Barrick Gold (ABX) Director Acquires C$154100.00 in Stock

The stock decreased 3.20% or $46.52 during the last trading session, reaching $1405.23. About 2.03M shares traded. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:ABBV) has risen 39.20% since April 7, 2017 and is uptrending.

Advisors Asset Management Inc increased Amazon Com Inc (AMZN) stake by 4.99% reported in 2017Q4 SEC filing. Reilly Herbert Faulkner Iii bought 100,624 shares as the company's stock declined 13.20% with the market. At the end of 2017Q4, the institutional investor held 15.95M shares of the precious metals company, valued at $230.79M, down from 18.90M at the end of the previous reported quarter. Oldfield Partners Llp who had been investing in Barrick Gold Corp for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $14.43 billion market cap company. About 9.04M shares traded.

Barrick Gold (TSE:ABX) (NYSE:ABX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 14th. ABX underperformed the S&P 500 by 47.47%. Barrick Gold had a negative return on equity of 27.89% and a negative net margin of 36.36%.

In total 11 analysts cover Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX). Therefore 33% are positive.

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ABX has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. The stock has "Outperform" rating by BMO Capital Markets on Friday, April 7. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Thursday, May 25 by TD Securities. The stock has "Buy" rating by Maxim Group on Wednesday, September 28. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company. On Wednesday, November 1 the firm has "Sector Perform" rating by RBC Capital Markets given. It improved, as 69 investors sold AMZN shares while 578 reduced holdings. Moreover, Symphony Asset Mgmt Llc has 0.05% invested in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:ABBV). Interocean Capital Ltd stated it has 10,417 shares or 0.14% of all its holdings. It operates about $1.19 billion US Long portfolio. Alpine Woods Capital Limited Liability Company invested 0.17% of its portfolio in AbbVie Inc. Boothbay Fund Ltd Liability Corporation invested in 3,048 shares. (NYSE:VZ). Ally Fin holds 0.56% or 55,000 shares. (NYSE:ABBV). Ogorek Anthony Joseph New York Adv accumulated 1,161 shares or 0.09% of the stock. Paloma Prns invested 0.01% in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) for 105,355 shares. Baxter Bros reported 2,549 shares or 0.07% of all its holdings. Focused Wealth Mngmt Inc reported 543 shares. Point72 Asset Management L.P. lifted its position in shares of Barrick Gold by 44.6% during the third quarter. First Mercantile Trust accumulated 87,657 shares or 0.91% of the stock. 280.02 million shares or 0.09% more from 279.77 million shares in 2017Q3 were reported.

Advisors Asset Management Inc decreased Apollo Sr Floating Rate Fd I (AFT) stake by 148,418 shares to 523,626 valued at $8.49M in 2017Q4. GONZALEZ RICHARD A sold $976,084 worth of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE:VZ) was sold by SILLIMAN CRAIG L. on Friday, October 27.

Analysts await BCE Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) to report earnings on April, 26. They expect $0.18 EPS, up 28.57 % or $0.04 from last year's $0.14 per share. ABX's profit will be $204.74 million for 17.63 P/E if the $0.18 EPS becomes a reality. The basic materials company reported $0.22 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.20 by $0.02. Barrick Gold now has an average rating of Hold and an average target price of $16.80. Therefore 94% are positive. Verizon Communications Inc. had 77 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Moffett Nathanson downgraded the shares of VZ in report on Tuesday, January 16 to "Neutral" rating. On Monday, December 18 the firm has "Hold" rating given by BMO Capital Markets. The stock of Verizon Communications Inc. The firm has "Hold" rating given on Monday, October 31 by Mackie. The firm earned "Buy" rating on Friday, February 2 by Mizuho. (NASDAQ:AMZN) on Monday, November 28 with "Buy" rating. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 234,370 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $3,772,000 after purchasing an additional 134,836 shares during the last quarter. The stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with "Buy" on Monday, October 30. Cowen & Co maintained it with "Hold" rating and $50.0 target in Thursday, October 19 report.

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