Atria Investments Has Cut Its Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Position; Trb Advisors LP Lowered Visa (V) Stake

January 1, 2018 - By Clifton Ray

Trb Advisors Lp decreased Visa Inc (V) stake by 16.59% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Trb Advisors Lp sold 95,000 shares as Visa Inc (V)’s stock rose 5.74%. The Trb Advisors Lp holds 477,500 shares with $50.25 million value, down from 572,500 last quarter. Visa Inc now has $258.39 billion valuation. The stock decreased 0.29% or $0.33 during the last trading session, reaching $114.02. About 5.25M shares traded. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) has risen 20.29% since January 1, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 3.59% the S&P500.

Atria Investments Llc decreased Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) stake by 8.25% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Atria Investments Llc sold 5,346 shares as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)’s stock rose 6.85%. The Atria Investments Llc holds 59,464 shares with $7.73 million value, down from 64,810 last quarter. Johnson & Johnson now has $375.36B valuation. The stock decreased 0.60% or $0.84 during the last trading session, reaching $139.72. About 4.45M shares traded. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has risen 12.54% since January 1, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.16% the S&P500.

Analysts await Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) to report earnings on January, 23. They expect $1.72 EPS, up 8.86% or $0.14 from last year’s $1.58 per share. JNJ’s profit will be $4.62B for 20.31 P/E if the $1.72 EPS becomes a reality. After $1.90 actual EPS reported by Johnson & Johnson for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -9.47% negative EPS growth.

Among 23 analysts covering Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), 13 have Buy rating, 5 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 57% are positive. Johnson & Johnson had 83 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was maintained on Tuesday, July 18 by BMO Capital Markets. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Tuesday, September 13 by Jefferies. UBS maintained Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) on Thursday, August 31 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Strong-Buy” rating by Vetr on Monday, August 31. The stock has “Hold” rating by Piper Jaffray on Monday, October 2. The stock has “Buy” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Sunday, August 27. The firm has “Overweight” rating given on Wednesday, April 20 by Barclays Capital. Stifel Nicolaus maintained Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) on Wednesday, October 18 with “Hold” rating. The firm earned “Equal-Weight” rating on Tuesday, November 29 by Barclays Capital. The firm has “Sell” rating given on Wednesday, August 2 by BTIG Research.

Investors sentiment is 0.83 in 2017 Q3. Its the same as in 2017Q2. It is the same, as 45 investors sold JNJ shares while 871 reduced holdings. only 111 funds opened positions while 645 raised stakes. 1.71 billion shares or 0.90% less from 1.73 billion shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Bath Savings Tru Company invested in 24,221 shares or 0.84% of the stock. Noesis Capital Mangement Corp stated it has 0.64% in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Timber Creek Management Lc holds 0.08% of its portfolio in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) for 952 shares. Parsons Cap Mngmt Ri holds 135,562 shares or 2.08% of its portfolio. Cornerstone Advisors has 1.12% invested in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Bancorporation Of Hawaii has 105,535 shares. Mutual Insurance Federation Of Agricultural Cooperatives holds 31,900 shares or 0.08% of its portfolio. New Jersey Better Educational Savings has 2.19% invested in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Smith Asset Management Grp Limited Partnership has 0% invested in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Selway Asset Mgmt invested in 1.31% or 17,400 shares. Modera Wealth Lc owns 15,382 shares. Griffin Asset Inc has invested 1.71% in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). Spectrum Asset (Nb Ca) invested 0.24% in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ). John G Ullman & Associate Incorporated holds 187,221 shares or 4.75% of its portfolio. Security Comml Bank Of Sioux City Iowa Ia holds 2.44% in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) or 19,182 shares.

Atria Investments Llc increased Seagate Technology Plc (NASDAQ:STX) stake by 19,144 shares to 83,970 valued at $2.79M in 2017Q3. It also upped Vanguard World Fds (VIS) stake by 2,893 shares and now owns 7,189 shares. Vaneck Vectors Etf Tr was raised too.

Since August 17, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 3 insider sales for $7.43 million activity. MAHON TULLIER KELLY also sold $5.65M worth of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) on Friday, December 15. CRANSTON MARY B sold $1.07M worth of Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) on Thursday, August 17. 6,220 shares were sold by MATSCHULLAT ROBERT W, worth $707,561.

Among 40 analysts covering Visa Inc. (NYSE:V), 33 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 83% are positive. Visa Inc. had 96 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Mkt Perform” rating by FBR Capital given on Friday, July 24. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods given on Tuesday, December 8. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, September 6 by Cowen & Co. As per Tuesday, October 25, the company rating was maintained by UBS. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Compass Point on Friday, April 15. The company was upgraded on Tuesday, October 10 by Wells Fargo. On Thursday, December 21 the stock rating was maintained by Keefe Bruyette & Woods with “Buy”. The rating was maintained by Morgan Stanley with “Overweight” on Friday, October 20. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Monday, October 2 by Robert W. Baird. The stock has “Buy” rating by Oppenheimer on Wednesday, October 25.