As Unilever Plc (UL) Shares Rose, Holder Narwhal Capital Management Has Cut Holding; Hospitality Pptys Tr (HPT) Shareholder Guggenheim Capital Cut Stake by $303,850 as Stock Value Rose

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Narwhal Capital Management decreased its stake in Unilever Plc (UL) by 17.69% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Narwhal Capital Management sold 14,775 shares as the company’s stock rose 3.44% while stock markets declined. The hedge fund held 68,760 shares of the package goods and cosmetics company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $3.82 million, down from 83,535 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Narwhal Capital Management who had been investing in Unilever Plc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $148.51B market cap company. The stock increased 0.15% or $0.08 during the last trading session, reaching $54.59. About 639,237 shares traded. Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) has risen 0.49% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 12.08% the S&P500. Some Historical UL News: 09/04/2018 – Net Solutions Included in Research List of Digital Experience Service Providers 2017; 14/05/2018 – HINDUSTAN UNILEVER 4Q NET INCOME 13.5B RUPEES; 22/03/2018 – Columbia Threadneedle balks at Unilever restructuring; 17/04/2018 – Implementation of Tork EasyCube® Software Reduces the Number of Cleaning Rounds From 90 to 68 per Day at Unilever Headquarters; 22/03/2018 – COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE CITES IMPACT OF UNILEVER’S HQ RESTRUCTURING ON PREMIUM LISTING IN LONDON; 28/03/2018 – Unilever: Closure Puts 113 Jobs at Risk of Redundancy; 12/04/2018 – HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LTD HLL.NS – APPROVES RE-APPOINTMENT OF SANJIV MEHTA AS MD & CEO; 15/03/2018 – Unilever move to Rotterdam dents May’s Brexit vow of business as usual; 15/03/2018 – BHP and activist Elliott eye Unilever’s progress in battle over dual structure; 16/05/2018 – Cream of Wheat maker to hike prices by end of May -CEO

Guggenheim Capital Llc decreased its stake in Hospitality Pptys Tr (HPT) by 11.63% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Guggenheim Capital Llc sold 12,154 shares as the company’s stock rose 8.97% while stock markets declined. The institutional investor held 92,307 shares of the real estate investment trusts company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $2.34M, down from 104,461 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Guggenheim Capital Llc who had been investing in Hospitality Pptys Tr for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $4.70B market cap company. The stock increased 0.18% or $0.05 during the last trading session, reaching $28.58. About 525,200 shares traded. Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT) has declined 1.27% since June 29, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 13.84% the S&P500. Some Historical HPT News: 10/05/2018 – HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST – WAS EXTENDED TO JULY 15, 2022; 09/05/2018 – Hospitality Properties 1Q EPS 49c; 19/04/2018 – Hospitality Properties Raises Dividend to 53c Vs. 52c; 09/05/2018 – HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES 1Q REV. $528.6M, EST. $522.7M; 19/04/2018 – DJ Hospitality Properties Trust, Inst Holders, 1Q 2018 (HPT); 03/05/2018 – New Research: Key Drivers of Growth for Hospitality Properties Trust, Shell Midstream Partners, Archrock, Phillips 66 Partners; 06/03/2018 Hospitality Properties Trading Activity Rises to Triple Average; 12/03/2018 – Hitachi Power Tools Renames to Metabo HPT in North America; 19/04/2018 – HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES BOOSTS QTR DIV TO 53C/SHR, FROM 52C; 10/05/2018 – HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES TRUST – MATURITY DATE OF AMENDED $400 MLN TERM LOAN WAS EXTENDED TO JULY 15, 2023

More news for Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) were recently published by: Businesswire.com, which released: “Hospitality Properties Trust Attending Mizuho Global REIT/Real Estate Conference 2018 on June 27th” on June 21, 2018. Globenewswire.com‘s article titled: “Research Report Identifies NetScout, Waterstone Financial, Lindblad Expeditions, Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality …” and published on June 22, 2018 is yet another important article.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.96 in 2018 Q1. Its down 0.24, from 1.2 in 2017Q4. It dived, as 39 investors sold HPT shares while 102 reduced holdings. 39 funds opened positions while 97 raised stakes. 116.87 million shares or 2.81% less from 120.25 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. Ny State Common Retirement Fund reported 0.02% in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT). Affinity Investment Advisors Limited Liability Company has 60,680 shares. Synovus Financial reported 0% of its portfolio in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT). Bnp Paribas Arbitrage has 42,184 shares for 0% of their portfolio. California State Teachers Retirement Sys invested in 0.01% or 270,383 shares. Trust Comm Of Vermont holds 0% of its portfolio in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) for 1,000 shares. Alliancebernstein LP invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT). Rech Glob Invsts accumulated 4.94 million shares. 7.71M were reported by State Street. Colonial Advsrs has invested 0.24% in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT). Envestnet Asset Mngmt holds 0% of its portfolio in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) for 1,262 shares. Ameriprise Finance Inc has 788,157 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Oppenheimer accumulated 9,840 shares or 0.01% of the stock. Proshare Advsrs Ltd Limited Liability Company has 0.01% invested in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) for 56,478 shares. Moreover, Huntington Comml Bank has 0% invested in Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) for 1,863 shares.

Guggenheim Capital Llc, which manages about $25.60 billion and $40.99 billion US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Pentair Plc (Prn) (NYSE:PNR) by 18,172 shares to 996,668 shares, valued at $67.90M in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Total S A (NYSE:TOT) by 78,892 shares in the quarter, for a total of 120,392 shares, and has risen its stake in Sun Cmntys Inc (NYSE:SUI).

Among 10 analysts covering Hospitality Properties Trust (NYSE:HPT), 4 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 40% are positive. Hospitality Properties Trust had 31 analyst reports since August 11, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, March 1 by Stifel Nicolaus. Robert W. Baird maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Tuesday, October 17 report. On Tuesday, December 19 the stock rating was downgraded by Wells Fargo to “Underperform”. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Underperform” rating and $26 target in Monday, January 11 report. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital on Thursday, May 10 with “Buy”. As per Tuesday, January 19, the company rating was maintained by FBR Capital. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital on Monday, January 22 with “Buy”. Canaccord Genuity maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Tuesday, August 11 report. The company was maintained on Monday, September 18 by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock of Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) earned “Underperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Tuesday, December 22.

Analysts await Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ:HPT) to report earnings on August, 8. They expect $1.07 EPS, up 0.94% or $0.01 from last year’s $1.06 per share. HPT’s profit will be $175.85M for 6.68 P/E if the $1.07 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.94 actual EPS reported by Hospitality Properties Trust for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 13.83% EPS growth.

Among 12 analysts covering Unilever (NYSE:UL), 4 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 33% are positive. Unilever had 15 analyst reports since July 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Monday, March 27 by Liberum Capital. The stock has “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, July 22. The company was upgraded on Monday, February 27 by Bank of America. The rating was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets to “Sell” on Thursday, August 10. ABN Amro downgraded the shares of UL in report on Monday, April 3 to “Sell” rating. The stock of Unilever PLC (NYSE:UL) earned “Equal-Weight” rating by Barclays Capital on Monday, January 23. Bernstein initiated the stock with “Outperform” rating in Monday, August 22 report. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research on Friday, March 17. JP Morgan downgraded the stock to “Neutral” rating in Wednesday, December 7 report. The stock has “Hold” rating by Argus Research on Friday, November 17.

Narwhal Capital Management, which manages about $490.63 million and $431.24 million US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Starbucks Corp (NASDAQ:SBUX) by 22,698 shares to 60,372 shares, valued at $3.50 million in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in General Electric Co (NYSE:GE) by 76,943 shares in the quarter, for a total of 311,753 shares, and has risen its stake in Maxim Integrated Prods Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM).

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