Rice Hall James & Associates LLC Grows Stake in Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc - (JAZZ)

Stock traders bought 1,127 put options on the company. About 332,165 shares traded. It has underperformed by 9.16% the S&P500.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ) shares have moved 4.77% on the week. LP now owns 1,438,481 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company's stock valued at $210,378,000 after acquiring an additional 115,217 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Investment Partners Llc who had been investing in Boeing Company for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $199.33B market cap company. The stock decreased 0.69% or $0.61 during the last trading session, reaching $87.73. No trade can occur until someone is willing to sell a stock at a price that another is willing to buy it at. The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) has risen 41.13% since January 25, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 17.82% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 1 in Q3 2017. Its down 0.36, from 1.39 in 2017Q2.

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of JAZZ. 114 funds opened positions while 708 raised stakes. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 34.52% since January 28, 2017 and is uptrending. The United Kingdom-based Polar Ltd Liability Partnership has invested 0.59% in Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ). Brown Advisory Secs Limited Liability Co holds 0.06% or 2,896 shares in its portfolio. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 873,919 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company's stock valued at $135,894,000 after acquiring an additional 866,691 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley reported 0.01% in Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ). This company shares tumbled -6.49% from their most recent record high of $163.75 and now hold $9.21 billion in market value of equity. The specialty pharmaceutical company reported $2.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.53 by $0.40. Moreover, Mitsubishi Ufj Secs has 0.02% invested in Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ) for 30 shares. As of late, investors have been taking notice of Everest Re Group, Ltd. (NYSE:RE) shares. Hbk Investments Limited Partnership holds 0.01% or 8,700 shares in its portfolio. The Price Range of Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NasdaqGS:JAZZ) over the past 52 weeks is 0.944000. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 4,352 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company's stock valued at $677,000 after purchasing an additional 141 shares in the last quarter.

On Monday, December 11th, Michael Patrick Miller sold 200 shares of Jazz Pharmaceuticals stock. (NYSE:OMC). City Holding Comm accumulated 2,000 shares.

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Since August 10, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 19 selling transactions for $3.38 million activity. Nationwide Fund has 0.01% invested in Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ) for 24,500 shares. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.73, for a total transaction of $1,257,570.00. 717 shares were sold by McSharry Heather Ann, worth $102,077 on Thursday, August 10. The insider RIEDEL NORBERT G sold 662 shares worth $94,248. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Jazz Pharmaceuticals by 11.4% in the 2nd quarter. It also increased its holding in American Tower Corp New (NYSE:AMT) by 175,100 shares in the quarter, for a total of 325,885 shares, and has risen its stake in Zendesk Inc (NYSE:ZEN). One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Therefore 81% are positive. Omnicom had 42 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has "Buy" rating by Oppenheimer given on Wednesday, December 20. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Thursday, August 11 with "Buy". As per Friday, June 3, the company rating was maintained by Scotia Capital.

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ:JAZZ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 9th. They set a "buy" rating and a $206.00 target price for the company. Finally, Deutsche Bank set a $170.00 price objective on Jazz Pharmaceuticals and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 16th. The firm has "Buy" rating by Piper Jaffray given on Thursday, September 14. (NYSE:EVR) earned "Buy" rating by Nomura on Friday, October 28. The company was upgraded on Tuesday, November 15 by Wells Fargo. Chase Counsel has invested 0.12% in Altria Group, Inc. Its down 0.05, from 0.86 in 2017Q2. Whitnell invested in 54,475 shares. Swiss National Bank holds 0% or 116,900 shares in its portfolio. Freestone Capital Limited Liability Corporation accumulated 265,958 shares. Norinchukin Bancorporation The owns 17,177 shares. Hardman Johnston Advsrs Lc holds 0.27% or 43,580 shares. Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Grp Inc Limited owns 16,409 shares. 69,669 are held by Peapack Gladstone Financial. Natixis stated it has 10,931 shares. New York State Common Retirement Fund holds 0% or 79,500 shares.

Riverhead Capital Management Llc decreased Edison International (NYSE:EIX) stake by 35,270 shares to 19,295 valued at $1.49M in 2017Q3. If the ratio is greater than 1, then that means there has been an increase in price over the month. Tower Llc (Trc) has 879 shares. The company has a quick ratio of 2.94, a current ratio of 3.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. Everett Harris Com Ca invested in 0.03% or 3,902 shares. Ing Groep Nv has invested 0.94% in The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA). Over the past week, shares are 4.77%. Moreover, Accredited Invsts has 0.28% invested in The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) for 11,166 shares. Another trade for 2,522 shares valued at $616,499 was made by Verbeck Robert E on Monday, July 31. $32,321 worth of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) shares were sold by Downey Thomas J.

Analysts await Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company (NASDAQ:JAZZ) to report earnings on February, 27.

Lvw Advisors Llc, which manages about $2.12B and $251.82 million US Long portfolio, upped its stake in General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) by 28,273 shares to 50,626 shares, valued at $1.22 million in 2017Q3, according to the filing. JAZZ's profit will be $157.68 million for 14.81 P/E if the $2.63 EPS becomes a reality. After $2.72 actual EPS reported by The Boeing Company for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 5.51% EPS growth.

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