08 July, 2017
Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 6,625 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $227,000 after buying an additional 274 shares during the last quarter. David R Rahn & Associates Inc who had been investing in Microsoft Corp for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $532.61B market cap company. Thanks to a rise of nearly 0.17% in the past five days, the stock price is now down -27.79% so far on the year - still in weak territory. About 450,080 shares traded. General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD) has risen 36.41% since July 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 98.23% the S&P500. Ltd.'s holdings in Synchrony Financial were worth $4,550,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. The Azimuth Capital Management Llc holds 95,335 shares with $2.63 million value, up from 52,339 last quarter. Analysts reported that the Price Target for Synchrony Financial might touch $41 high while the Average Price Target and Low price Target is $35.41 and $29 respectively. The stock rose 0.35% or $0.1 reaching $29.48.
On the close of 07/06/2017 Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) dropped -1.34% to hit $29.38. It has underperformed by 27.05% the S&P500.
Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) has declined 10.35% since July 7, 2016 and is downtrending. The financial services provider reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.13. SYF's profit will be $480.53M for 12.28 P/E if the $0.60 EPS becomes a reality. Therefore 79% are positive. Analysts predict that Synchrony Financial will post $2.60 earnings per share for the current fiscal year. The company has a market capitalization of $23.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.21 and a beta of 1.02. The Volatility 12m of Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) is 31.030800. Deutsche Bank maintained the shares of SYF in report on Wednesday, May 4 with "Buy" rating. The stock has "Perform" rating by Oppenheimer on Tuesday, April 11. On Monday, September 19 the stock rating was upgraded by Monness Crespi & Hardt to "Buy". The rating was downgraded by Citigroup to "Neutral" on Wednesday, January 18. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $38.00 price objective on shares of Synchrony Financial in a research report on Tuesday, April 11th. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Wednesday, June 15 with "Buy".
Ci Investments Inc decreased Synchrony Finl (SYF) stake by 15.61% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. The company now has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $37.71. Wells Fargo & Company started coverage on Synchrony Financial in a research note on Wednesday, March 29th.
Afam Capital Inc decreased Ishares Msci Turkey Investable Market Index Fund (TUR) stake by 18,664 shares to 18,285 valued at $594,000 in 2016Q4. It also reduced Coca Cola Co (Call) (NYSE:KO) stake by 139,900 shares and now owns 423,500 shares. Broadcom Ltd was raised too.
Among 14 analysts covering General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE:GD), 8 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 6 Hold. FMC Tech had 47 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was initiated on Thursday, September 10 by Sterne Agee CRT. Zacks downgraded the stock to "Buy" rating in Tuesday, August 25 report. The firm earned "Sector Perform" rating on Thursday, January 5 by RBC Capital Markets.
Analyst mean recommendation rating on a stock by the analyst community is at 2.00. Citigroup has "Buy" rating and $31 target. (NYSE:T), 9 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 14 Hold. Its down 0.72, from 1.74 in 2016Q3. It is positive, as 56 investors sold MAT shares while 159 reduced holdings. 44 funds opened positions while 78 raised stakes. Allianz Asset Management Ag holds 0.01% in Veeva Systems Inc (NYSE:VEEV) or 227,171 shares. Sandy Spring Savings Bank invested 0.04% of its portfolio in FMC Corp (NYSE:FMC). About 530,771 shares traded. 215,796 were reported by Royal Comml Bank Of Canada. West Oak Capital Ltd Company reported 75 shares. Spot Trading Ltd owns 1,734 shares. It was reported on Jul, 5 by Barchart.com. Victory Capital Mgmt Inc holds 410,860 shares.
Analysts expect First Savings Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ:FSFG) to report $0.00 EPS on July, 26. During the same period past year, the firm earned $0.70 earnings per share. Burns Mark Lagrand sold 19,075 shares worth $3.58 million. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 43,390 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,485,673.60. Morfit G Mason sold $696.54M worth of stock.
