10.92% to Target, Cowen & Co. Reaffirms “Hold” Rating for Vista Outdoor (VSTO) Stock; Bbva Compass Bancshares Trimmed By $612,304 Its Gilead Sciences (GILD) Stake

August 11, 2017 - By Adrian Erickson

Among 10 analysts covering Vista Outdoor (NYSE:VSTO), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 70% are positive. Vista Outdoor has $60 highest and $2600 lowest target. $47.50’s average target is 102.65% above currents $23.44 stock price. Vista Outdoor had 20 analyst reports since July 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Buy” rating by Wunderlich given on Monday, November 7. The company was maintained on Friday, August 14 by Monness Crespi & Hardt. DA Davidson downgraded the shares of VSTO in report on Monday, February 6 to “Neutral” rating. Wunderlich maintained it with “Buy” rating and $57.0 target in Thursday, August 13 report. As per Thursday, January 12, the company rating was downgraded by Roth Capital. The rating was upgraded by KeyBanc Capital Markets on Tuesday, August 30 to “Overweight”. As per Monday, September 19, the company rating was initiated by CL King. The stock of Vista Outdoor Inc (NYSE:VSTO) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, June 15 by Roth Capital. The company was maintained on Monday, June 12 by Jefferies. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co with “Market Perform” on Monday, March 28.

Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc decreased Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD) stake by 40.73% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc sold 8,624 shares as Gilead Sciences Inc (GILD)’s stock declined 8.05%. The Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc holds 12,548 shares with $899,000 value, down from 21,172 last quarter. Gilead Sciences Inc now has $94.32B valuation. The stock declined 0.65% or $0.47 reaching $72.22 per share. About 4.67M shares traded. Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) has declined 21.80% since August 11, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 38.50% the S&P500.

About 1.57M shares traded or 74.60% up from the average. Vista Outdoor Inc (NYSE:VSTO) has declined 53.95% since August 11, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 70.65% the S&P500.

Vista Outdoor Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of consumer products in the outdoor sports and recreation markets. The company has market cap of $1.34 billion. The Firm operates through two divisions: Shooting Sports and Outdoor Products. It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s Shooting Sports segment designs, develops, produces and sources ammunition and firearms for the hunting and sport shooting enthusiast markets, as well as ammunition for local law enforcement, the United States Government and international markets.

Among 30 analysts covering Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD), 19 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. Gilead Sciences had 80 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) earned “Buy” rating by UBS on Friday, April 29. Atlantic Securities initiated Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) rating on Friday, December 18. Atlantic Securities has “Neutral” rating and $111 target. Cowen & Co maintained Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) on Monday, September 21 with “Buy” rating. As per Thursday, November 5, the company rating was upgraded by Piper Jaffray. The stock of Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, July 25 by Mizuho. The firm has “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley given on Friday, October 2. The company was maintained on Wednesday, February 3 by Oppenheimer. The rating was initiated by Standpoint Research on Wednesday, February 3 with “Buy”. As per Wednesday, July 29, the company rating was maintained by Oppenheimer. As per Wednesday, July 29, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets.

Since February 23, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 9 sales for $22.97 million activity. Cogan John Francis sold $668,667 worth of stock or 9,943 shares. WILSON GAYLE E sold $1.41M worth of stock. Another trade for 5,000 shares valued at $325,114 was made by Alton Gregg H on Thursday, June 1. Shares for $4.93 million were sold by MARTIN JOHN C on Monday, April 3.

Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc increased Ishares Russell 2000 Etf (IWM) stake by 17,749 shares to 202,855 valued at $27.36 million in 2016Q4. It also upped Capital One Financial Corporat (NYSE:COF) stake by 7,584 shares and now owns 78,723 shares. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was raised too.