$0.70 EPS Expected for Southern Co (SO); Symmetry Peak Management Trimmed Cavium (CAVM) Holding By $940,726

July 3, 2017 - By Peter Erickson

Analysts expect Southern Co (NYSE:SO) to report $0.70 EPS on July, 26.They anticipate $0.04 EPS change or 5.41% from last quarter’s $0.74 EPS. SO’s profit would be $690.50M giving it 17.11 P/E if the $0.70 EPS is correct. After having $0.66 EPS previously, Southern Co’s analysts see 6.06% EPS growth. About 19 shares traded. Southern Co (NYSE:SO) has risen 2.49% since July 3, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 14.21% the S&P500.

Symmetry Peak Management Llc decreased Cavium Inc (CAVM) stake by 27.59% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Symmetry Peak Management Llc sold 15,173 shares as Cavium Inc (CAVM)’s stock rose 6.47%. The Symmetry Peak Management Llc holds 39,827 shares with $2.49M value, down from 55,000 last quarter. Cavium Inc now has $4.20B valuation. The stock decreased 0.37% or $0.23 on June 30, reaching $62.13. About shares traded. Cavium Inc (NASDAQ:CAVM) has risen 55.16% since July 3, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 38.46% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.12 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.05, from 1.17 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 64 investors sold Southern Co shares while 341 reduced holdings. 81 funds opened positions while 371 raised stakes. 505.09 million shares or 5.13% more from 480.44 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Amer Group has 0.07% invested in Southern Co (NYSE:SO) for 349,293 shares. Advantage owns 3.78% invested in Southern Co (NYSE:SO) for 84,591 shares. Riverhead Mgmt Limited Liability Com stated it has 0.29% in Southern Co (NYSE:SO). Princeton Strategies Group Limited Liability Corp owns 0.15% invested in Southern Co (NYSE:SO) for 9,608 shares. Arrow Corporation owns 915 shares. Public Sector Pension Board reported 216,624 shares or 0.1% of all its holdings. Smith Chas P & Associate Pa Cpas accumulated 0.08% or 9,689 shares. Moreover, Wellington Shields And Llc has 0.42% invested in Southern Co (NYSE:SO) for 16,339 shares. Heritage Investors Mngmt has 0.06% invested in Southern Co (NYSE:SO) for 15,954 shares. Dt Invest Prtn Lc has 22,216 shares for 0.28% of their portfolio. Cadence Financial Bank Na has 7,567 shares for 0.17% of their portfolio. Cadence Cap Management Limited Liability Corporation reported 82,657 shares. Peregrine Asset Advisers has invested 0.16% in Southern Co (NYSE:SO). 79,212 are held by Tctc Holding Limited Liability Corp. Brown Advisory stated it has 0.01% in Southern Co (NYSE:SO).

Since January 9, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 5 selling transactions for $10.85 million activity. 68,609 shares valued at $3.43 million were sold by Kerr – II James Y on Friday, May 5. Daiss Ann P sold $256,400 worth of Southern Co (NYSE:SO) on Monday, June 12. On Wednesday, June 14 the insider Lantrip Mark sold $1.29M. Shares for $2.42 million were sold by BEATTIE ART P. Another trade for 70,680 shares valued at $3.45M was sold by BOWERS WILLIAM P.

The Southern Company is a holding company. The company has market cap of $47.25 billion. The Firm owns all of the stock of the traditional electric operating companies and the parent entities of Southern Power Company (Southern Power) and Southern Company Gas, and owns other direct and indirect subsidiaries. It has a 17.79 P/E ratio. The Company’s divisions include Gas distribution operations, Gas marketing services, Wholesale gas services, Gas midstream activities and All other.

Among 14 analysts covering The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), 2 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 14% are positive. The Southern Company had 28 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Thursday, July 14 the stock rating was upgraded by Barclays Capital to “Overweight”. The stock of Southern Co (NYSE:SO) has “Sector Perform” rating given on Friday, May 13 by Howard Weil. Scotia Capital initiated Southern Co (NYSE:SO) on Friday, May 13 with “Sector Perform” rating. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Sunday, August 16 by Zacks. On Thursday, July 14 the stock rating was maintained by Goldman Sachs with “Neutral”. The firm has “Buy” rating by Jefferies given on Thursday, April 13. SunTrust maintained the stock with “Neutral” rating in Monday, September 26 report. The company was downgraded on Friday, March 3 by Argus Research. The company was maintained on Monday, October 19 by SunTrust. The rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with “Hold” on Friday, March 31.

Among 18 analysts covering Cavium Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:CAVM), 11 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 61% are positive. Cavium Networks Inc. had 35 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was downgraded on Thursday, October 29 by Stifel Nicolaus. Canaccord Genuity downgraded the stock to “Hold” rating in Thursday, June 16 report. The firm has “Underperform” rating by JMP Securities given on Monday, November 23. The rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity on Thursday, August 13 with “Buy”. The firm has “Buy” rating by Benchmark given on Wednesday, November 2. On Friday, May 13 the stock rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with “Overweight”. Topeka Capital Markets maintained it with “Hold” rating and $61 target in Thursday, July 30 report. The firm has “Hold” rating by Topeka Capital Markets given on Thursday, April 28. The rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with “Overweight” on Saturday, September 5. The company was upgraded on Thursday, February 16 by Bank of America.

Since February 3, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 10 sales for $21.16 million activity. On Monday, February 6 THORNLEY ANTHONY S sold $821,000 worth of Cavium Inc (NASDAQ:CAVM) or 12,500 shares. MEHROTRA SANJAY sold $837,500 worth of stock. 15,000 Cavium Inc (NASDAQ:CAVM) shares with value of $1.08M were sold by Pangrazio Vincent P. Another trade for 14,769 shares valued at $1.12M was sold by Jain Anil Kumar. Shares for $6.02 million were sold by Hussain Muhammad Raghib. CHADWICK ARTHUR D had sold 40,000 shares worth $3.01 million on Tuesday, May 16.

Symmetry Peak Management Llc increased Shake Shack Inc stake by 68,845 shares to 118,845 valued at $4.25 million in 2016Q4. It also upped Apptio Inc stake by 56,218 shares and now owns 73,718 shares. Shake Shack Inc (Call) was raised too.