Short Interest in Creative Realities, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREX) Rises By 242.3%

Creative Realities, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREX) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 26,700 shares, an increase of 242.3% from the February 29th total of 7,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 63,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Creative Realities Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ CREX traded up $0.03 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $3.78. The company had a trading volume of 20,273 shares, compared to its average volume of 63,545. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.49 million, a P/E ratio of -11.03 and a beta of 3.15. Creative Realities has a 1-year low of $1.22 and a 1-year high of $4.35. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $3.51 and its 200-day moving average is $2.51. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34.

Creative Realities (NASDAQ:CREX) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 21st. The company reported $0.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $14.46 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $16.00 million. Creative Realities had a negative return on equity of 6.23% and a negative net margin of 6.50%. On average, analysts expect that Creative Realities will post 0.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Sargent Investment Group LLC grew its position in Creative Realities by 10.5% in the third quarter. Sargent Investment Group LLC now owns 316,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $490,000 after acquiring an additional 30,000 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Creative Realities by 29.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 274,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,000 after purchasing an additional 62,738 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC bought a new position in Creative Realities in the second quarter valued at about $811,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its stake in shares of Creative Realities by 152.4% during the second quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 133,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 80,600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Creative Realities during the first quarter worth about $101,000. Institutional investors own 41.32% of the company’s stock.

Creative Realities Company Profile

Creative Realities, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides digital marketing technology and solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers digital merchandising systems and omni-channel customer engagement systems; interactive digital shopping assistants; advisors and kiosks; and other interactive marketing technologies, such as mobile, social media, point-of-sale transactions, beaconing, and Web-based media that enables its customers to engage with their consumers.