Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Warren Buffett, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s Jamie Dimon and almost 200 other CEOs are calling for companies to stop offering quarterly profit forecasts.
"In our experience, quarterly earnings guidance often leads to an unhealthy focus on short-term profits at the expense of long-term strategy, growth and sustainability," Buffett and Dimon wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published late Wednesday.
Hot Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Enerplus Corporation(ERF)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Stephan Byrd]
News coverage about Enerplus (NYSE:ERF) (TSE:ERF) has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Enerplus earned a news impact score of 0.09 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned headlines about the oil and natural gas company an impact score of 47.3097650375709 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company’s share price in the next several days.
- [By Max Byerly]
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- [By Max Byerly]
Enerplus (TSE:ERF) (NYSE:ERF) had its target price hoisted by CIBC from C$19.00 to C$20.00 in a research note published on Friday morning.
Other research analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. CSFB upped their price objective on shares of Enerplus from C$17.00 to C$20.00 in a report on Friday, April 13th. GMP Securities upped their price objective on shares of Enerplus from C$17.00 to C$18.00 in a report on Thursday, March 1st. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of Enerplus from C$18.00 to C$20.00 in a report on Monday, February 26th. Canaccord Genuity upped their price objective on shares of Enerplus from C$16.50 to C$17.00 in a report on Monday, February 26th. Finally, Desjardins upped their price objective on shares of Enerplus from C$16.00 to C$17.50 in a report on Monday, February 26th. Seven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, The stock has an average rating of Buy and an average price target of C$18.29.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Stephan Byrd]
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Hot Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: Highwoods Properties, Inc.(HIW)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Ethan Ryder]
New York State Common Retirement Fund reduced its position in shares of Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) by 2.0% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 223,200 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 4,500 shares during the period. New York State Common Retirement Fund owned about 0.22% of Highwoods Properties worth $9,781,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
Media stories about Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Highwoods Properties earned a news sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news coverage about the real estate investment trust an impact score of 46.6653791194201 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the near term.
- [By Stephan Byrd]
Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Highwoods Properties (NYSE:HIW) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Friday, MarketBeat reports. The firm currently has $53.00 price objective on the real estate investment trust’s stock, up from their prior price objective of $46.00.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Sei Investments Co. decreased its holdings in shares of Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) by 38.6% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 85,432 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 53,779 shares during the quarter. Sei Investments Co. owned about 0.08% of Highwoods Properties worth $3,744,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Highwoods Properties Inc (NYSE:HIW) EVP Jeffrey Douglas Miller sold 3,676 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, June 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $50.87, for a total transaction of $186,998.12. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 83,438 shares in the company, valued at $4,244,491.06. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.
Hot Warren Buffett Stocks To Buy Right Now: StarTek, Inc.(SRT)
Advisors' Opinion:- [By Shane Hupp]
These are some of the news stories that may have impacted Accern Sentiment’s scoring:
Get StarTek alerts: Startek’s (SRT) CEO Chad Carlson on Q1 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript (seekingalpha.com) -$0.01 Earnings Per Share Expected for StarTek (SRT) This Quarter (americanbankingnews.com) StarTek (SRT) Downgraded by ValuEngine to Sell (americanbankingnews.com) Zacks: StarTek (SRT) Given $13.50 Consensus Price Target by Analysts (americanbankingnews.com) Edited Transcript of SRT earnings conference call or presentation 8-May-18 8:30pm GMT (finance.yahoo.com)StarTek traded down $0.03, hitting $6.98, during trading hours on Friday, according to MarketBeat. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 199,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 114,323. StarTek has a 12 month low of $6.57 and a 12 month high of $14.78. The company has a market capitalization of $108.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -87.25 and a beta of 0.20. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70, a quick ratio of 2.24 and a current ratio of 2.41.
- [By Logan Wallace]
Sartorius (ETR:SRT) received a €100.00 ($116.28) price target from research analysts at Commerzbank in a report released on Friday. The brokerage presently has a “sell” rating on the stock. Commerzbank’s target price suggests a potential downside of 17.36% from the company’s previous close.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Shares of StarTek, Inc. (NYSE:SRT) have been assigned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the six analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $12.67.
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