In this quarter, the company increased net sales by 13.4% to $364.5 million, with same-store sales increasing 3.1%. Net income was $11.1 million compared to $10.9 million in the prior year quarter.

Scorpio Bulkers Inc (SALT, Financial) Reached the 3-year Low of $9.33

The prices of Scorpio Bulkers Inc (SALT, Financial) shares have declined to close to the 3-year low of $9.33, which is 15.8% off the 3-year high of $10.73.

Scorpio Bulkers Inc has a market cap of $1.24 billion; its shares were traded at around $9.33.

2 Gurus Initiated Positions: George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) bought 894,000 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2013, which is 0.076% of the $11.78 billion portfolio of Soros Fund Management LLC. John Burbank (Trades, Portfolio) bought 200,000 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2013, which is 0.068% of the $2.94 billion portfolio of Passport Capital.

Westport Innovations Inc (WPRT, Financial) Reached the 3-year Low of $16.69

The prices of Westport Innovations Inc (WPRT, Financial) shares have declined to close to the 3-year low of $16.69, which is 68.1% off the 3-year high of $50.19.

Westport Innovations Inc was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act on March 20, 1995. Westport Innovations Inc has a market cap of $1.05 billion; its shares were traded at around $16.69 with and P/S ratio of 6.15.

Westport Innovations has released its third quarter 2013 results. Revenues for that quarter were $46.5 million compared to $30.7 million in the third quarter of 2012 and net loss was $30.2 million compared to $32.5 million in 2012. The company will release its fourth quarter results February 26, 2014.

2 Gurus Sold Out WPRT: John Griffin (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his holdings in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31. George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) sold out his holdings in the quarter that ended on Dec. 31.

Potbelly Corporation (PBPB, Financial) Reached the 3-year Low of $20.11

The prices of Potbelly Corporation (PBPB, Financial) shares have declined to close to the 3-year low of $20.11, which is 43.4% off the 3-year high of $33.90.

Potbelly Corporation has a market cap of $585.959 million; its shares were traded at around $20.11 with and P/S ratio of 1.53.

Potbelly recently released its fourth quarter 2013 results. Total revenues were $74.8 million, a 1.7% increase over the prior year quarter. GAAP net loss was $3.7 million compared to a net income of $18.5 last year. Adjusted EBITDA increased 6% to $9.0 million.

2 Gurus Initiated Positions: Robert Olstein (Trades, Portfolio) bought 77,000 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2013, which is 0.27% of the $698 million portfolio of Olstein All-Cap Value Fund. Joel Greenblatt (Trades, Portfolio) bought 17,869 shares in the quarter that ended on 12/31/2013, which is 0.01% of the $4.2 billion portfolio of Gotham Capital.

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