Advisors Capital Management Has Raised Lincoln Natl Ind (LNC) Holding; Eldorado Gold (EGO) SI Increased By 41.59%

November 22, 2017 - By Marguerite Chambers

Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO) had an increase of 41.59% in short interest. EGO’s SI was 22.05M shares in November as released by FINRA. Its up 41.59% from 15.57 million shares previously. With 12.99 million avg volume, 2 days are for Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO)’s short sellers to cover EGO’s short positions. The SI to Eldorado Gold Corporation’s float is 3.09%. About 3.38M shares traded. Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE:EGO) has declined 23.79% since November 22, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 40.49% the S&P500.

Advisors Capital Management Llc increased Lincoln Natl Corp Ind (LNC) stake by 1374% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. Advisors Capital Management Llc acquired 72,877 shares as Lincoln Natl Corp Ind (LNC)’s stock declined 8.83%. The Advisors Capital Management Llc holds 78,181 shares with $5.28 million value, up from 5,304 last quarter. Lincoln Natl Corp Ind now has $16.09B valuation. The stock rose 0.04% or $0.03 reaching $73.53 per share. About 269,307 shares traded. Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) has risen 47.27% since November 22, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 30.57% the S&P500.

Among 16 analysts covering Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO), 6 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 10 Hold. Therefore 38% are positive. Eldorado Gold Corporation had 58 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. RBC Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Monday, July 31 report. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Macquarie Research on Tuesday, September 12. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Monday, August 10 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Monday, November 13 by JP Morgan. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Friday, April 28 by Scotia Capital. The rating was downgraded by Canaccord Genuity on Monday, August 24 to “Hold”. Credit Suisse maintained Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE:EGO) rating on Tuesday, October 6. Credit Suisse has “Neutral” rating and $3.75 target. RBC Capital Markets maintained Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE:EGO) rating on Wednesday, January 27. RBC Capital Markets has “Outperform” rating and $3 target. Raymond James upgraded the stock to “Outperform” rating in Monday, June 27 report. The stock of Eldorado Gold Corp (USA) (NYSE:EGO) has “Outperform” rating given on Monday, August 24 by Howard Weil.

Eldorado Gold Corp is a Canada-based gold exploration, development and mining company. The company has market cap of $995.19 million. The Company’s geographical divisions include Turkey, Brazil, Greece, Romania and Other. It currently has negative earnings. The Turkey segment includes the Kisladag and the Efemcukuru mines and exploration activities in Turkey.

Among 14 analysts covering Lincoln National (NYSE:LNC), 7 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Lincoln National had 45 analyst reports since August 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Wells Fargo downgraded the stock to “Market Perform” rating in Wednesday, January 13 report. On Friday, January 22 the stock rating was upgraded by Raymond James to “Strong Buy”. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Tuesday, August 15 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. The company was maintained on Wednesday, August 2 by Wells Fargo. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of LNC in report on Friday, August 11 with “Overweight” rating. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, February 3 with “Outperform”. The rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley on Thursday, August 13 to “Overweight”. RBC Capital Markets maintained Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) on Tuesday, September 5 with “Buy” rating. Bank of America upgraded Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) on Thursday, April 6 to “Buy” rating. Goldman Sachs downgraded Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) rating on Friday, July 15. Goldman Sachs has “Neutral” rating and $46 target.