Analysts' Review under Consideration: Abaxis Inc (ABAX)

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Zoetis Inc

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.27 in Q4 2017.

On 10/24/2017 NASDAQ:ABAX - Abaxis announced a quarterly dividend of $0.16 1.28% with an ex dividend date of 11/30/2017 which will be payable on 12/15/2017.

Analysts await Abaxis, Inc. 25 funds opened positions while 41 raised stakes. It turned negative, as 12 investors sold Abaxis, Inc. shares while 40 reduced holdings. (NASDAQ:ABAX) for 3.66 million shs. Us Bancorp De stated it has 0.01% of its capital in Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX). 2.22M are owned by Primecap Company Ca. Copeland Cap Management Lc invested in 328,536 shs. Laurion Mngmt Ltd Partnership has invested 0% in Abaxis, Inc. (ABAX) in trading session dated May. Credit Suisse Ag reported 24,194 shares.

Shares of ABAX stock traded down $0.58 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $72.72. 4,076 are owned by Peak6 Investments Lp.

Director, Singh Prithipal, sold 2,000 common shares of Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) for 133,720 shares. Barclays Pcl reported 0% of its portfolio in Abaxis, Inc. This's net activity of $2.85 million. On Tuesday, May 8 Henkel Achim sold $408,356 worth of Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) shs. $689,851 worth of Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) was sold by WOOD DONALD PETER on Tuesday, March 6.

Abaxis Inc
Abaxis Inc

On 1/31/2018 Craig Tockman, VP, sold 1,650 with an average share price of $74.33 per share and the total transaction amounting to $122,644.50.

On 3/8/2018 Michael D Casey, Director, sold 5,000 with an average share price of $71.07 per share and the total transaction amounting to $355,350.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 55.62, a P/E/G ratio of 4.50 and a beta of 1.19. The company's valuation will be $94.05 million more at $87.02 PT. ABAX is uptrending and has moved 44.47% since May 16, 2017. ABAX outperformed the S&P 500 by 32.92%. Abaxis, Inc. (ABAX) has the market capitalization of 1.83 Billion. This could reach $7.95 million profit for ABAX assuming the current $0.35 EPS will become reality. After $0.42 actual earnings per share reported by Abaxis, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -16.67 % negative EPS growth. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The positive are 14%. Abaxis has $90.0 highest and $48 lowest target. Throughout the trading on 05/16/2018, the share price floated between $82.19 and $83.78. The company rating was downgraded by Sidoti on Wednesday, May 16. On Tuesday, January 9 the firm has "Buy" rating given by Northcoast. The company was maintained on Friday, January 26 by Stephens. On Thursday, February 8 the stock of Abaxis, Inc. In Tuesday, January 16 report Canaccord Genuity maintained the stock with "Hold" rating. (NASDAQ:ABAX) earned "Hold" rating by Canaccord Genuity. (NASDAQ:ABAX) for 717 shares. (NASDAQ:ABAX) earned "Hold" rating by Raymond James. On Friday, April 27 the stock of Abaxis, Inc. On Thursday, January 25 the firm has "Hold" rating given by Stifel Nicolaus. Furthermore on 1/26/18 Stifel Nicolaus "Maintained" the stock to Hold at $57. On Monday, January 29 the firm has "Buy" rating by Northcoast given.

Abaxis recently launched its new VetScan FLEX4 Rapid Test, which is meant to help detect diseases, such as Heartworm, Lyme, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma, in dogs. (ABAX) on Behalf of Stockholders and ..." with a publish date: "May 16, 2018, "A Preview Of Abaxis Q4 Earnings" and the last "M&A daily wrap: "NFL's Carolina Panthers, Cam Newton, David Tepper, Appaloosa, Brynwood Partners" with publication date: "May 16, 2018.

Abaxis, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, and sells portable blood analysis systems for use in human or veterinary patient care settings to provide rapid blood constituent measurements for clinicians worldwide. It operates in two divisions, Medical Market and Veterinary Market.The P/E ratio is 77.17.

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