Alley Company Increased By $366,222 Its Home Depot (HD) Holding; Nice Ltd (ADR) (NICE) Had 5 Analysts Last Week

August 30, 2017 - By Vivian Currie

Alley Company Llc increased Home Depot Inc (HD) stake by 8.72% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Alley Company Llc acquired 2,733 shares as Home Depot Inc (HD)’s stock rose 9.30%. The Alley Company Llc holds 34,070 shares with $4.57 million value, up from 31,337 last quarter. Home Depot Inc now has $176.63 billion valuation. The stock decreased 0.44% or $0.66 during the last trading session, reaching $149.84. About 73 shares traded. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) has risen 18.65% since August 30, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 1.95% the S&P500.

Among 11 analysts covering NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. NICE Systems had 16 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was upgraded on Wednesday, August 26 by UBS. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of NICE in report on Sunday, August 20 with “Hold” rating. The stock of Nice Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:NICE) has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, July 30 by FBR Capital. On Wednesday, August 5 the stock rating was upgraded by Zacks to “Hold”. The firm has “Buy” rating by Oppenheimer given on Thursday, August 3. Chardan Capital Markets maintained the shares of NICE in report on Wednesday, January 11 with “Buy” rating. The firm has “In-Line” rating given on Friday, January 13 by Imperial Capital. JMP Securities upgraded Nice Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:NICE) rating on Thursday, May 26. JMP Securities has “Market Outperform” rating and $78 target. The stock of Nice Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:NICE) earned “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, February 12. As per Friday, August 4, the company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital. See Nice Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:NICE) latest ratings:

20/08/2017 Broker: RBC Capital Markets Rating: Hold New Target: $80.0 Maintain
04/08/2017 Broker: Barclays Capital Rating: Equal-Weight Old Target: $75 New Target: $80 Maintain
03/08/2017 Broker: Oppenheimer Rating: Buy New Target: $85.0000 Maintain
07/06/2017 Broker: Citigroup Rating: Neutral New Target: $82 Initiates Coverage On

Since May 17, 2017, it had 1 buy, and 6 selling transactions for $34.63 million activity. The insider HOLIFIELD MARK sold 48,769 shares worth $7.65 million. On Wednesday, May 17 Carey Matt sold $2.30 million worth of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) or 14,680 shares. Menear Craig A had sold 90,661 shares worth $14.21 million on Wednesday, May 17. 31,239 shares were sold by Lennie William G., worth $4.86 million on Thursday, May 18. Shares for $1.10 million were sold by Campbell Ann Marie. 350 shares valued at $54,989 were bought by Hewett Wayne M. on Wednesday, May 17. On Wednesday, May 17 Roseborough Teresa Wynn sold $4.57 million worth of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) or 29,076 shares.

Among 28 analysts covering The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD), 20 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 8 Hold. Therefore 71% are positive. The Home Depot Inc. had 70 analyst reports since August 19, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Wednesday, November 18 by Argus Research. BMO Capital Markets maintained the shares of HD in report on Tuesday, July 18 with “Buy” rating. The stock of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, August 17 by Deutsche Bank. S&P Research maintained Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) rating on Wednesday, August 19. S&P Research has “Hold” rating and $130 target. The stock has “Buy” rating by Citigroup on Wednesday, August 17. Jefferies maintained Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) on Friday, July 21 with “Buy” rating. The stock of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) earned “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday, November 16. The firm has “Buy” rating by UBS given on Wednesday, November 18. The stock has “Buy” rating by Jefferies on Friday, June 23. The stock of Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) has “Buy” rating given on Monday, July 24 by RBC Capital Markets.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.95 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.12, from 0.83 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 84 investors sold HD shares while 664 reduced holdings. 121 funds opened positions while 478 raised stakes. 838.20 million shares or 0.09% more from 837.48 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. New York-based Jpmorgan Chase And Communications has invested 0.81% in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Bryn Mawr Tru owns 58,365 shares. Jane Street Gru Lc accumulated 24,281 shares or 0.01% of the stock. 17.40 million are owned by Northern Corp. Hilltop Holdg accumulated 3,683 shares. Murphy Capital has invested 2.09% in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Kbc Nv accumulated 0.61% or 462,089 shares. Chase Counsel holds 26,460 shares or 1.76% of its portfolio. Moreover, Provident Tru has 6.69% invested in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Maryland Capital Management accumulated 18,377 shares or 0.38% of the stock. Transamerica Advsr holds 37,423 shares. Peak Asset Limited Liability Com has invested 0.25% in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD). Condor Cap holds 21,167 shares. Arcadia Management Mi has 0.2% invested in Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) for 4,665 shares. 9,278 were reported by Narwhal Capital Management.