1St Global Advisors Cut Its Teva Pharmaceutical Inds LTD (TEVA) Holding; VCA (WOOF) Covered By 3 Bullish Analysts Last Week

August 9, 2017 - By Dolores Ford

Among 7 analysts covering VCA Antech (NASDAQ:WOOF), 3 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 43% are positive. VCA Antech had 12 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was upgraded on Tuesday, January 3 by Raymond James. The stock of VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, January 21 by William Blair. The firm has “Hold” rating by Benchmark given on Friday, February 10. The rating was initiated by CL King with “Buy” on Friday, April 1. The rating was initiated by Credit Suisse on Thursday, February 4 with “Outperform”. Bank of America reinitiated VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) on Thursday, September 29 with “Buy” rating. The stock of VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) earned “Neutral” rating by CL King on Thursday, January 26. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Thursday, April 28 report. As per Monday, October 24, the company rating was initiated by Benchmark. The firm has “Mkt Perform” rating by Raymond James given on Tuesday, January 10. See VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) latest ratings:

10/02/2017 Broker: Benchmark Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Hold Downgrade

1St Global Advisors Inc decreased Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd (TEVA) stake by 71.84% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. 1St Global Advisors Inc sold 32,097 shares as Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd (TEVA)’s stock declined 15.11%. The 1St Global Advisors Inc holds 12,584 shares with $456,000 value, down from 44,681 last quarter. Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd now has $17.86B valuation. The stock rose 0.34% or $0.06 reaching $17.56. About 60.06 million shares traded or 255.60% up from the average. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) has declined 41.70% since August 9, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 58.40% the S&P500.

1St Global Advisors Inc increased Vanguard Intl Equity Index F (VWO) stake by 17,914 shares to 225,143 valued at $8.06M in 2016Q4. It also upped Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) stake by 5,017 shares and now owns 40,291 shares. Ishares Tr (IWN) was raised too.

Among 27 analysts covering Teva Pharma (NYSE:TEVA), 7 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 18 Hold. Therefore 26% are positive. Teva Pharma had 82 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) has “Neutral” rating given on Monday, November 7 by Bank of America. The rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray with “Hold” on Friday, July 14. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Thursday, June 22 with “Hold”. The stock has “Hold” rating by HSBC on Friday, November 4. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Wednesday, November 16 by Mizuho. The stock of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) earned “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse on Monday, October 31. Nomura initiated Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) on Tuesday, September 29 with “Neutral” rating. Cantor Fitzgerald maintained Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) on Thursday, June 22 with “Hold” rating. The stock of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) earned “Underperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, August 4. Mizuho maintained Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NYSE:TEVA) rating on Tuesday, May 10. Mizuho has “Buy” rating and $75 target.

VCA Inc. is an animal healthcare company operating in the United States and Canada. The company has market cap of $7.52 billion. The Firm operates through five divisions: animal hospitals , veterinary diagnostic laboratories (Laboratory), veterinary medical technology (Medical Technology), Vetstreet and Camp Bow Wow Franchising, Inc. (Camp Bow Wow). It has a 34.86 P/E ratio. The Company’s Animal Hospital segment provides veterinary services for companion animals and sells related retail and pharmaceutical products.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.92 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.02, from 0.9 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 54 investors sold VCA Inc shares while 141 reduced holdings. 52 funds opened positions while 127 raised stakes. 71.92 million shares or 1.78% more from 70.66 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Henderson Group Incorporated Public Ltd Llc has invested 0.13% in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Moreover, Amalgamated Retail Bank has 0.05% invested in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Ibm Retirement Fund holds 0.02% in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF) or 6,175 shares. California State Teachers Retirement Sys has invested 0.02% in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Loomis Sayles & L P has 0.02% invested in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Moon Capital Management Ltd Liability Corp invested in 0% or 8,012 shares. Liberty Mutual Asset Mgmt invested in 0.09% or 35,191 shares. 12,012 were reported by Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Systems. Massachusetts Svcs Co Ma holds 0.03% or 1.00 million shares in its portfolio. Financial Bank Of America Corporation De invested 0.01% of its portfolio in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Telemus Cap invested in 0.15% or 15,982 shares. Davenport And Limited Liability Company stated it has 3,903 shares. Prelude Capital Mngmt Ltd Liability Corp owns 3,635 shares for 0.03% of their portfolio. Legal General Grp Inc Public Llc has invested 0% of its portfolio in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF). Natl Asset Management stated it has 0.06% of its portfolio in VCA Inc (NASDAQ:WOOF).