America First Investment Advisors Lifted Unilever Plc (UL) Stake By $727,520, Shorts at Kronos Worldwide (KRO) Lowered By 7.26%

June 6, 2017 - By Stephen Andrade

America First Investment Advisors Llc increased Unilever Plc (UL) stake by 7.95% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. America First Investment Advisors Llc acquired 18,188 shares as Unilever Plc (UL)’s stock rose 11.00%. The America First Investment Advisors Llc holds 247,088 shares with $10.06 million value, up from 228,900 last quarter. Unilever Plc now has $170.31B valuation. The stock declined 0.14% or $0.08 reaching $56.36 on the news. About 150,090 shares traded. Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) has risen 20.68% since June 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 3.98% the S&P500.

Kronos Worldwide Incorporated (NYSE:KRO) had a decrease of 7.26% in short interest. KRO’s SI was 2.42 million shares in June as released by FINRA. Its down 7.26% from 2.61 million shares previously. With 590,000 avg volume, 4 days are for Kronos Worldwide Incorporated (NYSE:KRO)’s short sellers to cover KRO’s short positions. The SI to Kronos Worldwide Incorporated’s float is 10.8%. About 38,219 shares traded. Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO) has risen 245.94% since June 6, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 229.24% the S&P500.

Among 11 analysts covering Unilever (NYSE:UL), 4 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 36% are positive. Unilever had 13 analyst reports since July 24, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Unilever plc (ADR) (NYSE:UL) earned “Buy” rating by Canaccord Genuity on Friday, July 24. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Bernstein given on Monday, August 22. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Tuesday, December 13 by Jefferies. Barclays Capital downgraded the stock to “Equal-Weight” rating in Monday, January 23 report. The rating was upgraded by JP Morgan to “Overweight” on Tuesday, January 12. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Wednesday, December 7 by JP Morgan. On Wednesday, August 12 the stock rating was downgraded by Goldman Sachs to “Neutral”. The rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Neutral” on Monday, February 27. The firm has “Sector Perform” rating given on Friday, July 22 by RBC Capital Markets. On Friday, March 17 the stock rating was initiated by Macquarie Research with “Outperform”.

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. is a producer and marketer of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigments, a base industrial product that is used in a range of applications. The company has market cap of $2.20 billion. The Company, along with its distributors and agents, sells and provides technical services for its products with sales in Europe and North America. It has a 25.64 P/E ratio. It offers its clients a portfolio of products that include TiO2 pigment grades under the Kronos brand, which provides a range of performance properties.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.5 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.14, from 1.36 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 7 investors sold Kronos Worldwide, Inc. shares while 31 reduced holdings. 24 funds opened positions while 33 raised stakes. 14.52 million shares or 2.68% more from 14.14 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Ledyard Bancorporation has invested 0% in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). Swiss Savings Bank owns 42,000 shares. Citadel Ltd Liability reported 134,212 shares stake. Advisors Asset Management Inc reported 378,647 shares. Moreover, Manufacturers Life Ins The has 0% invested in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). Financial Architects stated it has 0% of its portfolio in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). Bogle Invest Lp De reported 0.04% stake. Paloma Prtn Mgmt has invested 0% of its portfolio in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). Blackrock Grp Inc Limited stated it has 0% of its portfolio in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). Advsr Preferred Ltd Liability invested in 0.01% or 2,159 shares. Blackrock has 7,786 shares. Sei Invests reported 0% of its portfolio in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO). 526,156 are held by Blackrock Institutional Communication Na. State Common Retirement Fund invested in 19,100 shares or 0% of the stock. Dimensional Fund L P holds 0.01% in Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:KRO) or 1.20M shares.

Among 2 analysts covering Kronos Worldwide (NYSE:KRO), 0 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. Kronos Worldwide has $8 highest and $8 lowest target. $8’s average target is -56.90% below currents $18.56 stock price. Kronos Worldwide had 2 analyst reports since August 19, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel.