1St Global Advisors Raised Intl Paper Co (IP) Position By $387,960; Cytosorbents (CTSO) Has 1.25 Sentiment

June 23, 2017 - By Winifred Garcia

CytoSorbents Corporation is a critical care focused immunotherapy company. The company has market cap of $112.59 million. The Firm is engaged in commercializing its product, CytoSorb, which is a blood purification technology with focus in preventing or treating multiple organ failure. It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s purification technologies are based on biocompatible, porous polymer beads that remove toxic substances from blood and other bodily fluids by pore capture and surface adsorption.

1St Global Advisors Inc increased Intl Paper Co (IP) stake by 14.97% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. 1St Global Advisors Inc acquired 7,320 shares as Intl Paper Co (IP)’s stock declined 1.99%. The 1St Global Advisors Inc holds 56,214 shares with $2.98 million value, up from 48,894 last quarter. Intl Paper Co now has $23.61 billion valuation. The stock rose 0.90% or $0.51 reaching $56.95 per share. About 449,330 shares traded. International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) has risen 26.95% since June 23, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 10.25% the S&P500.

Since February 8, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 8 sales for $6.62 million activity. 14,500 International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) shares with value of $754,693 were sold by Ribieras JeanMichel. Shares for $121,580 were sold by SIMS JOHN V on Tuesday, March 7. Hoel William P also sold $1.18M worth of International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) on Thursday, February 23. Amick W. Michael Jr. sold 10,351 shares worth $532,663. Another trade for 25,000 shares valued at $1.32M was sold by Joseph Tommy S. On Thursday, March 2 Roberts Carol L sold $1.73 million worth of International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) or 32,181 shares.

Among 12 analysts covering International Paper Company (NYSE:IP), 4 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 33% are positive. International Paper Company had 37 analyst reports since August 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) has “Hold” rating given on Wednesday, August 10 by Deutsche Bank. The company was maintained on Friday, June 2 by Jefferies. The rating was downgraded by Barclays Capital on Monday, February 6 to “Underweight”. As per Thursday, April 28, the company rating was downgraded by Credit Suisse. RBC Capital Markets upgraded it to “Outperform” rating and $56 target in Wednesday, April 19 report. Citigroup upgraded International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) on Thursday, January 26 to “Buy” rating. The firm has “Neutral” rating by Goldman Sachs given on Thursday, September 22. The company was initiated on Tuesday, November 10 by Macquarie Research. Buckingham Research upgraded the shares of IP in report on Tuesday, August 25 to “Neutral” rating. The stock of International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) earned “Neutral” rating by Citigroup on Monday, January 25.

1St Global Advisors Inc decreased Vanguard Index Fds (VNQ) stake by 75,462 shares to 95,270 valued at $7.86 million in 2016Q4. It also reduced Ishares (EWP) stake by 29,296 shares and now owns 17,791 shares. Teva Pharmaceutical Inds Ltd (NYSE:TEVA) was reduced too.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.97 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.26, from 1.23 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 64 investors sold IP shares while 255 reduced holdings. 75 funds opened positions while 234 raised stakes. 332.47 million shares or 2.22% more from 325.25 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. City Hldgs Co owns 4,500 shares or 0.09% of their US portfolio. The Japan-based Tokio Marine Asset Mgmt has invested 0.14% in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP). Pictet Asset Mngmt holds 0.18% or 903,523 shares. Avalon Ltd Liability Corporation has 580,380 shares for 1.11% of their portfolio. Blue Chip Prtnrs accumulated 7,707 shares. Tirschwell Loewy reported 0.06% in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP). 10,450 are owned by Guyasuta Inv Advsrs. Logan Cap Mgmt Incorporated reported 4,391 shares stake. The Ontario – Canada-based Royal Comml Bank Of Canada has invested 0.02% in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP). Glg Lc holds 0.08% in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP) or 23,172 shares. 34,228 are held by Laffer. Moreover, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Mngmt Company has 0% invested in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP). Amalgamated Bank & Trust holds 27,172 shares. Geode Capital Mngmt Lc invested 0.09% in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP). D Scott Neal invested 0% of its portfolio in International Paper Co (NYSE:IP).

Fortaleza Asset Management Inc holds 0.29% of its portfolio in Cytosorbents Corp for 24,875 shares. Manatuck Hill Partners Llc owns 50,000 shares or 0.13% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Skylands Capital Llc has 0.02% invested in the company for 23,000 shares. The Hong Kong-based Segantii Capital Management Ltd has invested 0.01% in the stock. Bank Of New York Mellon Corp, a New York-based fund reported 25,643 shares.

About 15,067 shares traded. Cytosorbents Corp (CTSO) has declined 4.26% since June 23, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 20.96% the S&P500.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 7 insider purchases, and 0 sales for $80,608 activity.