American Century Companies Boosted Omnova Solutions (OMN) Holding By $612,850; Violich Capital Management Upped Its Oracle (ORCL) Holding

August 9, 2017 - By Clifton Ray

Violich Capital Management Inc increased Oracle Corp (ORCL) stake by 12.59% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Violich Capital Management Inc acquired 29,456 shares as Oracle Corp (ORCL)’s stock rose 5.35%. The Violich Capital Management Inc holds 263,412 shares with $10.60 million value, up from 233,956 last quarter. Oracle Corp now has $202.18B valuation. The stock declined 0.46% or $0.22 reaching $48.88 on the news. About 9.13M shares traded. Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) has risen 14.08% since August 9, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 2.62% the S&P500.

American Century Companies Inc increased Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN) stake by 41.7% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. American Century Companies Inc acquired 61,285 shares as Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN)’s stock declined 3.85%. The American Century Companies Inc holds 208,251 shares with $2.08M value, up from 146,966 last quarter. Omnova Solutions Inc now has $399.71 million valuation. The stock declined 1.11% or $0.1 reaching $8.9 on the news. About 40,707 shares traded. OMNOVA Solutions Inc. (NYSE:OMN) has risen 33.59% since August 9, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 16.89% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.79 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.16, from 0.95 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 67 investors sold ORCL shares while 585 reduced holdings. 87 funds opened positions while 431 raised stakes. 2.32 billion shares or 0.62% more from 2.30 billion shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Wolverine Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Company accumulated 0.02% or 40,600 shares. Quantitative Systematic Strategies Ltd Liability Company owns 0.27% invested in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) for 17,352 shares. Riggs Asset Managment has invested 0.07% in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL). Weitz Mngmt Incorporated accumulated 1.27M shares. Kdi Ptnrs Ltd Co owns 0.48% invested in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) for 38,800 shares. 5,777 are owned by Etrade Mgmt Ltd Liability Corp. Hays Advisory Limited Company, a Tennessee-based fund reported 158,608 shares. Fayez Sarofim & Comm, Texas-based fund reported 1.61 million shares. Kcg Holding accumulated 124,622 shares or 0.12% of the stock. Highstreet Asset Mngmt has 12,953 shares for 0.17% of their portfolio. Suntrust Banks has invested 0.18% of its portfolio in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL). Manufacturers Life The owns 9.34M shares. Boston Research And holds 9,510 shares or 0.21% of its portfolio. Prescott Gp Management Lc holds 0.06% or 7,601 shares. Dekabank Deutsche Girozentrale has 0.59% invested in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL).

Among 31 analysts covering Oracle (NYSE:ORCL), 22 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 71% are positive. Oracle had 73 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. FBR Capital maintained the stock with “Mkt Perform” rating in Thursday, December 17 report. UBS maintained the shares of ORCL in report on Thursday, June 22 with “Buy” rating. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of ORCL in report on Friday, December 16 with “Buy” rating. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus with “Buy” on Thursday, September 17. Stifel Nicolaus maintained Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) rating on Thursday, June 22. Stifel Nicolaus has “Buy” rating and $5200 target. The firm has “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley given on Wednesday, November 11. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, May 29 by Canaccord Genuity. Drexel Hamilton maintained Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) on Wednesday, June 21 with “Buy” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating by Stifel Nicolaus given on Monday, July 24. The stock has “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, June 22.

Since April 5, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 1 insider sale for $320,065 activity. 34,239 shares were sold by LEMAY JAMES C, worth $320,065 on Wednesday, April 5.

Among 2 analysts covering Omnova Solutions (NYSE:OMN), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Omnova Solutions had 3 analyst reports since September 28, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Friday, June 16, the company rating was maintained by Jefferies. The rating was maintained by Jefferies on Tuesday, July 18 with “Buy”. Deutsche Bank maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Monday, September 28 report.