The stock of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) hit a new 52-week high and has $6.37 target or 5.00% above today’s $6.07 share price. The 7 months bullish chart indicates low risk for the $88.97B company. The 1-year high was reported on Mar, 21 by Barchart.com. If the $6.37 price target is reached, the company will be worth $4.45 billion more. About 5.42M shares traded. Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) has risen 39.86% since August 12, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 31.19% the S&P500.
Dragoneer Investment Group Llc decreased Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc (LPLA) stake by 61.2% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Dragoneer Investment Group Llc sold 1.10 million shares as Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc (LPLA)’s stock rose 34.67%. The Dragoneer Investment Group Llc holds 694,596 shares with $24.46 million value, down from 1.79M last quarter. Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc now has $3.68 billion valuation. The stock declined 2.29% or $0.94 reaching $40.09 per share. About 210,091 shares traded. LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) has risen 52.13% since August 12, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 43.46% the S&P500.
Banco Santander, S.A. is a retail and commercial bank. The company has market cap of $88.97 billion. The Bank’s principal business is to attract deposits and provide loans. It has a 13.06 P/E ratio. The Bank focuses its wholesale banking offer on providing services to its main clients in local markets.
Among 10 analysts covering Banco Santander (NYSE:SAN), 6 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 60% are positive. Banco Santander had 14 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was downgraded on Wednesday, September 30 by JP Morgan. As per Thursday, February 9, the company rating was downgraded by BNP Paribas. The stock of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) has “Hold” rating given on Friday, August 28 by Deutsche Bank. The firm earned “Overweight” rating on Tuesday, September 6 by Barclays Capital. RBC Capital Markets upgraded the shares of SAN in report on Wednesday, October 19 to “Sector Perform” rating. The stock of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, February 1 by UBS. The stock of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) has “Reduce” rating given on Friday, August 14 by HSBC. The rating was downgraded by Kepler Cheuvreux to “Hold” on Friday, July 31. The firm has “Conviction Buy” rating by Goldman Sachs given on Tuesday, March 8. The stock of Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) earned “Outperform” rating by BNP Paribas on Monday, January 11.
Analysts await Banco Santander, S.A. (ADR) (NYSE:SAN) to report earnings on April, 26.
Since February 13, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 9 insider sales for $67.68 million activity. $81,500 worth of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) was sold by Casady Mark S on Thursday, March 2. 900,000 LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) shares with value of $36.00M were sold by Hellman Marco. Calder Tracy sold $254,117 worth of stock. Arnold Dan H. sold $603,832 worth of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) on Monday, March 13. White George Burton sold $1.00 million worth of stock or 25,000 shares. $1.19 million worth of LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) was sold by Kalbaugh John Andrew.
Investors sentiment increased to 1.67 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.88, from 0.79 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 13 investors sold LPLA shares while 47 reduced holdings. 57 funds opened positions while 43 raised stakes. 81.86 million shares or 13.14% less from 94.24 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Gideon Capital Advisors has 11,899 shares for 0.27% of their portfolio. Tudor Invest Et Al has invested 0.02% in LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA). Blackrock holds 0% or 29,429 shares in its portfolio. Raymond James Trust Na stated it has 0.04% of its portfolio in LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA). Citadel Advsr Ltd holds 0.02% of its portfolio in LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) for 460,035 shares. First Pacific Advisors Limited Liability Corp reported 4.59 million shares. Cadence Capital Mngmt Limited Liability Company has 11,092 shares. New York State Common Retirement Fund holds 0.01% or 185,900 shares in its portfolio. Illinois-based One Trading Ltd Partnership has invested 0% in LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA). 37,082 are owned by Zacks Inv Mgmt. Victory Mgmt, Ohio-based fund reported 910,580 shares. Calvert Invest Mngmt Inc has 0.01% invested in LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) for 5,765 shares. Credit Suisse Ag reported 0% stake. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Com holds 0% or 119 shares in its portfolio. Swiss Comml Bank holds 0.01% or 124,500 shares.
Among 9 analysts covering LPL Financial Holdings (NASDAQ:LPLA), 0 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 8 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. LPL Financial Holdings had 27 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Monday, August 22 the stock rating was downgraded by Credit Suisse to “Neutral”. The rating was initiated by SunTrust with “Neutral” on Wednesday, March 23. The rating was downgraded by Citigroup on Tuesday, January 12 to “Sell”. As per Friday, October 2, the company rating was downgraded by UBS. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Friday, March 18. The rating was maintained by Citigroup on Friday, May 27 with “Neutral”. On Thursday, June 2 the stock rating was maintained by SunTrust with “Neutral”. The rating was maintained by JP Morgan with “Overweight” on Monday, November 2. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Friday, August 14 by Citigroup. On Monday, July 11 the stock rating was maintained by Nomura with “Neutral”.
Analysts await LPL Financial Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LPLA) to report earnings on April, 27. They expect $0.52 earnings per share, down 7.14% or $0.04 from last year’s $0.56 per share. LPLA’s profit will be $47.73M for 19.27 P/E if the $0.52 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.46 actual earnings per share reported by LPL Financial Holdings Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 13.04% EPS growth.
