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The institutional investor held 338,830 shares of the consumer electronics and appliances company at the end of 2016Q4, valued at $16.04M, up from 184,210 at the end of the previous reported quarter. About 350,168 shares traded. It is down 35.20% since August 25, 2016 and is uptrending. As of the end of the quarter Vanguard Group Inc had acquired 29,533 shares growing its holdings by 69.4%. Kita sold 12,200 shares at an average price of $56.32 on June 2nd. The Janney Montgomery Scott Llc holds 7,654 shares with $362,000 value, down from 58,803 last quarter. Ao Smith Corp now has $9.22B valuation. The stock rose 0.73% or $0.39 reaching $53.85. Boothbay Fund Mngmt Lc owns 23,406 shares. It has outperformed by 18.50% the S&P500. BMO Capital Markets has "Buy" rating and $6000 target. Therefore 50% are positive. RPC had 51 analyst reports since August 14, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, October 29 by Dougherty & Company. Following the sale, the director now owns 277,465 shares in the company, valued at approximately $14,988,659.30. The company was maintained on Friday, February 3 by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock of Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) has "Sell" rating given on Thursday, January 26 by Citigroup. Credit Suisse upgraded the stock to "Neutral" rating in Tuesday, October 20 report. Barclays Capital maintained Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET) on Friday, August 11 with "Overweight" rating.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.16 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.01, from 0.93 in 2016Q3. 53 funds opened positions while 36 raised stakes. (NYSE:RES). Heartland Advisors reported 541,477 shares. The dividend was $0.140 per share for the quarter or $0.56 annualized. Covington holds 4,500 shares. Geode Management Ltd Co reported 429,108 shares. The Tennessee-based Hays Advisory Llc has invested 0.73% in the stock. Mckinley Cap Mgmt Ltd Liability Corporation Delaware accumulated 0.01% or 4,494 shares. Spf Beheer Bv has invested 2.5% in Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET). Morgan Stanley has 0% invested in StarTek, Inc. The Massachusetts-based Fmr Limited has invested 0.17% in Metlife Inc (NYSE:MET). Bridgeway Management reported 0.01% stake. 122,885 were reported by Eaton Vance Mngmt. Jet Limited Partnership reported 1.76% of its portfolio in Lifelock Inc (NYSE:LOCK). State Street Corp holds 0% or 1.27M shares in its portfolio. State Of Wisconsin Board has invested 0.04% in RPC, Inc. Kbc Grp Nv owns 87,461 shares or 0.04% of their USA portfolio.
Since March 9, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 12 selling transactions for $10.03 million activity. Another trade for 30,000 shares valued at $1.66 million was made by Rajendra Ajita G on Friday, May 5. BROWN RONALD D sold $433,961 worth of A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS) on Wednesday, May 24. Heideman Robert J sold $1.62M worth of A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS) on Monday, May 1. $216,707 worth of stock was sold by Lauber Charles T on Wednesday, May 10.
Here is the rundown on market activity for A.O. Smith Corporation (NYSE:AOS). Therefore 25% are positive. AO Smith Corp had 21 analyst reports since September 11, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Tuesday, November 22 by Canaccord Genuity. The firm has "Sector Weight" rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets given on Friday, April 28. The stock has an average rating of Buy and an average price target of $66.83. William Blair has "Outperform" rating and $80 target. The ex-dividend date was Thursday the 27th of July 2017. The company was maintained on Friday, August 11 by Jefferies. The stock of Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE:NBR) has "Buy" rating given on Wednesday, April 5 by Instinet. BidaskClub downgraded Smith (A.O.) Corporation from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 24th. The stock has "Buy" rating by Boenning & Scattergood on Wednesday, July 26. It also reduced Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stake by 9,273 shares and now owns 54,969 shares. Ishs Core Msci Eafe Etf (IEFA) was raised too.
Investors sentiment increased to 4.67 in 2016 Q4. Its up 5.33, from 1.11 in 2016Q3. The total value of its holdings increased 86.5%. 247.64 million shares or 292.04% more from 63.17 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Andra Ap has invested 0.08% of its portfolio in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS). State Treasurer State Of Michigan holds 0.02% or 59,500 shares in its portfolio. Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares of LOCK in report on Monday, November 21 to "Hold" rating. Bb&T Limited Liability has 0.04% invested in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS). Stifel Fin stated it has 0% of its portfolio in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS). Jefferies Grp Ltd Liability Com holds 0.01% or 47,219 shares. Sei Co holds 0.04% of its portfolio in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS) for 166,920 shares. Somerset Trust Co increased its stake in shares of Smith (A.O.) Corporation by 0.4% in the second quarter. Credit Suisse Ag owns 389,293 shares or 0.02% of their U.S. portfolio. Corecommodity Management Llc owns 95,659 shares or 1.6% of their U.S. portfolio. Moreover, Gam Ag has 0.02% invested in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS). Insight Research And Mgmt stated it has 0.21% of its portfolio in A. O. Smith Corp (NYSE:AOS).
