Horizon Investments Has Boosted Novartis AG Sponsored Adr (NVS) Position; Crane Co. (CR) Covered By 10 Bulls

February 10, 2018 - By Winifred Garcia

Horizon Investments Llc increased Novartis A G Sponsored Adr (NVS) stake by 66.45% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Horizon Investments Llc acquired 6,155 shares as Novartis A G Sponsored Adr (NVS)’s stock rose 4.17%. The Horizon Investments Llc holds 15,418 shares with $1.24M value, up from 9,263 last quarter. Novartis A G Sponsored Adr now has $190.42B valuation. The stock increased 0.86% or $0.71 during the last trading session, reaching $83.25. About 3.50M shares traded or 146.78% up from the average. Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) has risen 7.67% since February 10, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 9.03% the S&P500.

Among 15 analysts covering Crane (NYSE:CR), 10 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Crane had 51 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Monday, December 5 by Stifel Nicolaus. Canaccord Genuity maintained Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) on Wednesday, June 21 with “Buy” rating. On Wednesday, January 27 the stock rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets with “Sector Perform”. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with “Hold” on Wednesday, April 26. The stock of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) earned “Outperform” rating by William Blair on Tuesday, August 18. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of CR in report on Wednesday, October 25 with “Hold” rating. The stock has “Buy” rating by Canaccord Genuity on Tuesday, May 16. The stock of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, January 30 by Seaport Global. As per Tuesday, January 23, the company rating was initiated by UBS. Avondale initiated the shares of CR in report on Thursday, October 15 with “Market Perform” rating. See Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) latest ratings:

01/02/2018 Broker: Bank of America Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Buy Old Target: $104 New Target: $120 Maintain
31/01/2018 Broker: Susquehanna Rating: Hold New Target: $103.0 Maintain
31/01/2018 Broker: Canaccord Genuity Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Buy Old Target: $95 New Target: $110 Maintain
30/01/2018 Broker: Seaport Global Rating: Buy New Target: $115.0 Maintain
31/01/2018 Broker: Stifel Nicolaus Old Rating: Hold New Rating: Buy Old Target: $87 Upgrade
23/01/2018 Broker: UBS Rating: Hold New Target: $100.0 Initiate
16/01/2018 Broker: Stifel Nicolaus Rating: Hold New Target: $99.0 Maintain
12/01/2018 Broker: Susquehanna Rating: Hold New Target: $98.0 Maintain
06/12/2017 Broker: Vertical Research Old Rating: Hold New Rating: Buy Upgrade
26/10/2017 Broker: Seaport Global Old Rating: Neutral New Rating: Buy Upgrade

Among 16 analysts covering Novartis Ag (NYSE:NVS), 5 have Buy rating, 4 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 31% are positive. Novartis Ag had 36 analyst reports since July 28, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Wednesday, August 9 by Cowen & Co. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, April 12 by Morgan Stanley. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, January 3 by JP Morgan. J P Morgan Chase Co maintained the stock with “Neutral” rating in Friday, June 16 report. The stock of Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) earned “Neutral” rating by JP Morgan on Wednesday, April 19. Barclays Capital downgraded Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) on Wednesday, October 25 to “Sell” rating. As per Wednesday, October 28, the company rating was downgraded by Mainfirst. Leerink Swann maintained the shares of NVS in report on Thursday, June 22 with “Hold” rating. The stock of Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) has “Market Perform” rating given on Thursday, January 25 by Leerink Swann. The rating was downgraded by UBS on Friday, April 1 to “Neutral”.

It closed at $89.45 lastly. It is up 42.66% since February 10, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 25.96% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.08 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.46, from 1.54 in 2017Q2. It dived, as 35 investors sold Crane Co. shares while 89 reduced holdings. 39 funds opened positions while 95 raised stakes. 35.90 million shares or 1.25% less from 36.35 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Teachers Retirement Of The State Of Kentucky holds 0.01% or 9,880 shares in its portfolio. Gamco Investors Et Al holds 1.3% or 2.63 million shares in its portfolio. Qs Lc holds 9,679 shares. Asset Management holds 106,099 shares or 0.14% of its portfolio. Numeric Investors Limited Liability, a Massachusetts-based fund reported 129,400 shares. Montag A & Assocs owns 6,975 shares for 0.06% of their portfolio. Victory Capital Mgmt reported 0.12% in Crane Co. (NYSE:CR). Moreover, South State has 0.03% invested in Crane Co. (NYSE:CR) for 2,880 shares. First Republic Mgmt, California-based fund reported 4,295 shares. Sit Inv invested in 0.06% or 29,400 shares. Royal Fincl Bank Of Canada reported 0% of its portfolio in Crane Co. (NYSE:CR). State Of Tennessee Treasury Department reported 10,000 shares. 6,057 were accumulated by Profund Ltd Liability Corp. The Georgia-based First City Capital has invested 0.64% in Crane Co. (NYSE:CR). Hanseatic Mgmt Service Inc has 0.05% invested in Crane Co. (NYSE:CR).

By1 Winifred Garcia

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