Carnick & Kubik Group LLC Acquires 20226 Shares of Verizon Communications (VZ)

Ellington Management Group Llc who had been investing in Carter Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $4.70B market cap company. The stock decreased 0.33% or $0.1561 during the last trading session, reaching $47.5939. VZ has also 5.62M shares volume. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.95 EPS. sell-side analysts anticipate that Verizon Communications will post 4.56 earnings per share for the current year. VZ underperformed the S&P500 by 15.27%. According to 2017Q4 SEC filling the decrease is 12.49%. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 153,408,016 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock worth $6,851,202,000 after buying an additional 20,070,391 shares in the last quarter. First Personal Financial Services bought 13,690 shares as the company's stock declined 11.05% with the market. In May was published VZ's total 33.10 million shorted shares by FINRA.

In total 18 analysts cover Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ). It has underperformed by 7.14% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment is 1.09 in 2017 Q4. Its down 0.19, from 0.69 in 2017Q3.

In other news, SVP Anthony T. Skiadas sold 1,974 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 1st. 109 funds opened positions while 312 raised stakes. Inspirion Wealth Limited Liability Co holds 0.31% of its portfolio in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) for 36,291 shares. Principal Fincl Grp Inc accumulated 9.16M shares or 0.45% of the stock. Finally, Guggenheim assumed coverage on shares of Verizon Communications in a research report on Tuesday, March 13th.

Since December 11, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 8 insider sales for $45.81 million activity. Boyar Asset Mgmt Incorporated invested in 12,671 shares or 0.48% of the stock. LP now owns 1,380,852 shares of the cell phone carrier's stock valued at $68,338,000 after purchasing an additional 1,352,192 shares during the last quarter. Omers Administration owns 97,000 shares. The cell phone carrier reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.88 by ($0.02). Paloma Partners Mngmt holds 169,342 shares or 0.14% of its portfolio. Markston holds 0.03% or 5,570 shares in its portfolio. (NYSE:NKE). Gm Advisory Gp holds 0.06% or 3,300 shares. NKE's profit will be $1.03 billion for 26.66 P/E if the $0.64 EPS becomes a reality.

Among 16 analysts covering Carter's (NYSE:CRI), 10 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 29% are positive.

The company reported its EPS on 12/30/2017. On Wednesday, November 1 the stock rating was maintained by JP Morgan with "Underweight". The firm has "Buy" rating by Bank of America given on Wednesday, January 24. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 9th. Raymond James & Assocs holds 14,185 shares or 0% of its portfolio. (NYSE:C) on Monday, August 24 to "Hold" rating. Goldman Sachs has "Buy" rating and $66 target. It also reduced its holding in Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK) by 263,695 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 268,905 shares, and cut its stake in Marathon Pete Corp (NYSE:MPC). On Tuesday, January 23 the stock of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ). 11.32 million are held by California Pub Employees Retirement Systems. Therefore 43% are positive. KeyCorp increased their price target on shares of Verizon Communications from $50.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a sector weight rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 2nd. Credit Suisse has "Buy" rating and $7200 target. (NYSE:VZ) on Tuesday, December 12 to "Buy" rating. The company was initiated on Friday, October 16 by Nomura. In Wednesday, February 28 report Moffett Nathanson upgraded the stock to "Buy" rating.

In other news, SVP Anthony T. Skiadas sold 1,974 shares of Verizon Communications stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 1st. The firm has "Market Perform" rating given on Wednesday, January 17 by Wood. RBC Capital Markets maintained Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ). 15,561 were reported by Eqis Mngmt Inc. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Friday, October 20 by RBC Capital Markets.

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Since February 13, 2018, it had 0 buys, and 1 sale for $346,957 activity.

Strong Sell. Investors might also notice that two months ago the Buy recommendations (1) outnumbered Sell recommendations (0). Its up 0.14, from 0.88 in 2017Q3. It increased, as 57 investors sold VZ shares while 662 reduced holdings. Excalibur Corp holds 6.29% or 141,412 shares. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 16,060 shares in the company, valued at $794,006.40. Cowen & Co maintained Verizon Communications Inc.

Several research analysts recently weighed in on VZ shares.

On 12/5/2013 Verizon Communications announced a quarterly dividend of $0.53 4.28% with an ex dividend date of 1/8/2014 which will be payable on 2/3/2014. (NYSE:VZ). Adirondack Tru owns 1.41% invested in Verizon Communications Inc.

Beutel Goodman & Co Ltd increased its stake in Verizon Communicatio (VZ) by 6.29% based on its latest 2017Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. (NYSE:VZ) for 257,467 shares. Wheatland Inc reported 1.67% of its portfolio in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:CRI) or 29,800 shares. The cell phone carrier reported $1.17 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.06. Moreover, Barclays Plc has 0.27% invested in Verizon Communications Inc. Fca Tx invested 0.14% in Verizon Communications Inc.

NYSE:VZ traded up $0.09 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $47.84. That's 0.84% up from 32.82 million shares. (NYSE:CRI) for 1.26M shares. Verizon Communications now has $201.72 billion valuation.

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