Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTST) Director Clifford Stein Sells 3,991 Shares

Data Storage Corp. (NASDAQ:DTSTGet Free Report) Director Clifford Stein sold 3,991 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, September 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $3.05, for a total value of $12,172.55. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,009 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $54,927.45. The trade was a 18.14% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards.

Data Storage Stock Up 1.7%

Shares of Data Storage stock opened at $3.04 on Friday. Data Storage Corp. has a 12 month low of $2.85 and a 12 month high of $5.15. The stock has a market cap of $7.11 million, a PE ratio of -4.00 and a beta of 1.15. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $3.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $3.61.

Data Storage (NASDAQ:DTSTGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 14th. The company reported ($0.53) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($0.29) by ($0.24). The business had revenue of $0.36 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $0.40 million. Data Storage had a net margin of 1,247.09% and a negative return on equity of 5.48%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of DTST. Alpine Global Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Data Storage during the 4th quarter worth $256,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its position in Data Storage by 54.8% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 136,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $697,000 after purchasing an additional 48,200 shares during the last quarter. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Data Storage during the 3rd quarter worth about $186,000. Rothschild Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Data Storage during the fourth quarter valued at about $205,000. Finally, Yakira Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Data Storage in the fourth quarter valued at about $175,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 11.56% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Data Storage from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating in a report on Thursday, September 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Reduce”.

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Data Storage Corporation provides data management and cloud solutions in the United States and internationally. It offers a suite of multi-cloud IT solutions, including cyber security solutions, which comprise ezSecurity, a security solution for endpoint security, system assessments, and risk analysis, as well as IBM system protection, including Ransomware defense. The company also provides data protection and recovery solutions, such as ezVault for offsite data protection; ezRecovery for fast data recovery; ezAvailability for real-time data replication with minimal recovery objectives; and ezMirror for data mirroring at the storage level.

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