Markston International LLC Reduces Position in Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA)

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26 August, 2017

The value of the investment in BABA went from $4,619,999,000 to $7,158,598,000 increasing 54.9% quarter over quarter. Alibaba Group Hldg Ltd now has $445.15B valuation. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 24,415,309 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $2,657,606,000 after buying an additional 776,232 shares during the period.

Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) traded down 1.86% during midday trading on Friday, hitting $171.74.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 17th. It has outperformed by 40.63% the S&P500.

Oldfield Partners Llp increased its stake in General Motors Co (TLK) by 92.75% based on its latest 2016Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Oppenheimerfunds, Inc. downsized its investment by shedding 2,291,637 shares a decrease of 10.6%. OppenheimerFunds Inc. now owns 21,635,868 shares of the specialty retailer's stock worth $2,332,996,000 after buying an additional 2,030,747 shares during the period. About 134,949 shares traded. Versartis Inc (NASDAQ:VSAR) has risen 103.18% since August 25, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 10.62% the S&P500.

Summit Securities Group Llc increased Qualcomm Inc (Put) (NASDAQ:QCOM) stake by 118 shares to 156 valued at $1.02M in 2016Q4. It also reduced Balchem Corp (NASDAQ:BCPC) stake by 5,700 shares and now owns 136,134 shares. Spdr S And P 500 Etf Tr (Call) (SPY) was raised too.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.93 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.17, from 2.1 in 2016Q3. It is positive, as 48 investors sold EXPE shares while 150 reduced holdings. Finally, Mosaic Family Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited by 2.9% in the second quarter. Finally, Barings LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited during the first quarter worth approximately $214,131,000. Geode Capital Mgmt Ltd Liability Corporation invested 0% in Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE:TRC). Profund Advsr Limited Liability Corp invested in 27,845 shares or 0.15% of the stock. Parametric Assocs Lc reported 0% of its portfolio in Versartis Inc (NASDAQ:VSAR). Fred Alger Mgmt holds 0% or 388 shares in its portfolio. Scout Invs, a Missouri-based fund reported 141,776 shares. 1St Glob Inc holds 0.07% in GGP Inc (NYSE:GGP) or 23,851 shares. (NYSE:BR). Edge Asset owns 0.24% invested in Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. First Manhattan Com holds 0% or 3,323 shares in its portfolio. Quantres Asset Mngmt Ltd reported 9,600 shares. Picton Mahoney Asset Mngmt has invested 0.18% in GGP Inc (NYSE:GGP). The fund purchased 226,851 shares of the specialty retailer's stock, valued at approximately $31,986,000. The current consensus recommendation provided by covering analysts is 1.70. The stock of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE:BABA) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, August 14 by UBS. Therefore 83% are positive. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Thursday, June 8 by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock of Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:EXPE) has "Hold" rating given on Tuesday, June 6 by Jefferies. A rating of 4 or 5 would represent a Sell recommendation. On Thursday, May 12 the stock rating was downgraded by Roth Capital to "Neutral". The rating was upgraded by Credit Suisse on Tuesday, December 20 to "Outperform". Jefferies maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Thursday, November 3 report.

Market Capitalization can be thought of as the overall price to buy the company. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank on Monday, April 25 with "Buy".

Currently, EPS of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) is 1.19 while the analysts predicted the EPS of the stock to be 0.93 suggesting the company fell short of the analysts' expectations. Therefore 33% are positive. The stock of Versartis Inc (NASDAQ:VSAR) earned "Equal Weight" rating by Morgan Stanley on Thursday, August 13. The firm has "Outperform" rating given on Friday, August 12 by RBC Capital Markets. The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with "Buy" on Tuesday, August 22. On August 22 the stock rating was upgraded from "Neutral" to "Overweight" with a current price target of $200.00 by Atlantic Equities. The company was maintained on Wednesday, October 28 by Morgan Stanley.

Alibaba Group Holding Limited declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Thursday, May 18th that authorizes the company to buyback $6.00 billion in outstanding shares. The company was maintained on Friday, August 14 by TH Capital. Now the P/E of Alibaba Group Holding Limited (BABA) stands at 69.08.

Among 7 analysts covering Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE:BR), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 6 Hold. The firm has "Buy" rating by SunTrust given on Friday, August 18.


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