26.43% to Target, Needham Maintains Buy Rating for WNS Limited (WNS) Stock; HD Partners Acquisition (HDP) Has 1.76 Sentiment

Among 15 analysts covering WNS Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:WNS), 13 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 87% are positive. WNS Holdings Ltd. has $46.0 highest and $32 lowest target. $41.69’s average target is 1.36% above currents $41.13 stock price. WNS Holdings Ltd. had 43 analyst reports since August 14, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co on Thursday, September 28 with “Buy”. Cowen & Co initiated WNS (NYSE:Holdings Limited) on Wednesday, July 20 with “Market Perform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Friday, October 27 by Cowen & Co. The firm has “Buy” rating by Loop Capital given on Tuesday, January 10. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Cowen & Co given on Wednesday, June 14. The stock of WNS (NYSE:Holdings Limited) has “Buy” rating given on Friday, October 16 by Deutsche Bank. Needham maintained it with “Buy” rating and $42.0 target in Friday, October 6 report. The stock has “Buy” rating by SunTrust on Tuesday, August 9. SunTrust initiated WNS (NYSE:Holdings Limited) on Thursday, September 10 with “Neutral” rating. The rating was maintained by Needham with “Buy” on Friday, October 27.

Hortonworks, Inc. creates, distributes, and supports a class of enterprise data management software solutions built on open source technology in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company has market cap of $1.34 billion. It offers Hortonworks Data Platform , an enterprise-scale data management platform that enables its clients to collect, store, process, and analyze existing and new data types without the need to replace their existing data center infrastructure; and Hortonworks DataFlow, an enterprise-scale data ingest platform to automate and secure Internet of anything data flows, as well as to collect, conduct, and curate real-time business insights and actions derived from data in motion, including sensors, machines, geolocation devices, clicks, server logs, and social feeds. It currently has negative earnings. The firm also provides Hortonworks Sandbox, a personal, portable, and free to use Hadoop environment designed to offer the easiest way to get started with HDP; Azure HDInsight, a data cloud service that provides clients flexible big data environments on the Azure cloud; and Hortonworks Data Cloud for Amazon Web Services, a big data cloud service for analyzing and processing data, and enabling businesses to achieve insights quickly and with flexibility.

The stock decreased 0.70% or $0.29 during the last trading session, reaching $41.13. About 110,808 shares traded. WNS (NYSE:WNS) has risen 16.94% since December 1, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 0.24% the S&P500.

WNS Limited, a business process management company, provides data, voice, analytical, and business transformation services worldwide. The company has market cap of $2.07 billion. It operates through two divisions, WNS Global BPM and WNS Auto Claims BPM. It has a 51.48 P/E ratio. The firm offers industry-specific services to clients primarily in the insurance; travel and leisure; diversified businesses, including manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, media and entertainment, and telecommunications; utilities; consulting and professional services; healthcare; banking and financial services; and shipping and logistics industries.

Analysts await WNS (NYSE:Holdings Limited) to report earnings on January, 18. They expect $0.42 earnings per share, up 2.44% or $0.01 from last year’s $0.41 per share. WNS’s profit will be $21.16 million for 24.48 P/E if the $0.42 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.40 actual earnings per share reported by WNS for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 5.00% EPS growth.

The stock decreased 2.26% or $0.44 during the last trading session, reaching $19.01. About 1.26M shares traded or 54.46% up from the average. Hortonworks, Inc. (HDP) has risen 25.48% since December 1, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 8.78% the S&P500.

Analysts await Hortonworks, Inc. (NASDAQ:HDP) to report earnings on February, 8. They expect $-0.63 earnings per share, up 29.21% or $0.26 from last year’s $-0.89 per share. After $-0.67 actual earnings per share reported by Hortonworks, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -5.97% EPS growth.

Portolan Capital Management Llc holds 2.64% of its portfolio in Hortonworks, Inc. for 1.60 million shares. Rock Point Advisors Llc owns 353,430 shares or 2.14% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Herald Investment Management Ltd has 2.03% invested in the company for 459,700 shares. The California-based Lyon Street Capital Llc has invested 1.41% in the stock. Penn Capital Management Co Inc, a Pennsylvania-based fund reported 1.11 million shares.

Ratings analysis reveals 67% of Hortonworks’s analysts are positive. Out of 3 Wall Street analysts rating Hortonworks, 2 give it “Buy”, 1 “Sell” rating, while 0 recommend “Hold”. HDP was included in 3 notes of analysts from October 13, 2016. The company was downgraded on Thursday, October 13 by Goldman Sachs. Mizuho upgraded the shares of HDP in report on Monday, January 30 to “Buy” rating. The rating was initiated by Wells Fargo with “Outperform” on Wednesday, January 11.

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