Analyst Research Roundup: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), QEP Resources, Inc. (QEP)

Analyst Research Roundup: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), QEP Resources, Inc. (QEP)

Analyst Research Roundup: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL), QEP Resources, Inc. (QEP)

CareDx, Inc (NASDAQ:CDNA) has risen 402.58% since May 3, 2017 and is uptrending. Royal Caribbean Cruises has a one year low of $103.52 and a one year high of $135.65. Comgest Global Investors Sas sold 11.56 million shares as the company's stock rose 37.84% while stock markets declined. Ajo Ltd Partnership, Pennsylvania-based fund reported 188,986 shs. Beach Investment Counsel Inc who had been investing in Royal Caribbean Cruise Ltd. for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $22.70B market cap company. The stock decreased 0.16% or $0.18 during the last trading session, reaching $108.01. Sell-side firms now have a consensus recommendation of 2.30 on the shares. ValuEngine downgraded Royal Caribbean Cruises from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Saturday, April 7th. RCL outperformed the S&P500 by 7.61%. Shares for $772,942 were sold by Liberty Jason T on Thursday, January 25. Shares for $996,208 were sold by Lutoff-Perlo Lisa. It also reduced its holding in Ishares Tr (Call) (ITB) by 618,000 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 839,100 shares, and cut its stake in Camden Ppty Tr (NYSE:CPT). The positive are 69%.

Usa Financial Portformulas Corp's holdings in Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) is decreased by 89.07% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Royal Caribbean Cruises by 6.6% during the fourth quarter. The rating was maintained by Buckingham Research on Wednesday, August 2 with "Buy". The stock has an average rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $136.87. Finally, JPMorgan Chase increased their price objective on Royal Caribbean Cruises from $139.00 to $150.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a research report on Thursday, January 25th. 5,013 are held by Weiss Multi. Scotia Capital has "Focus Stock" rating and $11 target.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.8 in 2017 Q4. The company has a market capitalization of $25,587.89, a PE ratio of 15.74, a P/E/G ratio of 0.65 and a beta of 1.23. 104 funds opened positions while 411 raised stakes. The company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.12. 1832 Asset Mngmt LP reported 0% stake. Deutsche Bank maintained Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) rating on Wednesday, August 2. The business's quarterly revenue was up 1.0% on a year-over-year basis. sell-side analysts predict that Royal Caribbean Cruises will post 8.86 EPS for the current fiscal year. Smithfield holds 0% or 292 shares. 4,520 are held by Retail Bank Of Hawaii. 597,379 were accumulated by Columbus Circle Investors. Kentucky Retirement Sys Insurance Trust Fund owns 4,548 shares. They expect that Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL) price will be reaching a mean target of $146.53 a share. Bank of America maintained Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL) rating on Thursday, January 25. Bowling Management Lc holds 0.22% or 13,970 shares. State Street invested in 0.07% or 6.95 million shares. Meiji Yasuda Asset Mngmt accumulated 2,567 shares. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 0.90634, the 3 month is 0.83416, and the 1 month is now 0.94972. (NASDAQ:GILD) shares. 50,000 shares were sold by MARTIN JOHN C, worth $3.93 million. About 115 shares traded. Mckinley Capital Limited Liability Corp Delaware stated it has 1,270 shares. Nebraska-based Farmers Merchants has invested 0.08% in Gilead Sciences, Inc. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt System reported 0.7% in Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE:TEP). (NYSE:HUM) for 43,000 shares. (NYSE:HUM). Jefferies Group holds 23,769 shares. Omers Administration stated it has 20,900 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. Robecosam Ag holds 130,570 shares or 0.62% of its portfolio. Parametric Portfolio Assocs holds 0.13% or 531,995 shares. Ngam Advisors LP has 23,420 shares for 0.03% of their portfolio. Neuberger Berman Group Limited Com holds 0% in Humana Inc. Virtus Inv Advisers reported 0.1% of its portfolio in Humana Inc.

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In total 13 analysts cover Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL). Therefore 75% are positive. The lower the number, a company is thought to have low volatility. The stock price went underground -10.50% from its 200-day simple moving average identifying long-term negative trend. Gilead Sciences had 126 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Macy's, Inc. Cowen & Co maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Monday, September 21 report. On Friday, April 27 the stock has "Buy" rating by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock has "Buy" rating by Stifel Nicolaus on Wednesday, January 24. IBC maintained the shares of HUM in report on Friday, March 31 with "Outperform" rating. The stock has "Neutral" rating by Northcoast on Thursday, May 12. Credit Suisse maintained the stock with "Neutral" rating in Friday, November 10 report. (TSE:GUY) earned "Outperform" rating by BMO Capital Markets on Tuesday, January 19. The stock rating was downgraded by Berenberg to "Hold" on Tuesday, November 14.

Since December 12, 2017, it had 1 buy, and 5 sales for $8.42 million activity. Bayley Michael W sold $1.81M worth of stock or 14,808 shs. M's SI was 45.38M shares in May as released by FINRA. WILSON GAYLE E also sold $4.68 million worth of Gilead Sciences, Inc. The stock was sold at an average price of $128.10, for a total transaction of $2,562,000.00. MARGULIS HEIDI S also sold $1.03M worth of Humana Inc. William Blair analyst S. Zackfia now anticipates that the company will earn $2.03 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.02.

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