Yelp (YELP) Stock Upgraded - $81 Price Target 2014

Yelp (YELP) Stock Upgraded - $81 Price Target 2014 at Deutsche Bank

YELP stock is rising to $61 this morning after Deutsche Bank upgraded shares to Buy with an $81 price target.  Deutsche Bank views Yelp as a great local and mobile play and sees revenues hitting $1 billion in five years.

Yelp is very addicting, you check in on your mobile phone everywhere you go, you write reviews, and find great restaurants and businesses.  You can even get free drinks at the bar, a free order of fries at select restaurants just by checking in.  On top of the check in deals, Yelp offers Yelp Deals.  Yelp is now competing with Groupon (GRPN) and will eventually steal market share.  Yelp also bought a reservation service called SeatMe.  SeatMe will eventually be integrated into Yelp and compete with OpenTable (OPEN).  My Price Target on YELP is $190 for 2016-2018.

I've like Yelp (YELP) since the mid $40's after the company beat earnings.  Yelp is a stock I actively trade in my trading account and one of my largest positions in my retirement account.

Top Technology Short Squeeze Plays for Stock Traders

A short squeeze takes place when an excessive amount of short sellers have shorted a stock, the stock comes out with good news, and the price of the stock spikes by an excessive amount, because all the short sellers have to scramble to cover their positions by buying in their shares, often due to the fact that they are getting margin calls.

Potential short squeeze plays have several metrics for comparison purposes. One of the most popular metrics is the Short Interest Ratio, also known as the Days to Cover. What this measures is the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their positions based on the average daily trading volume. The longer it would take to cover, the higher the ratio. Another analysis is the shares short as a percentage of float. The higher the percentage, the greater the chance that an upside shock would drive up the price.

The technology sector has many short squeeze plays to choose from. Here are some examples. Shown is the name of the company and the short interest ratio. in other words the number of days it would take the short sellers to cover their positions based on recent volume.

Carbonite (CARB) 34.5

Ebix (EBIX) 30.4

Opentable (OPEN) 19.8

Skullcandy (SKUL) 15.4

Ubiquiti Networks (UBNT) 14.5

Magicjack Vocaltec (CALL) 10.3

GT Advanced Tech (GTAT) 8.2

The above are worth checking for the possibility of any positive news as potential trades.

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Disclosure: Author didn't own any of the above at the time the article was written.