Rdl Financial Has Upped Its Home Depot (HD) Stake by $901,926; Bluemountain Capital Management Has Lowered Its Kansas City Southern (KSU) Stake by $336,483 as Market Valuation Rose

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Rdl Financial Inc increased its stake in Home Depot Inc (HD) by 280.88% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Rdl Financial Inc bought 5,067 shares as the company’s stock declined 0.85% with the market. The institutional investor held 6,871 shares of the consumer services company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $1.23 million, up from 1,804 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Rdl Financial Inc who had been investing in Home Depot Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $227.82 billion market cap company. The stock increased 1.17% or $2.29 during the last trading session, reaching $197.5. About 853,009 shares traded. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has risen 19.42% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 6.85% the S&P500. Some Historical HD News: 16/05/2018 – Can Home Depot Lumber On? — Barrons.com; 15/03/2018 – U.S. CPSC SAYS RECALLED CHILDREN’S TENTS SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT HOME DEPOT STORES NATIONWIDE DURING NOVEMBER 2017; 19/04/2018 – Home Depot Plans Biggest Tech Hiring Push in Its History, Led By CIO; 04/05/2018 – The Home Depot Foundation Reaches Quarter-Billion-Dollar Commitment to Veteran-Related Causes; 24/04/2018 – 2 Dallas Police Officers and a Security Guard Shot Outside Home Depot; 24/04/2018 – KHOU: Sources: 2 Dallas PD officers, 1 security guard shot at Home Depot in north Dallas; 24/04/2018 – NBC DFW: #BREAKING – Several police officers are at the scene of a reported shooting near The Home Depot in northeast Dallas…; 15/05/2018 – ♫ Reuters Insider – Dow snaps 8-day winning streak; 25/04/2018 – KBTX News: BREAKING: A Dallas officer shot in yesterday’s shooting at a Home Depot has died while the other officer and; 25/04/2018 – FOX 5 Atlanta: #BREAKING: DALLAS (AP) — Suspect in fatal shooting of Dallas police officer at Home Depot has been charged with

Andrew Feldstein decreased its stake in Kansas City Southern (KSU) by 19.01% based on its latest 2018Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Bluemountain Capital Management Llc sold 3,087 shares as the company’s stock rose 1.78% while stock markets declined. The hedge fund run by Andrew Feldstein held 13,152 shares of the railroads company at the end of 2018Q1, valued at $1.45 million, down from 16,239 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Bluemountain Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Kansas City Southern for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $11.01B market cap company. The stock increased 1.96% or $2.06 during the last trading session, reaching $107.31. About 153,994 shares traded. Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has risen 20.38% since June 29, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 7.81% the S&P500. Some Historical KSU News: 20/04/2018 – KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN 1Q REV. $639M, EST. $639.5M; 20/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern 1Q Rev $638.6M; 22/05/2018 – Kansas City Southern Presenting at Conference Tomorrow; 16/05/2018 – Kansas City Southern Presenting at Conference May 23; 05/03/2018 – KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN INVESTING IN MEXICO RAIL CROSSING, SPUR; 30/04/2018 – KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN TO DEPLOY CRTM SYSTEM FOR OPER. SYSTEM; 12/03/2018 – KCS’ Mike Upchurch to Address the J.P. Morgan 2018 Aviation, Transportation and Industrials Conference; 07/05/2018 – KCS’ Mike Upchurch to Address the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2018 Transportation Conference; 01/05/2018 – Kansas City Southern Recognized by CIO as One of the CIO 100 Award Winners; 20/04/2018 – Kansas City Southern Volume Rises More Than Triple Average

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.85 in 2018 Q1. Its down 0.42, from 1.27 in 2017Q4. It turned negative, as 56 investors sold KSU shares while 167 reduced holdings. 53 funds opened positions while 136 raised stakes. 86.43 million shares or 0.07% less from 86.48 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. Comerica Bancorp has 25,413 shares for 0.02% of their portfolio. Stonebridge Cap Management accumulated 0.63% or 15,531 shares. Lmr Ptnrs Ltd Liability Partnership, a United Kingdom-based fund reported 4,884 shares. Alliancebernstein LP holds 469,663 shares or 0.04% of its portfolio. State Treasurer State Of Michigan has invested 0.03% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Illinois-based Alyeska Invest Gp Limited Partnership has invested 0.07% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Paragon Capital Llc reported 2,536 shares. The Switzerland-based Lombard Odier Asset Mngmt (Switzerland) has invested 0.03% in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Natixis holds 0.01% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) for 18,493 shares. Granite Partners Llc holds 0.05% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) for 6,385 shares. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board has 9,900 shares. Shell Asset Mgmt invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU). Howland Mngmt Ltd Liability owns 0.13% invested in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) for 15,000 shares. Investec Asset Mngmt Limited holds 0.24% or 405,670 shares in its portfolio. Ing Groep Nv invested in 0.02% or 10,529 shares.

Analysts await Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) to report earnings on July, 20. They expect $1.55 EPS, up 16.54% or $0.22 from last year’s $1.33 per share. KSU’s profit will be $159.03M for 17.31 P/E if the $1.55 EPS becomes a reality. After $1.30 actual EPS reported by Kansas City Southern for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 19.23% EPS growth.

More notable recent Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) news were published by: Bizjournals.com which released: “This is how much a typical worker makes at Sprint, 9 other big KC public companies” on June 27, 2018, also Finance.Yahoo.com with their article: “General Electric (GE) Secures Order for 50 New Locomotives” published on June 23, 2018, Businesswire.com published: “KCS Announces Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Release and Conference Call Time” on June 02, 2018. More interesting news about Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) were released by: Twst.com and their article: “KCS â€“ Kansas City Southern: KCS Announces Second Quarter 2018 Earnings Release and Conference Call Time” published on June 22, 2018 as well as Gurufocus.com‘s news article titled: “6 Stocks Boosting Their Book Value” with publication date: June 26, 2018.

Since January 31, 2018, it had 1 buy, and 3 sales for $419,213 activity. The insider Hancock Brian D. sold $262,725. The insider Maier Henry J bought 1,000 shares worth $104,345. Shares for $32,392 were sold by Grafton Suzanne M on Friday, May 4.

Among 24 analysts covering Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU), 14 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 58% are positive. Kansas City Southern had 88 analyst reports since August 20, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) earned “Market Perform” rating by BMO Capital Markets on Monday, October 19. The firm has “Buy” rating by Stifel Nicolaus given on Friday, December 16. On Thursday, August 11 the stock rating was initiated by Atlantic Securities with “Neutral”. The stock of Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) has “Outperform” rating given on Monday, April 23 by Credit Suisse. The company was maintained on Thursday, September 28 by BMO Capital Markets. BMO Capital Markets maintained it with “Hold” rating and $9800 target in Tuesday, July 11 report. The stock has “Hold” rating by Susquehanna on Monday, April 2. As per Monday, July 24, the company rating was maintained by UBS. The company was upgraded on Monday, April 23 by BMO Capital Markets. The company was initiated on Wednesday, January 18 by Buckingham Research.

Bluemountain Capital Management Llc, which manages about $27.77 billion and $4.37B US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Principal Finl Group Inc (NYSE:PFG) by 24,146 shares to 24,501 shares, valued at $1.49 million in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 113,377 shares in the quarter, for a total of 126,741 shares, and has risen its stake in Spdr Series Trust (Put) (XOP).

More notable recent The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “The Home Depot, Inc. Dividend Stock Analysis” on June 07, 2018, also Fool.com with their article: “Better Buy: Home Depot vs. Lowe’s” published on June 17, 2018, Bizjournals.com published: “Home Depot, growth equity company invest $11M in Tampa tech firm” on June 26, 2018. More interesting news about The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “Here’s Why Some Analysts Are Getting It Wrong With Home Depot” published on June 07, 2018 as well as Fool.com‘s news article titled: “Home Depot’s $1.2 Billion Investment to Amazon-Proof Its Business” with publication date: June 23, 2018.

Since February 21, 2018, it had 3 insider buys, and 7 selling transactions for $46.42 million activity. Shares for $20.89 million were sold by Menear Craig A. Linnartz Stephanie bought 1,000 shares worth $187,570. Roseborough Teresa Wynn had sold 17,310 shares worth $3.21M on Thursday, May 17. Decker Edward P. sold $6.18 million worth of stock. 16,827 shares were bought by BRENNEMAN GREGORY D, worth $3.00M. Lennie William G. sold 9,000 shares worth $1.68 million.

Rdl Financial Inc, which manages about $261.73 million and $151.07M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL) by 14,497 shares to 9,467 shares, valued at $897,000 in 2018Q1, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Southwest Airls Co (NYSE:LUV) by 15,353 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 3,956 shares, and cut its stake in Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV).

Among 36 analysts covering The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD), 25 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 69% are positive. The Home Depot Inc. had 121 analyst reports since August 19, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) earned “Buy” rating by BMO Capital Markets on Friday, December 15. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of HD in report on Wednesday, November 18 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, February 20 by Robert W. Baird. The company was maintained on Tuesday, July 18 by BMO Capital Markets. The rating was maintained by UBS with “Buy” on Friday, January 26. The stock of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) earned “Overweight” rating by Atlantic Securities on Tuesday, November 28. The rating was maintained by Credit Suisse with “Outperform” on Monday, December 7. The rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with “Buy” on Wednesday, September 13. The stock of The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, November 16 by Citigroup. The firm has “Buy” rating by Guggenheim given on Monday, February 26.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.87 in 2018 Q1. Its down 0.06, from 0.93 in 2017Q4. It worsened, as 72 investors sold HD shares while 666 reduced holdings. 116 funds opened positions while 523 raised stakes. 772.16 million shares or 2.08% less from 788.59 million shares in 2017Q4 were reported. The Connecticut-based Massmutual Tru Fsb Adv has invested 0% in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). New Jersey-based Hallmark Capital Mngmt Inc has invested 0.32% in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). Deutsche Bank & Trust Ag, a Germany-based fund reported 5.81M shares. Trust Company Of Oklahoma reported 7,201 shares. Baystate Wealth Management Ltd Limited Liability Company reported 3,095 shares stake. Moreover, Stelac Advisory Svcs has 0.12% invested in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). Dana Inv Advsr has invested 1.63% in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). Hanseatic Mngmt reported 0.28% stake. Los Angeles Equity Rech has invested 1.04% in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). Cannell Peter B Communication holds 0.71% of its portfolio in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) for 106,263 shares. Osborne Prns Capital Mgmt accumulated 1.14% or 46,359 shares. Aurora Counsel reported 11,007 shares stake. Pub Employees Retirement Association Of Colorado invested 1.12% in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD). First Western Cap Mngmt has 3.36% invested in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) for 3,977 shares. 5,686 were accumulated by Aldebaran Financial.

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