Analysts See $0.39 EPS for Brown-Forman (BF.B); Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) Has 1.05 Sentiment

July 28, 2017 - By Peter Erickson

Analysts expect Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF.B) to report $0.39 EPS on August, 30.They anticipate $0.03 EPS change or 8.33% from last quarter’s $0.36 EPS. BF_B’s profit would be $152.02 million giving it 32.02 P/E if the $0.39 EPS is correct. After having $0.38 EPS previously, Brown-Forman Corporation’s analysts see 2.63% EPS growth. About 504,051 shares traded. Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF.B) has risen 11.07% since July 28, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 5.63% the S&P500.

Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a provider of silicon, software and solutions for the Internet of Things , Internet infrastructure, industrial, consumer and automotive markets. The company has market cap of $3.18 billion. The Firm operates through mixed-signal analog intensive products segment. It has a 44.36 P/E ratio. It provides analog-intensive, mixed-signal solutions for use in a range of electronic products in various applications for the IoT market.

About 93,004 shares traded. Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) has risen 59.49% since July 28, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 42.79% the S&P500.

Irving Magee Investment Management holds 3.91% of its portfolio in Silicon Laboratories for 155,151 shares. Avalon Global Asset Management Llc owns 58,900 shares or 3.14% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Van Berkom & Associates Inc. has 2.06% invested in the company for 788,561 shares. The Illinois-based Oak Ridge Investments Llc has invested 1.96% in the stock. Grandeur Peak Global Advisors Llc, a Us-based fund reported 135,940 shares.

Ratings analysis reveals 100% of Silicon Labs’s analysts are positive. Out of 4 Wall Street analysts rating Silicon Labs, 4 give it “Buy”, 0 “Sell” rating, while 0 recommend “Hold”. The lowest target is $72.0 while the high is $80.0. The stock’s average target of $75 is 0.27% above today’s ($74.8) share price. SLAB was included in 4 notes of analysts from September 29, 2016. The firm has “Buy” rating by Needham given on Thursday, February 2. The stock of Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, September 29 by Roth Capital. M Partners upgraded Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) on Thursday, October 27 to “Buy” rating. The stock of Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ:SLAB) earned “Buy” rating by Drexel Hamilton on Wednesday, October 26.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 insider buys, and 13 selling transactions for $14.12 million activity.

Brown-Forman Corporation is a spirit and wine company. The company has market cap of $19.47 billion. The Firm makes, bottles, imports, exports, markets and sells a range of alcoholic beverages. It has a 29.19 P/E ratio. The Firm has a portfolio of approximately 40 spirit, wine and ready-to-drink cocktail brands.

Among 10 analysts covering Brown-Forman (NYSE:BF.B), 0 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 8 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. Brown-Forman had 20 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus on Thursday, December 8 with “Hold”. Morgan Stanley downgraded the shares of BF.B in report on Monday, September 28 to “Underweight” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating by Sterne Agee CRT given on Tuesday, July 21. The rating was downgraded by Sterne Agee CRT on Friday, February 26 to “Neutral”. RBC Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Tuesday, May 23 report. The rating was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets to “Sector Perform” on Monday, January 4. RBC Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Friday, June 23 report. The stock of Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BF.B) earned “Hold” rating by SunTrust on Thursday, December 22. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Friday, September 16. As per Wednesday, March 8, the company rating was maintained by Stifel Nicolaus.