Analysts See $0.04 EPS for Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC); Psagot Investment House LTD Increased Its Target Corp(Tgt (TGT) Position

February 16, 2018 - By Vivian Park

Psagot Investment House Ltd increased Target Corp(Tgt (TGT) stake by 1814.28% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Psagot Investment House Ltd acquired 45,357 shares as Target Corp(Tgt (TGT)’s stock declined 14.90%. The Psagot Investment House Ltd holds 47,857 shares with $2.82 million value, up from 2,500 last quarter. Target Corp(Tgt now has $41.66B valuation. The stock increased 0.79% or $0.6 during the last trading session, reaching $76.64. About 917,994 shares traded. Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has declined 16.51% since February 16, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 33.21% the S&P500.

Analysts expect Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) to report $0.04 EPS on March, 15.They anticipate $0.12 EPS change or 150.00% from last quarter’s $-0.08 EPS. HWCC’s profit would be $660,246 giving it 44.69 P/E if the $0.04 EPS is correct. After having $0.06 EPS previously, Houston Wire & Cable Company’s analysts see -33.33% EPS growth. The stock increased 0.70% or $0.05 during the last trading session, reaching $7.15. About 14,820 shares traded. Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) has risen 22.62% since February 16, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 5.92% the S&P500.

Psagot Investment House Ltd decreased Ishares( Aaxj (AAXJ) stake by 26,046 shares to 2.03 million valued at $146.70M in 2017Q3. It also reduced Cons’ Spdr(Xlp) (XLP) stake by 32,521 shares and now owns 673,313 shares. Alphabet(Googl) was reduced too.

Among 28 analysts covering Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT), 9 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 16 Hold. Therefore 32% are positive. Target Corporation had 83 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Market Perform” rating by Cowen & Co on Monday, September 12. Cowen & Co maintained Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) on Thursday, February 25 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) earned “Market Perform” rating by BMO Capital Markets on Friday, August 21. Bank of America maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, August 18 report. The company was initiated on Friday, July 29 by Miller Tabak. The stock of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) earned “Buy” rating by Citigroup on Thursday, August 18. BMO Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Market Perform” rating in Friday, August 18 report. On Thursday, January 19 the stock rating was downgraded by Goldman Sachs to “Sell”. Stifel Nicolaus maintained the shares of TGT in report on Monday, September 18 with “Hold” rating. The stock of Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) has “Strong-Buy” rating given on Wednesday, September 2 by Vetr.

Among 2 analysts covering Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC), 0 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. Houston Wire & Cable Company had 6 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ:HWCC) earned “Hold” rating by Zacks on Friday, August 7. The firm has “Sector Weight” rating given on Thursday, December 1 by KeyBanc Capital Markets. The rating was upgraded by Raymond James to “Market Perform” on Tuesday, August 18.