BMO Capital Markets set a $23.00 target price on Sprouts Farmers Market (NASDAQ:SFM) in a report published on Friday. The brokerage currently has a hold rating on the stock.
A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on SFM. Gordon Haskett downgraded Sprouts Farmers Market from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, May 3rd. Susquehanna Bancshares set a $27.00 target price on Sprouts Farmers Market and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Thursday, May 3rd. ValuEngine downgraded Sprouts Farmers Market from a hold rating to a sell rating in a research report on Thursday, May 3rd. Zacks Investment Research raised Sprouts Farmers Market from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $28.00 target price for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Finally, Deutsche Bank upped their target price on Sprouts Farmers Market from $24.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a hold rating in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. The company currently has an average rating of Buy and an average price target of $26.42.
Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2018: Black Box Corporation(BBOX)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Media stories about Black Box (NASDAQ:BBOX) have been trending somewhat positive on Monday, Accern reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Black Box earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news headlines about the technology company an impact score of 48.0509907143742 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock’s share price in the next few days.
Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2018: Viacom Inc.(VIA)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Chris Hill]
Also, the two dive into the ongoing soap opera that is CBS (NYSE:CBS) (NYSE:CBS-A)and Viacom (NASDAQ:VIA) (NASDAQ:VIAB). Shari Redstone and the CBS board continue to duke it out, and an upcoming court hearing will tip the scales for their most recent battle for control.
Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2018: Pebblebrook Hotel Trust(PEB)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Logan Wallace]
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Improving business travel demand during the first quarter drove Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE:PEB) to update its outlook earlier this month. Those travel trends turned out to be stronger than even its more optimistic expectations, helping the company to deliver results that were above the updated forecast. Because of that, the company is even more encouraged about what lies ahead in 2018.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
These are some of the news stories that may have effected Accern’s analysis:
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A number of brokerages recently issued reports on PEB. Boenning Scattergood restated a “hold” rating on shares of Pebblebrook Hotel in a report on Monday, April 30th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Pebblebrook Hotel from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $40.00 target price on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 2nd. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Pebblebrook Hotel from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 1st. Finally, ValuEngine cut Pebblebrook Hotel from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Pebblebrook Hotel presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $36.61.
Top Heal Care Stocks To Own For 2018: FuelCell Energy Inc.(FCEL)
Advisors’ Opinion:
- [By Paul Ausick]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted an increase of 17.8% in short interest during the period. Some 6.9 million shares were short as of May 15. The stock closed at $1.88 on Thursday, down about 1.1% for the day, in a 52-week range of $0.93 to $2.49. Shares traded up about 1.4% in the short interest period, and days to cover rose from eight to 14.
- [By Paul Ausick]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted a decrease of 25.7% in short interest during the period. Some 5.86 million shares were short as of April 30. The stock closed at $1.93 on Wednesday, up about 1.6% for the day, in a 52-week range of $0.80 to $2.49. Shares traded down about 7.8% in the short interest period, and days to cover rose from six to eight.
- [By Shane Hupp]
Electro Scientific Industries (NASDAQ: ESIO) and FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.
- [By Paul Ausick]
FuelCell Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: FCEL) posted an increase of 8% in short interest during the two-week period. Some 7.45 million shares were short as of May 31. The stock’s price was $1.76 at Monday’s market close, a spike of about 1.1% for the day, within a 52-week range of $1.08 to $2.49. Shares traded up about 2.5% in the two-week short interest period, and the number of days to cover rose from 14 to 17.
