Ledyard National Bank Has Upped Its Cvs Health (CVS) Holding by $449,810; Stock Declined; As Ford Mtr Co Del (F) Market Value Rose, Planning Alternatives LTD Boosted Position by $313,830

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Ledyard National Bank increased its stake in Cvs Health Corporation (CVS) by 13.98% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Ledyard National Bank bought 7,255 shares as the company’s stock declined 3.22% with the market. The institutional investor held 59,139 shares of the medical and nursing services company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $3.68M, up from 51,884 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Ledyard National Bank who had been investing in Cvs Health Corporation for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $66.88B market cap company. The stock decreased 6.10% or $4.27 during the last trading session, reaching $65.78. About 26.16 million shares traded or 193.86% up from the average. CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) has declined 13.06% since June 29, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 25.63% the S&P500. Some Historical CVS News: 13/04/2018 – CVS Health Names Marc-David Munk, MD, MPH, MHCM, as Chief Medical Officer of MinuteClinic and Associate Chief Medical Officer of CVS Health; 02/05/2018 – CVS Health Still Sees Aetna Deal Closing in Second Half of 2018; 20/03/2018 – CVS Health Appoints Derica W. Rice as Pres of CVS Caremark; 16/04/2018 – CVS Health Appoints Kevin Hourican as Pres of CVS Pharmacy; 06/04/2018 – Rep. Smith: Rep. Smith Delivers Tax Cuts, Wage Increases for CVS Employees; 13/03/2018 – Aetna Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Proposed Acquisition by CVS Health; 20/03/2018 – CVS Agreed to Buy Aetna Late Last Year; 17/04/2018 – AETNA – GIVEN PENDING DEAL WITH CVS HEALTH, CO WILL NOT HOST CONF CALL IN CONJUNCTION WITH EARNINGS RELEASE & DOES NOT EXPECT TO DO SO FOR FUTURE QTRS; 02/05/2018 – CVS Health 1Q EPS 98c; 02/05/2018 – CVS Health Sees 2Q EPS $1.21-EPS $1.26

Planning Alternatives Ltd increased its stake in Ford Mtr Co Del (F) by 46.98% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Planning Alternatives Ltd bought 28,530 shares as the company’s stock rose 5.69% while stock markets declined. The institutional investor held 89,252 shares of the auto manufacturing company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $989,000, up from 60,722 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Planning Alternatives Ltd who had been investing in Ford Mtr Co Del for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $44.95 billion market cap company. The stock decreased 1.23% or $0.14 during the last trading session, reaching $11.28. About 43.84 million shares traded or 19.98% up from the average. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has risen 7.18% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 5.39% the S&P500. Some Historical F News: 25/04/2018 – FORD MOTOR CO SAYS IS ALSO TARGETING ITS ROIC TO “SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE” BY 2020; 22/03/2018 – AutoCar India: Mahindra-Ford to jointly develop two new SUVs; 25/04/2018 – Ford Will Drop Focus and Fusion Sedans in North America; 01/05/2018 – Ford Motor April U.S. Total Vehicle Sales Down 4.7%; 15/03/2018 – BlackRock: Bill Ford, Peggy Johnson, Mark Wilson Join Bd; 25/04/2018 – FORD MOTOR CO – QTRLY TOTAL REVENUE $41.96 BLN VS $39.15 BLN; 25/04/2018 – Sundance Energy Australia Announces Acquisition of Eagle Ford Assets, Equity Raise and Debt Refinancing; 19/03/2018 – DESKTOP METAL SAYS CLOSES $65 MLN IN NEW FINANCING LED BY FORD MOTOR CO; 09/05/2018 – FORD MOTOR GUIDANCE FOR FULL YEAR IS UNCHANGED; 12/03/2018 – Ottawa Citizen: Patrick Brown likely out as candidate under Doug Ford, Ontario PC

Ledyard National Bank, which manages about $822.38 million US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Consumer Staples Select Sector Spdr Etf (XLP) by 8,290 shares to 144,236 shares, valued at $7.59 million in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Keycorp New (NYSE:KEY) by 177,400 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 125,382 shares, and cut its stake in Vanguard High Dvd Yield Etf (VYM).

More notable recent CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) news were published by: Finance.Yahoo.com which released: “Stocks- Wall Street Mixed After Disappointing Economic Data” on June 28, 2018, also Marketwatch.com with their article: “CVS, Walgreens among pharmacy stocks trading lower after Amazon announces acquisition of online pharmacy PillPack” published on June 28, 2018, Streetinsider.com published: “Buy CVS Health (CVS) and Express Scripts (ESRX) on Amazon/PillPack Deal Weakness – Mizuho” on June 28, 2018. More interesting news about CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “CVS: Downright Undervalued And A Great Pick For Your Portfolio” published on June 28, 2018 as well as Fool.com‘s news article titled: “Why CVS Health Corp., Rite Aid Corporation, and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. Stocks Tanked Today” with publication date: June 28, 2018.

Since February 16, 2018, it had 2 insider buys, and 1 insider sale for $713,454 activity. BROWN C DAVID II had bought 10,000 shares worth $619,900 on Friday, May 4. The insider DORMAN DAVID W bought $1.51 million.

Among 26 analysts covering CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), 19 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 73% are positive. CVS Health had 77 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) earned “Outperform” rating by Oppenheimer on Friday, August 28. The stock of CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, February 8 by Robert W. Baird. RBC Capital Markets maintained CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) rating on Wednesday, August 5. RBC Capital Markets has “Outperform” rating and $132 target. On Wednesday, August 16 the stock rating was downgraded by Wolfe Research to “Hold”. Leerink Swann maintained the shares of CVS in report on Tuesday, November 21 with “Buy” rating. The stock of CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) earned “Neutral” rating by Citigroup on Monday, May 9. The firm has “Hold” rating by Jefferies given on Tuesday, November 7. Deutsche Bank maintained it with “Hold” rating and $121 target in Thursday, August 20 report. As per Friday, June 9, the company rating was maintained by Jefferies. The stock has “Buy” rating by Argus Research on Monday, August 10.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.9 in 2018 Q1. Its up 0.18, from 0.72 in 2017Q4. It is positive, as 97 investors sold CVS shares while 512 reduced holdings. 117 funds opened positions while 431 raised stakes. 821.03 million shares or 0.67% more from 815.59 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. 221,606 are held by Alpine Woods Cap Investors Ltd Liability. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania School Empls Retrmt Systems holds 0.01% or 9,790 shares in its portfolio. First Interstate Bank & Trust owns 5,278 shares for 0.07% of their portfolio. Rosenbaum Jay D reported 15,320 shares. Litman Gregory Asset Lc holds 0.03% or 1,150 shares. 288,610 are owned by Country Tru Commercial Bank. Financial Bank Of Nova Scotia accumulated 151,519 shares. Winslow Cap Ltd has invested 0% in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS). Park Natl Corp Oh invested 0.03% in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS). Btr Cap Mngmt stated it has 1.72% in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS). Catalyst Cap Ltd Liability Corporation stated it has 2,600 shares. Bokf Na stated it has 0.09% in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS). Ascend Limited Liability Company has 1.43% invested in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) for 564,319 shares. Lenox Wealth Mngmt Inc holds 0.01% or 659 shares in its portfolio. Summit Fincl Wealth Advsr Ltd Liability invested 1.03% in CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS).

More notable recent Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “Ford Motor: Still A Buy?” on June 11, 2018, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Ford’s sales in China plunge again” published on June 15, 2018, Thestreet.com published: “Ford and General Motors ‘Notably Vulnerable’ to Trade War: Moody’s” on June 25, 2018. More interesting news about Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) were released by: 247Wallst.com and their article: “Ford Sales Expected to Drop in June” published on June 28, 2018 as well as Seekingalpha.com‘s news article titled: “Ford Surprises With May Sales Report” with publication date: June 18, 2018.

Planning Alternatives Ltd, which manages about $928.97 million and $550.15M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Jpmorgan Chase & Co (AMJ) by 38,475 shares to 33,323 shares, valued at $800,000 in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Vanguard Index Fds (VUG) by 51,366 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 93,987 shares, and cut its stake in Schwab Strategic Tr (SCHB).

Since March 2, 2018, it had 1 insider buy, and 3 insider sales for $5.12 million activity. 31,415 Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shares with value of $324,875 were sold by Galhotra Ashwani Kumar. 15,517 shares valued at $160,554 were sold by Thai-Tang Hau N on Friday, March 2. FORD WILLIAM CLAY JR also sold $4.69M worth of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) shares.

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