Senator Investment Group Lp decreased Ball Corp (BLL) stake by 5.66% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Senator Investment Group Lp sold 300,000 shares as Ball Corp (BLL)’s stock rose 14.76%. The Senator Investment Group Lp holds 5.00M shares with $375.35 million value, down from 5.30M last quarter. Ball Corp now has $12.56 billion valuation. The stock decreased 0.71% or $0.51 during the last trading session, reaching $71.74. About 1.52M shares traded or 21.60% up from the average. Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) has declined 10.78% since September 6, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 18.43% the S&P500.
The stock of Apptio Inc (NASDAQ:APTI) is a huge mover today! The stock increased 2.56% or $0.29 on April 12, reaching $11.63. About 454,541 shares traded or 50.72% up from the average. Apptio Inc (NASDAQ:APTI) has risen 6.00% since March 13, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 1.65% the S&P500.The move comes after 5 months positive chart setup for the $449.13M company. It was reported on Apr, 12 by Barchart.com. We have $12.68 PT which if reached, will make NASDAQ:APTI worth $40.42 million more.
Analysts await Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) to report earnings on April, 27. They expect $0.71 earnings per share, up 20.34% or $0.12 from last year’s $0.59 per share. BLL’s profit will be $124.30 million for 25.26 P/E if the $0.71 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.87 actual earnings per share reported by Ball Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -18.39% negative EPS growth.
Investors sentiment decreased to 0.98 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.34, from 1.32 in 2016Q3. It fall, as 43 investors sold BLL shares while 138 reduced holdings. 48 funds opened positions while 130 raised stakes. 143.12 million shares or 4.22% more from 137.32 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Bancshares Of Nova Scotia reported 3,850 shares. Newtyn Llc has invested 8.7% in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). Barclays Public Limited Company, United Kingdom-based fund reported 50,542 shares. 153,000 were accumulated by First Quadrant Ltd Partnership Ca. Tokio Marine Asset Mngmt Com Limited holds 0.16% of its portfolio in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) for 18,455 shares. Plante Moran Fincl holds 0% of its portfolio in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) for 75 shares. Addenda Inc has invested 0.09% in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). Moreover, Putnam Invests Ltd has 0.26% invested in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). 424,932 were reported by Ny State Common Retirement Fund. Gemmer Asset Management Limited Com has invested 0.01% in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). Piedmont Inv Advsr Limited Liability Com holds 0% of its portfolio in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) for 496 shares. Spf Beheer Bv invested 3.36% in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). Andra Ap has invested 0.03% in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL). Harvest Cap Mgmt stated it has 3,300 shares or 0.11% of all its holdings. Fjarde Ap reported 0.06% of its portfolio in Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL).
Among 8 analysts covering Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. Ball Corporation had 14 analyst reports since October 15, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Buy” rating by Vertical Research on Friday, February 3. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Friday, August 5 by Vertical Research. The stock of Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) earned “Neutral” rating by Citigroup on Friday, July 29. Jefferies upgraded Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) on Wednesday, December 9 to “Buy” rating. The stock of Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) earned “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research on Tuesday, November 10. On Thursday, December 3 the stock rating was upgraded by Wells Fargo to “Outperform”. The rating was upgraded by JP Morgan to “Overweight” on Thursday, March 31. Jefferies maintained Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) rating on Friday, August 5. Jefferies has “Buy” rating and $94 target. Citigroup maintained it with “Neutral” rating and $80 target in Friday, August 5 report. The rating was initiated by Barclays Capital on Thursday, July 14 with “Equal-Weight”.
Senator Investment Group Lp increased Alphabet Inc stake by 90,000 shares to 500,000 valued at $385.91 million in 2016Q4. It also upped Caesars Entmt Corp (NASDAQ:CZR) stake by 313,072 shares and now owns 5.81M shares. Qiagen Nv (NASDAQ:QGEN) was raised too.
Since March 8, 2017, it had 1 insider buy, and 4 sales for $1.06 million activity. HAYES JOHN A sold 2,671 shares worth $198,471. Pauley Lisa Ann had sold 5,752 shares worth $424,996 on Friday, March 10. 1,750 shares were bought by HEINRICH DANIEL J, worth $126,476 on Wednesday, March 8. The insider HOOVER R DAVID sold 5,000 shares worth $370,332.
