TECHNE (TECH) Cut to Hold at Zacks Investment Research

Stifel Finance holds 9,145 shares or 0% of its portfolio. BIO-TECHNE earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. The stock increased 1.34% or $1.85 during the last trading session, reaching $140.02. About 176,649 shares traded or 11.76% up from the average. Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) has risen 6.75% since January 16, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 16.70% the S&P500. Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) reported 1,456 shares stake. Insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock. The Mairs & Power Inc holds 1.44M shares with $174.62M value, down from 1.45M last quarter. Netflix Inc now has $95.73B valuation. State of Wisconsin Investment Board now owns 7,392 shares of the biotechnology company's stock valued at $869,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. About 456,053 shares traded. W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:CF) has declined 0.63% since January 14, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 4.19% the S&P500. Lilly (Eli) (NYSE:LLY) was raised too. Deutsche Bank set a $145.00 price target on shares of BIO-TECHNE and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 31st. Therefore 66% are positive. CF Industries Holdings had 85 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was downgraded by Jefferies on Wednesday, November 30 to "Hold". The company was upgraded on Tuesday, September 22 by Zacks. The rating was reinitiated by Credit Suisse on Thursday, March 24 with "Outperform". Needham has "Buy" rating and $125.0 target. The stock has "Neutral" rating by Goldman Sachs on Thursday, June 8.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.12 in Q3 2017.

Currently, the stock carries a price to earnings ratio of 0, a price to book ratio of 3.82, and a price to sales ratio of 1.51.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. For the past 5 years, the company's revenue has grown 19.1%, while the company's earnings per share has grown 2.4%. San Francisco Sentry Invest Gp (Ca) has 500 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Retirement Sys Of Alabama reported 69,470 shares. Nuveen Asset Management Ltd Liability Corp invested in 0% or 5,815 shares. Osterweis Capital Management holds 33,820 shares or 0.31% of its portfolio. Anchor Cap Advsrs Limited has 0.01% invested in W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE:CF) for 1,197 shares. Company insiders own 3.40% of the company's stock. (NYSE:CF) for 5.78M shares. (NYSE:CF) for 63,121 shares. Northern has invested 0.04% in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Macquarie Gru Ltd has 200,060 shares for 0.04% of their portfolio. Invesco Limited stated it has 745,614 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. (NYSE:GRA). Dimensional Fund Advisors Limited Partnership owns 370,058 shares.

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Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) tinted gains of +1.34% (+1.85 points) to US$140.02. 1 analysts recommended Overweight these shares while 0 recommended Underweight, according to FactSet data. Sold All: 16 Reduced: 86 Increased: 87 New Position: 36. (NASDAQ:PETQ) to report earnings on February, 5. The biotechnology company reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.82 by $0.08. California Pub Employees Retirement accumulated 0.01% or 71,993 shares. Denver Invest Advsr Limited reported 139,633 shares. After $0.82 actual EPS reported by Bio-Techne Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 3.66% EPS growth. Roberts Glore Com Il holds 0.63% of its portfolio in Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) for 8,082 shares. Commonwealth Equity Services Inc has 72,689 shares. Mason Street Ltd Liability Corp stated it has 0.05% of its portfolio in Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH). Btim Corp holds 148,393 shares or 0.28% of its portfolio. Aqr Capital Mngmt Ltd Liability invested in 0% or 6,337 shares. Point72 Asia (Hong Kong) reported 0% stake. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 12,712 shares in the company, valued at $1,654,848.16. Wilson Michelle D had sold 55,000 shares worth $1.17 million. Therefore 45% are positive. Yellow Media had 11 analyst reports since August 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Wells Fargo initiated the shares of TECH in report on Thursday, July 13 with "Hold" rating. Leerink Swann maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Tuesday, December 5 report. The rating was downgraded by Stephens to "Equal-Weight" on Thursday, October 29.

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on TECH shares. The firm has "Sell" rating given on Tuesday, September 1 by Zacks. The stock of Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) earned "Buy" rating by Citigroup on Thursday, February 9. Robert W. Baird maintained Bio-Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) on Monday, October 23 with "Buy" rating. The stock of Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) earned "Buy" rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods on Tuesday, December 12.

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