Analysts Set AstraZeneca (AZN) Target Price at $38.12

Trust Co now owns 15,797 shares of the company's stock worth $535,000 after acquiring an additional 3,686 shares during the period. The institutional investor held 896,771 shares of the major pharmaceuticals company at the end of 2017Q4, valued at $31.12 million, up from 740,671 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Private Advisor Group Llc who had been investing in Astrazeneca Plc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $89.95B market cap company. The stock increased 0.03% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $135.37. AZN has 1.35 million shares volume. AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) has risen 9.03% since May 4, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 7.40% the S&P500.

Private Advisor Group Llc increased Astrazeneca Plc (AZN) stake by 32.52% reported in 2017Q4 SEC filing. Farallon Capital Management LLC now owns 3,765,000 shares of the company's stock worth $130,646,000 after acquiring an additional 585,000 shares during the period. The hedge fund held 2.77 million shares of the semiconductors company at the end of 2017Q4, valued at $324.47M, up from 575,486 at the end of the previous reported quarter. The stock decreased 0.47% or $0.13 during the last trading session, reaching $27.77. The target implies a 7.56% spike from where the shares are now trading. NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) has risen 17.73% since May 4, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 18.33% the S&P500. It also reduced its holding in Powershares Etf Trust (PWV) by 20,998 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 9,215 shares, and cut its stake in Legg Mason Etf Investment Tr. Cowen & Co maintained AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) on Monday, October 16 with "Hold" rating. Benzinga.com's article titled: "AstraZeneca Shares Are Looking Very Weak Right Now" and published on April 20, 2018 is yet another important article.

AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) received a Buy rating from 5 analysts. Therefore 65% are positive.

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According to Zacks, analysts expect that AstraZeneca will report full-year earnings of $1.70 per share for the current financial year, with EPS estimates ranging from $1.65 to $1.74. Barclays reaffirmed a "top pick" rating and issued a GBX 6,300 ($87.87) price target on shares of AstraZeneca in a research note on Monday, February 5th. The company now has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 5,234.04 ($73.00).

Shares of AZN stock traded down $0.25 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $35.57. The stock of AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, July 31 by Swedbank. The stock of AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, July 31 by S&P Research. As per Friday, September 22, the company rating was upgraded by Bernstein. On Thursday, November 9 the firm earned "Hold" rating by Shore Capital. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Tuesday, March 15 by Jefferies. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have given a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Therefore 93% are positive. HSBC Holdings had 19 analyst reports since September 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Facebook, Inc. The company has a market capitalization of $90,930.97, a P/E ratio of 8.50, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 0.62. Leerink Swann maintained the stock with "Hold" rating in Thursday, January 18 report. On Wednesday, March 14 the rating was maintained by Societe Generale with "Buy". The firm has "Neutral" rating by Natixis given on Thursday, November 17.

In other AstraZeneca news, insider Philip A.J. Broadley bought 415 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, February 2nd. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with "Buy" on Monday, December 11. Piper Jaffray maintained Facebook, Inc. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with "Sector Perform" rating and $42.0 target in Thursday, January 26 report. About 1.84 million shares traded or 3.01% up from the average. $10.07 million worth of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCOM) for 75,000 shares. Gilles Jean H also sold $5.34M worth of Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) on Wednesday, February 21. (NASDAQ:FB) on Tuesday, January 9.

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