Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (AMP) Reaches $121.99 After 3.00% Down Move; S&W Seed Company NV (SANW) Shorts Decreased By 1.65%

June 2, 2017 - By Richard Conner

The stock of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) is a huge mover today! About 307,535 shares traded. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) has risen 30.25% since June 2, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 13.55% the S&P500.The move comes after 5 months negative chart setup for the $18.96B company. It was reported on Jun, 2 by Barchart.com. We have $118.33 PT which if reached, will make NYSE:AMP worth $568.80 million less.

S&W Seed Company NV (NASDAQ:SANW) had a decrease of 1.65% in short interest. SANW’s SI was 995,000 shares in June as released by FINRA. Its down 1.65% from 1.01 million shares previously. With 35,300 avg volume, 28 days are for S&W Seed Company NV (NASDAQ:SANW)’s short sellers to cover SANW’s short positions. The SI to S&W Seed Company NV’s float is 9.98%. About 561 shares traded. S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) has declined 4.21% since June 2, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 20.91% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.91 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.16, from 0.75 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 46 investors sold Ameriprise Financial, Inc. shares while 229 reduced holdings. 77 funds opened positions while 173 raised stakes. 119.53 million shares or 0.47% more from 118.97 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Comerica State Bank stated it has 0.07% of its portfolio in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP). Estabrook Management holds 1,675 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Mason Street Advisors Ltd Liability owns 21,620 shares or 0.06% of their US portfolio. Asset Advsrs accumulated 1,900 shares or 0.04% of the stock. Price T Rowe Md reported 11.57 million shares or 0.25% of all its holdings. Cleararc owns 22,037 shares. Clearbridge Invests Lc invested in 473,481 shares or 0.06% of the stock. Fifth Third National Bank & Trust holds 0.09% or 109,330 shares. Jennison Associate Ltd Company has 0% invested in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP). Princeton Alpha Management Ltd Partnership accumulated 5,186 shares. Gamco Invsts Et Al holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) for 25,444 shares. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Ltd reported 6,685 shares or 0.08% of all its holdings. Ferguson Wellman Capital Mngmt holds 0.45% in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) or 98,848 shares. Dean Associate Lc stated it has 0.1% of its portfolio in Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP). Asset Mngmt One reported 0.1% stake.

Among 11 analysts covering Ameriprise Financial (NYSE:AMP), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Ameriprise Financial had 25 analyst reports since September 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Deutsche Bank downgraded the shares of AMP in report on Friday, October 14 to “Hold” rating. The rating was upgraded by Credit Suisse on Monday, January 9 to “Outperform”. Credit Suisse initiated the stock with “Neutral” rating in Friday, October 7 report. The firm has “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets given on Thursday, April 28. The company was downgraded on Wednesday, January 13 by Wells Fargo. On Monday, September 7 the stock rating was upgraded by Zacks to “Hold”. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, January 26 by Citigroup. Barclays Capital maintained it with “Equal-Weight” rating and $99 target in Friday, January 29 report. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of AMP in report on Thursday, October 22 with “Outperform” rating. SunTrust initiated the shares of AMP in report on Wednesday, March 23 with “Buy” rating.

Analysts await Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) to report earnings on July, 25. They expect $2.63 earnings per share, up 17.94% or $0.40 from last year’s $2.23 per share. AMP’s profit will be $408.76M for 11.60 P/E if the $2.63 EPS becomes a reality. After $2.70 actual earnings per share reported by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -2.59% negative EPS growth.

Since December 15, 2016, it had 0 insider purchases, and 18 insider sales for $20.67 million activity. $268,827 worth of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) was sold by McGraw Deirdre Davey. 20,233 shares valued at $2.61M were sold by MOORE COLIN on Friday, March 31. The insider TRUSCOTT WILLIAM F sold $1.08 million. Woerner John Robert sold $718,216 worth of stock or 5,337 shares. $121,458 worth of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) was sold by HUNTER KELLI A on Monday, May 8. On Friday, February 3 Sweeney Joseph Edward sold $723,299 worth of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE:AMP) or 5,889 shares. Berman Walter Stanley had sold 19,000 shares worth $2.34 million on Thursday, February 9.

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. is a financial services firm that offers financial solutions to individual and institutional clients. The company has market cap of $18.96 billion. The Firm operates in five divisions: Advice & Wealth Management; Asset Management; Annuities; Protection, and Corporate & Other. It has a 14.8 P/E ratio. The Firm uses Ameriprise Financial as its enterprise brand, as well as the name of its advisor network and certain of its retail services and products.

Among 4 analysts covering S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. S&W Seed Company had 5 analyst reports since August 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Zacks maintained it with “Buy” rating and $8 target in Sunday, August 30 report. The firm has “Overweight” rating given on Thursday, September 17 by Piper Jaffray. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, October 16 by TheStreet. PiperJaffray downgraded the shares of SANW in report on Thursday, May 11 to “Neutral” rating.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.13 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.37, from 1.5 in 2016Q3. It turned negative, as 8 investors sold S&W Seed Company shares while 7 reduced holdings. 4 funds opened positions while 13 raised stakes. 11.18 million shares or 3.86% more from 10.76 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Wellington Mgmt Group Incorporated Llp holds 0% of its portfolio in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) for 34,364 shares. Janney Montgomery Scott Lc has 0% invested in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW). Wolverine Asset Mngmt Ltd Limited Liability Company has 25,154 shares. Walleye Trading Ltd Llc stated it has 0% of its portfolio in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW). Northern Tru holds 0% of its portfolio in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) for 27,528 shares. Wynnefield Capital holds 3.52% or 2.12 million shares in its portfolio. Blackrock Fund Advisors holds 59,186 shares. Royal Bancshares Of Canada holds 1,000 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Kennedy Capital Mngmt reported 818,758 shares. Moreover, Sg Management Ltd Liability Com has 0.12% invested in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) for 162,477 shares. Morgan Stanley holds 0% of its portfolio in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) for 700 shares. Cutter And Com Brokerage has invested 0.91% in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW). Price Michael F has invested 1.78% in S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW). Monetary Management Group accumulated 10,000 shares. Geduld E E owns 25,000 shares.

Since January 6, 2017, it had 12 insider purchases, and 14 selling transactions for $1.00 million activity. 41,293 S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) shares with value of $179,625 were bought by WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP. Jury Dennis Charles sold $4,095 worth of stock or 900 shares. Another trade for 1,181 shares valued at $5,854 was sold by GREWAL MARK S. Shares for $61,370 were sold by BORNT GLEN D. $5,462 worth of S&W Seed Company (NASDAQ:SANW) shares were sold by Szot Matthew K.

S&W Seed Company is a global agricultural company. The company has market cap of $76.83 million. The Firm focuses on the breeding, production and sale of alfalfa seed. It currently has negative earnings. In addition to its primary activities in alfalfa seed, it also offers hybrid sorghum and sunflower seed germplasm.