Investment bank B. Riley's shares set to end punishing week in red
** Shares of investment bank B Riley RILY.O fall ~2% to $4.94 in early premarket trade
** Stock on track for seventh straight session of declines, if trend holds
** Stock has fallen ~70% so far this week after RILY said it expected to report a loss in Q2 vs year-ago profit and delayed its quarterly report with the U.S. securities regulator
** Bank expects a net loss between $435 mln - $475 mln in Q2 vs profit of $44.4 mln a year earlier
** RILY warned it could report a markdown of $330 mln to $370 mln in the quarter related to its investment in Vitamin Shoppe-parent Franchise Group
** RILY also disclosed that the bank and its CEO received subpoenas from the SEC in July
** RILY shares closed at their lowest in a decade on Thursday after halving in value on Monday and extending losses in the days after
** About 78% of the free float is sold short, which is close to the highest in at least five years, according to estimates from Ortex
Reporting by Manya Saini in Bengaluru
Latest News
Disclaimer: The XM Group entities provide execution-only service and access to our Online Trading Facility, permitting a person to view and/or use the content available on or via the website, is not intended to change or expand on this, nor does it change or expand on this. Such access and use are always subject to: (i) Terms and Conditions; (ii) Risk Warnings; and (iii) Full Disclaimer. Such content is therefore provided as no more than general information. Particularly, please be aware that the contents of our Online Trading Facility are neither a solicitation, nor an offer to enter any transactions on the financial markets. Trading on any financial market involves a significant level of risk to your capital.
All material published on our Online Trading Facility is intended for educational/informational purposes only, and does not contain – nor should it be considered as containing – financial, investment tax or trading advice and recommendations; or a record of our trading prices; or an offer of, or solicitation for, a transaction in any financial instruments; or unsolicited financial promotions to you.
Any third-party content, as well as content prepared by XM, such as: opinions, news, research, analyses, prices and other information or links to third-party sites contained on this website are provided on an “as-is” basis, as general market commentary, and do not constitute investment advice. To the extent that any content is construed as investment research, you must note and accept that the content was not intended to and has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research and as such, it would be considered as marketing communication under the relevant laws and regulations. Please ensure that you have read and understood our Notification on Non-Independent Investment. Research and Risk Warning concerning the foregoing information, which can be accessed here.
