Institutional Investors Lead Shift in Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:BXP) Sentiment

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11 June, 2017

(NYSE:BXP) have recently changed their ratings on the stock. Therefore 36% are positive. Boston Properties, Inc. has a 12 month low of $113.69 and a 12 month high of $144.02.

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on BXP shares.

10/14/2016 - Boston Properties, Inc. was downgraded to "neutral" by analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. TheStreet cut shares of Boston Properties from a "b-" rating to a "c" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 17th. As per Monday, January 9, the company rating was downgraded by Deutsche Bank. On Wednesday, August 5 the stock rating was maintained by Needham with "Strong Buy". Stifel Nicolaus has "Buy" rating and $138 target. Citigroup maintained Boston Properties, Inc. Boston Properties presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $139.47. Boston Properties had a net margin of 18.28% and a return on equity of 6.98%. SunTrust maintained the stock with "Neutral" rating in Thursday, September 3 report. As per Monday, January 4, the company rating was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets. $503,008 worth of Boston Properties, Inc.

Since February 13, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 4 selling transactions for $6.56 million activity. 35,000 shares were sold by RITCHEY RAYMOND A, worth $4.81 million on Wednesday, February 22. $898,417 worth of stock was sold by PESTER ROBERT E on Monday, February 13. BURT FRANK D sold $347,186 worth of stock. Heitman Real Estate Securities Llc bought 46,959 shares as the company's stock declined 11.79% while stock markets rallied. The Firm is an owner and developer of office properties in the United States. It has a 45.14 P/E ratio. Its segments by geographic area are Boston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

Based on the latest notes released to investors, 4 analysts have issued a rating of "buy", 3 analysts "outperform", 15 analysts "hold", 0 analysts "underperform" and 0 analysts "sell". Its up 0.16, from 0.72 in 2016Q3.

As analysts monitor volatile markets in recent weeks they have updated their price targets on shares of Boston Properties, Inc. Barclays PLC upped their target price on shares of Boston Properties from $139.00 to $141.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 19th. 129,044 were reported by Chevy Chase. It improved, as 53 investors sold DOW shares while 333 reduced holdings. Moreover, Texas Permanent School Fund has 0.08% invested in Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE:BXP). The Pennsylvania-based Twin Capital Management has invested 0.35% in Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE:BXP) rating on Thursday, September 3. Mirae Asset Invests reported 8,858 shares stake. Whittier Com Of Nevada holds 0% or 363 shares in its portfolio. (NYSE:BXP) for 20,732 shares. Jacobs Levy Equity Management accumulated 32,272 shares. Carroll Associates Inc invested in 1.04% or 127,750 shares.

Boston Properties (NYSE:BXP) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 25th. Nomura Asset Limited invested in 0.28% or 122,335 shares. Pinebridge Investments Lp accumulated 961 shares. Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Communications Limited invested 0.07% in Boston Properties, Inc.

About 138,780 shares traded. It has underperformed by 18.88% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.52 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.13, from 0.93 in 2016Q3. Its up 14.85% from 2.32M shares previously. 128 funds opened positions while 459 raised stakes. 27,240 are owned by Aperio Ltd Liability. Panagora Asset Mngmt Incorporated owns 129,992 shares or 0.07% of their U.S. portfolio. Royal Bancshares Of Canada reported 631,303 shares. 203,450 are held by Geode Capital Management Limited Liability Company. It also reduced Cme Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) stake by 8,827 shares and now owns 72,343 shares. Blackrock Japan Communications Limited owns 205,630 shares. Phocas Fin Corporation reported 11,428 shares. Blair William & Il holds 0% or 3,813 shares in its portfolio. Menta Capital Ltd stated it has 0.02% of its portfolio in Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH). (NYSE:CLR) for 500 shares. (NYSE:BXP). Ls Advisors Ltd Liability invested in 0.11% or 12,374 shares. 736,681 are owned by Northern Trust. Qiagen Nv (NASDAQ:QGEN) was raised too. Twelve investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. Therefore 90% are positive. BXP was included in 44 notes of analysts from July 21, 2015. The stock has "Neutral" rating by JP Morgan on Thursday, August 11. The company was maintained on Tuesday, August 23 by Jefferies. The stock of Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BXP) earned "Buy" rating by Deutsche Bank on Monday, July 18. (NYSE:BXP). Natixis reported 0.02% stake. The stock has "Hold" rating by Jefferies on Tuesday, May 30. The rating was initiated by Brean Capital with "Buy" on Friday, October 7. SunTrust maintained Boston Properties, Inc. Scotia Capital has "Outperform" rating and $17 target. (NYSE:BXP) to report earnings on July, 25. They expect $0.01 EPS, up 200.00% or $0.02 from last year's $-0.01 per share. BXP's profit will be $244.42M for 19.01 P/E if the $1.59 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.02 actual EPS reported by Kinross Gold Corporation (USA) for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -50.00% negative EPS growth.


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