Hanover Insurance Group (NYSE:THG) Downgraded to Hold at Zacks Investment Research

The Boston Partners holds 156,079 shares with $7.63M value, up from 135,919 last quarter. Its shares touched $117.84 on during the last trading session after 0.77% change.The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has volume of 121,529 shares. On Thursday, February 1 Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained the shares of THG in report with "Hold" rating. On Tuesday, January 9 the stock of The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Since April 16, 2017 THG has risen 27.09% and is uptrending. THG outperformed the S&P500 by 15.54%.

Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale increased Nvidia Corp (NVDA) stake by 2.39% reported in 2017Q4 SEC filing. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company sold 150,000 shares as the company's stock declined 4.48% with the market. It fall, as 196 investors sold TWO shares while 10 reduced holdings. The company has market cap of $5.10 billion. The stock decreased 2.43% or $8.2 during the last trading session, reaching $329.28. About 235,654 shares traded. The difficulties at arriving at estimates with regard to catastrophes and other losses are the result of difficulties policyholders may have in reporting claims and in The Hanover's ability to adjust claims because of the devastation encountered or late discovery of damages; inherent delay in Lloyd's claims reporting, particularly with regard to reinsurance agreements; the challenge of making final estimates to fix or replace properties during the early stages of examining damaged properties; applicable cause of loss for certain policies; the effect of "demand surge"; potential latent damages, which are not discovered until later; potential business interruption claims, the extent of which can not be known at the time; the inherent uncertainty of estimating loss and loss adjustment reserves; uncertainties related to litigation and policy interpretation; and other factors. Therefore 68% are positive. Hilltop reported 0.04% of its portfolio in Two Harbors Investment Corp. Also, SVP Warren E. Barnes sold 1,547 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 28th. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 6,333 shares in the company, valued at approximately $686,877.18. The rating was downgraded by Needham on Friday, January 6 to "Underperform". Credit Suisse maintained Eaton Vance Corp. The rating was maintained by Maxim Group with "Buy" on Thursday, November 9. It has underperformed by 13.43% the S&P500. The stock has "Buy" rating by Berenberg on Wednesday, March 29. Cibc Ww Markets owns 2.41M shares.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0 in Q4 2017. Its down 0.71, from 2.9 in 2017Q3. The shares were sold at an average price of $108.46, for a total transaction of $164,099.98. 48 funds opened positions while 87 raised stakes. The insider BEALE JEFFREY P sold $1.24 million. Winfield Assocs holds 0.03% or 1,226 shares in its portfolio. Cornerstone Advsr Incorporated accumulated 11,000 shares. 141,877 are held by Tocqueville Asset Management Limited Partnership. Its down 0.37% from 645,900 shares previously. Ims Cap Management owns 2,374 shares for 0.43% of their portfolio. Altfest L J & reported 15,002 shares. Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Proprietary) Ltd owns 6,300 shares or 0.04% of their U.S. portfolio. The New Jersey-based Bessemer has invested 0.02% in The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA). Edgemoor Advsrs owns 57,882 shares or 2.45% of their U.S. portfolio. Johnson Fincl Group reported 1,984 shares. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a current ratio of 0.47 and a quick ratio of 0.47. 53,337 are owned by Foster Dykema Cabot And Inc Ma.

Several analysts have weighed in on the company. That's $0.92 up or 96.84 % from 2017's earnings of $0.95. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.4% compared to the same quarter last year. sell-side analysts expect that Hanover Insurance Group will post 8.4 EPS for the current year. (NYSE:THG) rating on Thursday, November 2. It also increased its holding in Ishares Mbs Bond Etf (MBB) by 3,741 shares in the quarter, for a total of 49,286 shares, and has risen its stake in Archer (NYSE:ADM). Two Harbors Investment had 37 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. See The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

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This announcement is made in keeping with The Hanover's recently announced policy to release quarterly catastrophe loss estimates if they exceed the company's catastrophe assumptions by more than 50 basis points for a reported period. This year's EPS analyst estimate is awaited to be $1.87. If $1.87 is reported, THG's profit will hit $79.57 million for 15.75 P/E. (NYSE:THG)'s earnings report, according to RTT.

Pzena increased its stake in Hanover Insurance Group (THG) by 0.85% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Therefore 40% are positive. The firm has "Buy" rating given on Monday, April 25 by Citigroup. BMO Capital Markets upgraded the stock to "Outperform" rating in Monday, March 28 report. Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained the shares of THG in report on Monday, December 4 with "Hold" rating. The stock of Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) has "Buy" rating given on Thursday, July 20 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Thursday, September 28 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. In Thursday, February 1 report Keefe Bruyette & Woods maintained the stock with "Hold" rating. Sandler O'Neill initiated The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. (NYSE:THG) rating. Keefe Bruyette & Woods has "Hold" rating and $104.0 target.

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