Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Barclays Capital Keeps “Overweight” Rating for Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG) Stock, Shorts at Atlantica Yield Plc Ord (ABY) Lowered By 0.91%

Atlantica Yield Plc Ord (NASDAQ:ABY) had a decrease of 0.91% in short interest. ABY’s SI was 2.50M shares in March as released by FINRA. Its down 0.91% from 2.52 million shares previously. With 429,300 avg volume, 6 days are for Atlantica Yield Plc Ord (NASDAQ:ABY)’s short sellers to cover ABY’s short positions. The SI to Atlantica Yield Plc Ord’s float is 5.11%. The stock decreased 0.18% or $0.04 during the last trading session, reaching $21.76. About shares traded. Atlantica Yield PLC (NASDAQ:ABY) has risen 5.27% since July 25, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 3.73% the S&P500.

Barclays Capital maintained their “Overweight” rating on Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG)‘s stock in an analyst report revealed to investors and clients on Wednesday, 1 March.

Provident Financial plc is a United Kingdom non-standard lender. The company has market cap of 4.38 billion GBP. The Company’s divisions include Vanquis Bank Limited , Consumer Credit Division (CCD) and Moneybarn. It has a 16.38 P/E ratio. The Company’s divisions include Vanquis Bank, CCD, Moneybarn and Central.

About 165,399 shares traded. Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) has risen 8.15% since August 2, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 0.85% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.32 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.04, from 1.36 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 34 investors sold Provident Financial plc shares while 139 reduced holdings. 76 funds opened positions while 153 raised stakes. 199.53 million shares or 4.90% more from 190.20 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Sumitomo Mitsui Holdings Incorporated holds 0.08% of its portfolio in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) for 805,988 shares. Ferguson Wellman Mngmt owns 362,734 shares for 0.86% of their portfolio. Hl Fincl Lc has 0% invested in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG). Raymond James Financial Svcs Advsrs Inc accumulated 38,844 shares. 6,416 are owned by First Allied Advisory Svcs. Toronto Dominion National Bank & Trust, Ontario – Canada-based fund reported 46,312 shares. 8 were reported by Sun Life Finance. American Asset Mgmt reported 10,390 shares. First Mercantile Trust holds 0.04% of its portfolio in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) for 4,200 shares. Valley Natl Advisers owns 239 shares or 0.01% of their US portfolio. Cornercap Inv Counsel Inc reported 0.42% of its portfolio in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG). Jpmorgan Chase And Co has invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG). Piedmont Invest Advsr Lc holds 0% or 100,146 shares in its portfolio. Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale has invested 0.01% in Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG). Citadel Advsr Ltd owns 3,645 shares or 0% of their US portfolio.

Since October 28, 2016, it had 0 buys, and 16 selling transactions for $24.39 million activity. Another trade for 43,410 shares valued at $2.61M was made by SHAFF KAREN E on Thursday, February 9. STRABLE-SOETHOUT DEANNA D sold 6,549 shares worth $393,464. 92,084 shares were sold by Valdes Luis E., worth $5.41 million on Monday, December 5. SCHOLTEN GARY P sold 13,549 shares worth $817,140. Everett Nora Mary had sold 18,700 shares worth $1.11M on Monday, December 12. $461,250 worth of Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) was sold by Lillis Terrance J.. 6,704 Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) shares with value of $368,720 were sold by Dunbar Timothy Mark.

Among 15 analysts covering Provident Financial PLC (LON:PFG), 10 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Provident Financial PLC has GBX 3750 highest and GBX 2172 lowest target. GBX 3076.69’s average target is 4.40% above currents GBX 2947 stock price. Provident Financial PLC had 110 analyst reports since July 23, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Overweight” rating by JP Morgan on Thursday, February 4. Panmure Gordon maintained Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) rating on Friday, October 16. Panmure Gordon has “Hold” rating and GBX 3000 target. On Wednesday, November 11 the stock rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with “Equal Weight”. The stock has “Hold” rating by Shore Capital on Wednesday, January 13. The firm earned “Overweight” rating on Tuesday, August 25 by JP Morgan. Liberum Capital maintained Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) rating on Monday, November 16. Liberum Capital has “Sell” rating and GBX 2460 target. JP Morgan maintained Provident Financial plc (LON:PFG) rating on Wednesday, July 29. JP Morgan has “Overweight” rating and GBX 3200 target. As per Monday, January 11, the company rating was maintained by Shore Capital. On Monday, September 7 the stock rating was maintained by Liberum Capital with “Sell”. The firm has “Overweight” rating by Barclays Capital given on Wednesday, July 20.

Among 3 analysts covering Abengoa Yield (NASDAQ:ABY), 0 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. Abengoa Yield has $47 highest and $16 lowest target. $21.75’s average target is -0.05% below currents $21.76 stock price. Abengoa Yield had 8 analyst reports since August 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Hold” rating by Canaccord Genuity on Monday, November 30. The stock has “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley on Wednesday, September 30. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Monday, August 3 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Buy” rating by Canaccord Genuity given on Tuesday, August 11. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, September 8 by Bank of America. The rating was downgraded by Bank of America to “Underperform” on Monday, November 30.

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