Here’s Why These Five Stocks Are on the Move Today

Although the Fed has kicked off its pivotal FOMC meeting, Wall Street is relatively calm today as all three indexes are moderately higher. The Dow is up 55 points, the NASDAQ is 0.28% in the green, and the S&P 500 has inched up by 0.27%.

Among the stocks showing more volatility than the broader market today are Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE:PBYI), Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN), HNI Corp (NYSE:HNI), DTS Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI), and Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA). Let’s find out why traders are buying and selling and see how funds from our database are positioned towards each stock, using data from the last round of 13F filings.

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Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE:PBYI) shares have surged by 13.55% after the company announced that the FDA accepted for review Puma’s NDA seeking the nod of PB272, which is the company’s lead product candidate for the extended adjuvant treatment of patients with early stage HER2-overexpressed/amplified breast cancer who have received prior adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy. Although the press release didn’t mention a PDUFA date, some traders expect the FDA action date to be in July of next year. The smart money was pretty bullish on Puma in the second quarter. According to our database of around 750 funds, 15 of them owned $391.08 million worth of Puma Biotechnology Inc (NYSE:PBYI)’s stock, which accounted for 40.40% of the float on June 30.

Despite beating analyst earnings estimates for its fiscal third quarter, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) is 3.5% in the red today as some investors head for the exits. For the period, Lennar earned $1.01 per share, versus Wall Street estimates of $0.90 per share. Revenue was $2.83 billion, up almost 14% year-over-year, and comfortably above the consensus of $2.68 billion. Deliveries rose 7% year-over-year while Lennar’s backlog inched up 12% to 9,253 homes. Given the strong housing market, some in the market may have expected stronger numbers, however (hence the sell-off). John Khoury‘s Long Pond Capital established a new stake of almost 2.1 million shares in the second quarter in Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN).

On the next page, we find out why HNI Corp, DTS, and Tessera Technologies are registering moves today.

HNI Corp (NYSE:HNI) shares are more than one fifth lower today after its management updated earnings guidance for the third quarter and fiscal year 2016. Due to slower-than-expected housing starts, acquisition integration and the continued decline in pellet appliance demand, management now expects adjusted EPS for the third quarter to be in the range of $0.74-$0.79 versus previous guidance of $0.90-$0.95. In addition, management expects adjusted full-year EPS to be in the range of $2.50 to $2.70 versus the prior guidance of $2.80 to $2.95. A total of 11 funds from our database owned shares of HNI Corp (NYSE:HNI) at the end of the second quarter, down by three funds from the previous quarter.

DTS Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI) has surged by 23% after Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) agreed to buy the company for $42.50 per share in cash (for a total transaction value of around $850 million). Tessera management expects the purchase to be immediately accretive to EPS and cash flow and to yield $15 million in annualized synergies within the first 12 to 18 months after closing. According to our data, seven smart money investors had a bullish position in DTS Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI) at the end of the second quarter, unchanged from the previous quarter. Meanwhile, 28 funds owned shares of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRA) at the end of June, up by two funds from the previous quarter.

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