As Marketaxess Holdings (MKTX) Share Price Rose, Bridgecreek Investment Management Raised Its Stake; Noble Energy (NBL) Shareholder Carval Investors Upped Its Stake by $949,500

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Bridgecreek Investment Management Llc increased its stake in Marketaxess Holdings Inc (MKTX) by 9.48% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Bridgecreek Investment Management Llc bought 2,400 shares as the company’s stock rose 5.45% while stock markets declined. The institutional investor held 27,720 shares of the finance company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $6.03M, up from 25,320 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Bridgecreek Investment Management Llc who had been investing in Marketaxess Holdings Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $7.93B market cap company. The stock increased 0.19% or $0.39 during the last trading session, reaching $210.94. About 142,873 shares traded. MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) has risen 7.67% since May 30, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.90% the S&P500.

Carval Investors Llc increased its stake in Noble Energy Inc (NBL) by 15.83% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Carval Investors Llc bought 31,650 shares as the company’s stock rose 12.44% while stock markets declined. The hedge fund held 231,650 shares of the oil & gas production company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $7.02 million, up from 200,000 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Carval Investors Llc who had been investing in Noble Energy Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $17.00 billion market cap company. The stock decreased 0.06% or $0.02 during the last trading session, reaching $35.32. About 3.50 million shares traded. Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) has risen 18.87% since May 30, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 6.30% the S&P500.

Among 9 analysts covering MarketAxess Holdings (NASDAQ:MKTX), 0 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. MarketAxess Holdings had 27 analyst reports since September 9, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was downgraded on Wednesday, April 11 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The rating was upgraded by Macquarie Research to “Neutral” on Tuesday, January 31. The company was upgraded on Wednesday, January 25 by Credit Suisse. Wood maintained MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) on Friday, April 8 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) earned “Outperform” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods on Thursday, October 22. The stock has “Buy” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods on Wednesday, July 5. The stock of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) earned “Market Perform” rating by Wood on Wednesday, September 9. As per Thursday, August 31, the company rating was maintained by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. William Blair initiated MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) on Monday, June 20 with “Market Perform” rating. The rating was maintained by Sandler O’Neill with “Hold” on Wednesday, April 4.

More news for MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) were recently published by: Nasdaq.com, which released: “MarketAxess to Participate in Sandler O’Neill + Partners, LP Global Exchange and Brokerage Conference” on May 24, 2018. Globenewswire.com‘s article titled: “MarketAxess Announces Monthly Volume Statistics for April 2018” and published on May 02, 2018 is yet another important article.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.17 in Q1 2018. Its up 0.18, from 0.99 in 2017Q4. It increased, as 27 investors sold MKTX shares while 84 reduced holdings. 39 funds opened positions while 91 raised stakes. 35.96 million shares or 0.42% less from 36.11 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. Pnc Fincl Services Grp holds 0% in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) or 1,484 shares. Teachers Retirement Sys Of The State Of Kentucky invested in 7,847 shares or 0.02% of the stock. Moreover, Lord Abbett Ltd Company has 0.06% invested in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) for 99,663 shares. Fifth Third Commercial Bank holds 0.01% or 6,092 shares. Foundry Limited Liability Corp reported 8,267 shares stake. Geode Limited invested 0.02% of its portfolio in MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX). Ameritas invested in 0.18% or 17,248 shares. Public Employees Retirement Systems Of Ohio stated it has 15,942 shares or 0.02% of all its holdings. Horizon Kinetics Limited Co stated it has 5,000 shares. Mitsubishi Ufj Trust And stated it has 291,520 shares or 0.11% of all its holdings. Aqr Ltd Liability Corporation, a Connecticut-based fund reported 51,787 shares. Tower Rech Limited Liability Corporation (Trc) holds 3,302 shares. Mason Street Advsrs Ltd Liability Corp owns 18,878 shares. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owns 169,727 shares. Employees Retirement System Of Texas holds 26,000 shares.

Bridgecreek Investment Management Llc, which manages about $625.00 million and $444.24M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Ngl Energy Partners Lp (NYSE:NGL) by 36,000 shares to 20,000 shares, valued at $220,000 in 2018Q1, according to the filing.

Since February 5, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 7 insider sales for $19.51 million activity. $1.61 million worth of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) was sold by DELISE ANTONIO L. 35,000 MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) shares with value of $6.67 million were sold by McVey Richard M. 2,500 MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) shares with value of $558,574 were sold by McPherson Kevin M. Themelis Nicholas sold $1.18 million worth of MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) on Friday, March 9.

Since December 11, 2017, it had 1 buying transaction, and 8 sales for $6.57 million activity. Another trade for 8,500 shares valued at $266,475 was made by Craddock James E on Friday, March 9. 200,000 shares valued at $5.40M were sold by EDELMAN THOMAS J on Monday, December 11. 7,621 shares were sold by Fisher Kenneth M., worth $219,483. Another trade for 19,000 shares valued at $499,835 was made by STOVER DAVID L on Monday, December 18. On Wednesday, May 9 the insider Robison Andrea Lee sold $306,600. Hatley Dustin A. had sold 4,178 shares worth $140,336.

More recent Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) news were published by: Globenewswire.com which released: “Noble Energy Announces First Quarter 2018 Results” on May 01, 2018. Also Globenewswire.com published the news titled: “Rachel Clingman Joins Noble Energy Senior Leadership Team as General Counsel” on May 21, 2018. Bizjournals.com‘s news article titled: “Houston energy co. ranks lowest in study on profits returned to employees vs. shareholders” with publication date: May 23, 2018 was also an interesting one.

Among 33 analysts covering Noble Energy Inc. (NYSE:NBL), 27 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 82% are positive. Noble Energy Inc. had 122 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Cowen & Co maintained Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) on Friday, December 8 with “Buy” rating. BMO Capital Markets maintained Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) on Thursday, January 11 with “Buy” rating. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with “Buy” rating and $45 target in Wednesday, June 8 report. The stock of Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) earned “Buy” rating by Credit Suisse on Tuesday, January 23. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Thursday, November 17 by Seaport Global. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, April 11 by BMO Capital Markets. The stock of Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) has “Buy” rating given on Friday, October 13 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Buy” rating by Stifel Nicolaus given on Monday, May 29. The rating was downgraded by Seaport Global to “Sell” on Wednesday, June 21. The stock has “Buy” rating by Piper Jaffray on Wednesday, April 18.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.15 in Q1 2018. Its up 0.26, from 0.89 in 2017Q4. It is positive, as 31 investors sold NBL shares while 148 reduced holdings. 54 funds opened positions while 151 raised stakes. 465.46 million shares or 1.96% more from 456.50 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. Gsa Llp reported 0.04% in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL). Cap Investors holds 0.35% in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) or 51.20 million shares. Ameriprise Financial Inc holds 1.37 million shares. Driehaus Cap Mngmt Ltd Limited Liability Company invested in 0.07% or 69,820 shares. Eagle Boston Mgmt Inc invested in 0.12% or 39,174 shares. Cipher Capital LP reported 66,902 shares. Moreover, Vident Advisory Limited Co has 0.01% invested in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL). Financial Bank Of Nova Scotia owns 0.04% invested in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL) for 262,649 shares. Rhumbline Advisers reported 883,830 shares. Alliancebernstein Ltd Partnership invested 0.09% of its portfolio in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL). Northern Corp stated it has 5.82 million shares. Credit Suisse Ag has invested 0.02% in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL). Bnp Paribas Asset Sa reported 23,993 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Swiss Bank has invested 0.05% of its portfolio in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL). Retirement System Of Alabama has invested 0.04% in Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NBL).

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