EPS for Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU) Expected At $4.05, Fortress Investment Group (FIG) Covered By 1 Bullish Analysts Last Week

July 18, 2017 - By Marguerite Chambers

Among 5 analysts covering Fortress Investment Group Llc (NYSE:FIG), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 20% are positive. Fortress Investment Group Llc had 12 analyst reports since October 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) earned “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, February 25. Jefferies maintained it with “Hold” rating and $6.50 target in Wednesday, October 7 report. Credit Suisse reinitiated the shares of FIG in report on Wednesday, December 9 with “Neutral” rating. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Wednesday, June 28 with “Hold”. Wood maintained Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) on Friday, October 14 with “Market Perform” rating. The firm has “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets given on Monday, October 26. The firm has “Market Perform” rating by Wood given on Monday, July 11. The stock of Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) earned “Mkt Perform” rating by JMP Securities on Wednesday, March 8. See Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) latest ratings:

28/06/2017 Broker: Jefferies Rating: Hold New Target: $5.0000 Maintain
08/03/2017 Broker: JMP Securities Old Rating: Mkt Outperform New Rating: Mkt Perform Downgrade

Analysts expect Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) to report $4.05 EPS on August, 9 after the close.They anticipate $0.04 EPS change or 0.98% from last quarter’s $4.09 EPS. AGU’s profit would be $559.06M giving it 6.08 P/E if the $4.05 EPS is correct. After having $-0.03 EPS previously, Agrium Inc. (USA)’s analysts see -13,600.00% EPS growth. The stock decreased 0.10% or $0.1 on July 17, reaching $98.45. About shares traded. Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) has risen 5.50% since July 18, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 11.20% the S&P500.

Among 22 analysts covering Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU), 10 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 10 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Agrium Inc. had 57 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Cowen & Co given on Tuesday, January 24. The stock of Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) has “Overweight” rating given on Monday, October 5 by Barclays Capital. Citigroup maintained the shares of AGU in report on Wednesday, July 12 with “Neutral” rating. The firm has “Outperform” rating by CLSA given on Tuesday, September 13. The stock of Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) earned “Market Perform” rating by Cowen & Co on Monday, December 21. As per Friday, August 7, the company rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity. Bank of America downgraded the stock to “Underperform” rating in Tuesday, September 13 report. RBC Capital Markets maintained Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) on Friday, February 5 with “Outperform” rating. Barclays Capital maintained it with “Overweight” rating and $98 target in Thursday, August 18 report. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of AGU in report on Tuesday, January 12 with “Overweight” rating.

Agrium Inc. is a retailer of agricultural services and products in the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and a multi-national producer and wholesale marketer of nutrients for agricultural and industrial markets. The company has market cap of $13.59 billion. The Company’s divisions include Retail and Wholesale. It has a 23.46 P/E ratio. As of December 31, 2016, its Retail business unit marketed crop nutrients, crop protection products, seed, merchandise, application and other agronomic services through 1,500 retail locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.

The stock 0.06% or $0 on July 17, reaching $8.02. It is down 64.73% since July 18, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 48.03% the S&P500.

Fortress Investment Group LLC is an investment management firm. The company has market cap of $3.11 billion. The Firm operates through divisions, including private equity funds, permanent capital vehicles, credit hedge funds, credit PE funds, liquid hedge funds and Logan Circle. It has a 37.88 P/E ratio. The Company’s business is to sponsor the formation of, and provide investment management services for, various investment funds, permanent capital vehicles and related managed accounts (the Fortress Funds).