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Sullivan now anticipates that the aerospace company will post earnings of $6.10 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $6.03. With that said, researchers took a deep dive into the hotly debated question: is it too late to buy Rockwell Collins, Inc. Jefferies Group analyst H. Rubel forecasts that the aerospace company will earn $1.49 per share for the quarter. Rockwell Collins had a net margin of 11.52% and a return on equity of 26.20%. The company had revenue of $2.09 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.04 billion. During the same quarter a year ago, the firm posted $1.63 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 57.0% on a year-over-year basis.
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A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vertical Research lifted their price objective on Rockwell Collins from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, April 24th.
Sr. VP, Human Resources at Rockwell Collins Inc., STANDERSKI JEFFREY A. on 2017-06-01 Sell 6300 shares of the company at a price of $108.44. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a "hold" rating and issued a $114.00 target price on shares of Rockwell Collins in a research report on Friday, May 26th. ValuEngine cut shares of Rockwell Collins from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, BidaskClub lowered shares of Rockwell Collins from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. Rockwell Collins now has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $113.79.
Sell-side analysts also have something to say about this COL. Canaccord Genuity raised its rating on Rockwell Collins, Inc.to Buy on 01/08/2017 in a reversal from its prior Hold rating. NEXT Financial Group Inc now owns 950 shares of the aerospace company's stock worth $100,000 after buying an additional 250 shares during the period. The company has a market cap of $18.63 billion, a PE ratio of 22.76 and a beta of 0.79. Rockwell Collins, Inc. has a 52 week low of $78.54 and a 52 week high of $119.50. The 50 day moving average was up $8.45 or +7.861% whereas the 200 day average was up by +14.923%. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.35% of the company's stock.
Gavekal Capital Llc increased Rockwell Collins Corp (COL) stake by 3.18% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Over the last five trading sessions, the stock has moved 8.64%. Renaissance Technologies LLC raised its stake in Rockwell Collins by 6.1% in the first quarter. Canaccord Genuity upgraded the stock to "Buy" rating in Tuesday, August 1 report. Global X Management Co. As of quarter end Shufro Rose & Co LLC had sold 790 shares trimming its position 0.5%. (NYSE:COL) for 1,950 shares. Finally, OLD Second National Bank of Aurora increased its position in shares of Rockwell Collins by 0.9% in the first quarter. The total dollar value of all 155.66 million outstanding shares is 18.44 billion.
Looking forward to the ratio analysis, the co has price to earnings ratio of 21.24, which is indicating if firm is fluctuating between 15 and 25 than it lies on average position; but sometimes if it's under this value some experts consider it as undervalue security. NIEUWSMA DAVID J sold $76,061 worth of stock or 770 shares. VP, Washington Operations; STURGELL ROBERT A disposed a total of 2,733 shares at an average price of $104, amounting to approximately $284,232. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 10,519 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,140,680.36. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders acquired 26,000 shares of company stock valued at $2,120.
Rockwell Collins announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Friday, July 7th that allows the company to buyback $200.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the aerospace company to buy up to 1.2% of its shares through open market purchases. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.33 per share. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday the 11th of May 2017. Rockwell Collins's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is now 26.04%.
Rockwell Collins, Inc. designs, produces and supports communications and aviation systems for commercial and military customers.