Ashfield Capital Partners Decreased Facebook (FB) Position; 2 Analysts Are Bullish Botswana Diamonds plc (LON:BOD) Last Week

March 2, 2018 - By Elijah Rosenthal

Among 2 analysts covering Botswana Diamonds PLC (LON:BOD), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Botswana Diamonds PLC had 39 analyst reports since September 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Speculative Buy” rating by Northland Capital on Tuesday, July 18. The stock of Botswana Diamonds plc (LON:BOD) earned “Buy” rating by Dowgate Capital on Wednesday, March 23. The rating was maintained by Northland Capital on Thursday, October 26 with “Speculative Buy”. As per Wednesday, March 23, the company rating was maintained by Northland Capital. The stock of Botswana Diamonds plc (LON:BOD) earned “Speculative Buy” rating by Northland Capital on Monday, February 6. The stock has “Speculative Buy” rating by Northland Capital on Thursday, January 25. The firm has “Speculative Buy” rating by Northland Capital given on Tuesday, October 24. The stock of Botswana Diamonds plc (LON:BOD) earned “Corporate” rating by Northland Capital on Friday, September 29. As per Monday, February 6, the company rating was maintained by Dowgate Capital. The firm earned “Speculative Buy” rating on Thursday, December 1 by Northland Capital. See Botswana Diamonds plc (LON:BOD) latest ratings:

14/02/2018 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
25/01/2018 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
17/11/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
26/10/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
24/10/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
05/10/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain
29/09/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Corporate Maintain
12/09/2017 Broker: Northland Capital Rating: Speculative Buy Maintain

Ashfield Capital Partners Llc decreased Facebook Inc (FB) stake by 9.3% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Ashfield Capital Partners Llc sold 6,267 shares as Facebook Inc (FB)’s stock rose 10.88%. The Ashfield Capital Partners Llc holds 61,098 shares with $10.44 million value, down from 67,365 last quarter. Facebook Inc now has $511.11B valuation. The stock decreased 1.33% or $2.38 during the last trading session, reaching $175.94. About 23.20M shares traded or 4.52% up from the average. Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) has risen 26.75% since March 2, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 10.05% the S&P500.

Since September 5, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 38 sales for $838.37 million activity. 117,829 Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) shares with value of $21.25 million were sold by Zuckerberg Mark. Cox Christopher K sold $2.74 million worth of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) on Thursday, September 7. Another trade for 750 shares valued at $130,184 was made by Stretch Colin on Tuesday, September 12. 38,055 shares were sold by Schroepfer Michael Todd, worth $6.57M on Tuesday, September 12. 1.25M Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) shares with value of $221.33M were sold by Koum Jan. FISCHER DAVID B. also sold $3.29 million worth of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) shares. Wehner David M. sold 14,901 shares worth $2.66 million.

Analysts await Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) to report earnings on May, 2. They expect $1.40 earnings per share, up 34.62% or $0.36 from last year’s $1.04 per share. FB’s profit will be $4.07 billion for 31.42 P/E if the $1.40 EPS becomes a reality. After $2.20 actual earnings per share reported by Facebook, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -36.36% negative EPS growth.

Among 54 analysts covering Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), 50 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 93% are positive. Facebook had 236 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Robert W. Baird maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, September 1 report. The company was maintained on Tuesday, January 16 by Needham. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Friday, October 9 by Credit Suisse. As per Monday, September 11, the company rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets. The stock has “Buy” rating by BTIG Research on Tuesday, March 21. As per Thursday, November 2, the company rating was maintained by J.P. Morgan. The stock has “Buy” rating by Aegis Capital on Wednesday, January 31. On Friday, July 21 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Buy”. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Monday, January 25 by Suntrust Robinson. The rating was maintained by Global Equities Research on Friday, August 28 with “Overweight”.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.15 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.25, from 1.4 in 2017Q2. It dropped, as 53 investors sold FB shares while 618 reduced holdings. 128 funds opened positions while 644 raised stakes. 1.63 billion shares or 0.88% more from 1.62 billion shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Weiss Multi reported 28,968 shares. Davidson Advisors holds 1.02% or 55,399 shares in its portfolio. Sequoia Financial Advsrs Ltd Liability holds 0.19% or 9,541 shares in its portfolio. Wade G W & holds 0.73% of its portfolio in Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) for 35,098 shares. Baillie Gifford holds 22.43M shares. Moreover, Melvin Management LP has 1.9% invested in Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB). Burney holds 0.32% or 32,808 shares. Alkeon Cap Mgmt Limited Co accumulated 2.18% or 1.73 million shares. Cognios Capital Ltd Com, Kansas-based fund reported 22,205 shares. The California-based Light Street Ltd Liability Corp has invested 6.63% in Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB). Friess Associate Limited Co invested in 123,581 shares. Congress Asset Management Ma accumulated 385,055 shares. Salzhauer Michael stated it has 0.4% in Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB). Bristol John W Incorporated New York invested in 291,982 shares. Livingston Group Incorporated Asset Mgmt Company (Operating As Southport Capital Management) accumulated 0.51% or 6,947 shares.