note price action vs. rising bottoms trendline
note this week's volume candle with the price decline
the float size is 9M, and 36% published short interest (shown below)
most of the price decline was Thursday, prior to the analyst downgrade on Friday...
bottoming action now in play or just a pause in the decline?
Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month)3: 167,349
Average Volume (10 day)3: 389,500
Shares Outstanding: 13.69M
Float: 9.27M
% Held by Insiders4: 8.21%
% Held by Institutions4: 84.60%
Shares Short (as of 10-Nov-06)3: 4.02M
Short Ratio (as of 10-Nov-06)3: 31.2
Short % of Float (as of 10-Nov-06)3: 36.10%
Shares Short (prior month)3: 3.66M
UPGRADES & DOWNGRADES HISTORY
Date Research Firm Action From To
15-Dec-06 Ryan, Beck & Co Downgrade Outperform Mkt Perform
6-Jun-06 Sun Trust Rbsn Humphrey Initiated Reduce
1-Sep-04 Stephens Inc Initiated Overweight
25-Feb-03 Brean Murray Initiated Strong Buy
ASFI was trading up in the 12/14 premarket following earnings -
http://biz.yahoo.com...nding.html?.v=1
