Agrium Inc. (USA) (AGU) Analysts See $4.47 EPS, Incline Global Management Has Cut Its Dollar Gen New (Call) (DG) Position

July 12, 2017 - By Darrin Black

Analysts expect Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) to report $4.47 EPS on August, 9 after the close.They anticipate $0.38 EPS change or 9.29% from last quarter’s $4.09 EPS. AGU’s profit would be $619.86M giving it 5.34 P/E if the $4.47 EPS is correct. After having $-0.03 EPS previously, Agrium Inc. (USA)’s analysts see -15,000.00% EPS growth. About 389,149 shares traded. Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) has risen 5.50% since July 12, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 11.20% the S&P500.

Incline Global Management Llc decreased Dollar Gen Corp New (Call) (DG) stake by 5.61% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Incline Global Management Llc sold 28,900 shares as Dollar Gen Corp New (Call) (DG)’s stock declined 7.36%. The Incline Global Management Llc holds 486,700 shares with $36.05M value, down from 515,600 last quarter. Dollar Gen Corp New (Call) now has $19.00B valuation. The stock rose 1.03% or $0.71 reaching $69.75. About 1.92M shares traded. Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) has declined 12.26% since July 12, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 28.96% 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 56 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Wednesday, October 21, the company rating was downgraded by TD Securities. The stock of Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) earned “Hold” rating by Stifel Nicolaus on Tuesday, May 31. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Wednesday, October 21 by RBC Capital Markets. Vertical Research downgraded Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) on Thursday, April 21 to “Hold” rating. On Wednesday, September 23 the stock rating was maintained by Raymond James with “Market Perform”. The firm has “Hold” rating by Altacorp given on Wednesday, June 21. The stock has “Buy” rating by UBS on Tuesday, June 14. RBC Capital Markets maintained Agrium Inc. (USA) (NYSE:AGU) rating on Tuesday, June 27. RBC Capital Markets has “Buy” rating and $11000 target. The rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity with “Buy” on Friday, August 7. Barclays Capital maintained the stock with “Overweight” rating in Thursday, February 11 report.

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 $13.25 billion. The Company’s divisions include Retail and Wholesale. It has a 22.77 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.

Incline Global Management Llc increased Yahoo Inc (NASDAQ:YHOO) stake by 349,129 shares to 603,129 valued at $23.32M in 2016Q4. It also upped Lkq Corp (NASDAQ:LKQ) stake by 138,774 shares and now owns 1.64M shares. Nomad Hldgs Ltd was raised too.