$-0.15 EPS Expected for Euroseas Ltd. (ESEA); Wall Street Access Asset Management Boosted Its Goldman Sachs Group Com (GS) Stake

May 17, 2017 - By Peter Erickson

Wall Street Access Asset Management Llc increased Goldman Sachs Group Inc Com (GS) stake by 108.52% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Wall Street Access Asset Management Llc acquired 1,491 shares as Goldman Sachs Group Inc Com (GS)’s stock 0.00%. The Wall Street Access Asset Management Llc holds 2,865 shares with $686,000 value, up from 1,374 last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc Com now has $89.72 billion valuation. The stock increased 0.21% or $0.48 during the last trading session, reaching $225.6. About 1,525 shares traded. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) has risen 6.00% since April 17, 2017 and is uptrending. It has by 0.00% the S&P500.

Analysts expect Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESEA) to report $-0.15 EPS on May, 23.They anticipate $0.23 EPS change or 60.53% from last quarter’s $-0.38 EPS. After having $-0.45 EPS previously, Euroseas Ltd.’s analysts see -66.67% EPS growth. The stock increased 2.29% or $0.03 on May 16, reaching $1.34. About shares traded. Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESEA) has risen 6.00% since April 17, 2017 and is uptrending. It has by 0.00% the S&P500.

Since November 18, 2016, it had 0 buys, and 16 selling transactions for $38.08 million activity. On Wednesday, February 1 the insider COOPER EDITH W sold $539,184. The insider SALAME PABLO J sold $3.89 million. COHEN ALAN M sold 5,599 shares worth $1.40 million. SMITH SARAH G sold $2.51M worth of stock. 32,325 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shares with value of $8.08M were sold by ROGERS JOHN F.W.. 11,600 Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shares with value of $2.71M were sold by JOHNSON JAMES A /DC/. 5,954 shares were sold by VINIAR DAVID A, worth $1.47 million.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.88 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.02, from 0.86 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 65 investors sold GS shares while 424 reduced holdings. 168 funds opened positions while 262 raised stakes. 287.95 million shares or 5.61% more from 272.65 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Citigroup holds 0.2% of its portfolio in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) for 905,611 shares. Oakworth Capital has invested 0.05% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). L And S Advsrs invested in 32,308 shares. Lowe Brockenbrough Comm Incorporated has invested 0.04% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Hirtle Callaghan And Limited accumulated 18 shares. Clearbridge Invests Lc owns 58,585 shares. 169,363 were accumulated by Us Natl Bank De. Burke And Herbert Retail Bank And Company invested in 0.4% or 1,847 shares. Rathbone Brothers Public Limited Com has 5,868 shares for 0.07% of their portfolio. Associated Banc has invested 0.07% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). New York State Teachers Retirement Sys accumulated 688,766 shares. 1,500 are held by Provise Mgmt Grp Inc Limited Liability Co. Excalibur Mngmt Corporation invested 0.61% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). Moreover, Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Ltd has 0.23% invested in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). California Public Employees Retirement holds 0.37% or 931,180 shares in its portfolio.

Among 25 analysts covering Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS), 15 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 60% are positive. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. had 59 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Buy” on Wednesday, September 9. On Monday, October 12 the stock rating was upgraded by Citigroup to “Buy”. On Tuesday, November 29 the stock rating was downgraded by Instinet to “Neutral”. Oppenheimer maintained the shares of GS in report on Friday, January 29 with “Outperform” rating. The firm has “Sell” rating given on Tuesday, January 10 by Citigroup. The firm has “Neutral” rating by UBS given on Friday, October 16. Deutsche Bank maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Wednesday, August 12 report. The stock of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) has “Outperform” rating given on Friday, April 7 by Wood. The rating was maintained by Rafferty with “Buy” on Thursday, November 10. JP Morgan upgraded the stock to “Overweight” rating in Tuesday, February 16 report.

Euroseas Ltd. is engaged in the shipping business. The company has market cap of $16.76 million. The Firm is an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and is a well-known provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes. It currently has negative earnings. Eurobulk Ltd. manages the Company’s operations.