Bragg Financial Advisors Lifted Ugi New (UGI) Position By $782,000; 5 Bullish Analysts Covering Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE)

September 9, 2017 - By Ellis Scott

Bragg Financial Advisors Inc increased Ugi Corp New (UGI) stake by 24.78% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Bragg Financial Advisors Inc acquired 17,000 shares as Ugi Corp New (UGI)’s stock rose 1.31%. The Bragg Financial Advisors Inc holds 85,598 shares with $3.94 million value, up from 68,598 last quarter. Ugi Corp New now has $8.36B valuation. The stock decreased 0.12% or $0.06 on September 8, reaching $48.71. About 607,387 shares traded. UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) has risen 12.89% since September 9, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 3.81% the S&P500.

Among 8 analysts covering Safestore Holdings PLC (LON:SAFE), 5 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. Safestore Holdings PLC had 73 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) earned “Hold” rating by Peel Hunt on Wednesday, June 22. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Thursday, March 24 by Numis Securities. On Thursday, June 16 the stock rating was maintained by Liberum Capital with “Buy”. The stock of Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) has “Hold” rating given on Wednesday, April 26 by Jefferies. Investec maintained Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) on Thursday, November 12 with “Buy” rating. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Friday, March 11 by Liberum Capital. The stock of Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) earned “Buy” rating by Berenberg on Tuesday, July 12. The stock has “Buy” rating by Numis Securities on Friday, March 11. The stock has “Hold” rating by Jefferies on Thursday, January 19. Citigroup maintained it with “Buy” rating and GBX 400 target in Tuesday, February 2 report. See Safestore Holdings Plc (LON:SAFE) latest ratings:

01/08/2017 Broker: Liberum Capital Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 480.00 New Target: GBX 480.00 Maintain
12/07/2017 Broker: Liberum Capital Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 475.00 New Target: GBX 480.00 Maintain
15/06/2017 Broker: Numis Securities Rating: Not Rated Under review
16/06/2017 Broker: Citigroup Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 500.00 New Target: GBX 500.00 Maintain
15/06/2017 Broker: Peel Hunt Rating: Hold Old Target: GBX 400.00 New Target: GBX 400.00 Maintain
15/06/2017 Broker: Liberum Capital Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 475.00 New Target: GBX 475.00 Maintain
06/06/2017 Broker: Liberum Capital Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 475.00 New Target: GBX 475.00 Maintain
19/05/2017 Broker: Numis Securities Rating: Buy New Target: GBX 476.00 Maintain
19/05/2017 Broker: Liberum Capital Rating: Buy Old Target: GBX 475.00 New Target: GBX 475.00 Maintain
26/04/2017 Broker: Jefferies Rating: Hold Old Target: GBX 361.00 New Target: GBX 375.00 Maintain

Among 5 analysts covering UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI), 0 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 0 are positive. UGI Corp had 9 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Zacks upgraded the shares of UGI in report on Wednesday, August 5 to “Hold” rating. The stock of UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) earned “Buy” rating by Zacks on Saturday, August 8. The rating was maintained by Citigroup on Wednesday, May 4 with “Neutral”. On Thursday, August 31 the stock rating was maintained by Jefferies with “Hold”. As per Monday, June 20, the company rating was downgraded by Barclays Capital. The company was downgraded on Friday, April 29 by Janney Capital. The stock of UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) has “Neutral” rating given on Thursday, May 26 by Janney Capital.

Since March 15, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 6 selling transactions for $7.42 million activity. 6,750 shares were sold by POL ANNE, worth $341,621. Beard Robert F. sold $1.52M worth of UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) on Thursday, May 25. 50,000 shares were sold by Walsh John L, worth $2.54 million on Thursday, May 25. VINCENT ROGER B sold $1.29M worth of stock or 25,500 shares. Another trade for 15,000 shares valued at $774,743 was sold by Hartz Joseph L..

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.98 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.22, from 1.2 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 33 investors sold UGI shares while 143 reduced holdings. 34 funds opened positions while 117 raised stakes. 132.69 million shares or 0.05% less from 132.76 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. At Bank has 0.21% invested in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) for 34,647 shares. Loomis Sayles And Com Ltd Partnership accumulated 0% or 504 shares. Oakbrook Invests Ltd has invested 0.03% in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI). Cibc Ww accumulated 8,687 shares. Great West Life Assurance Co Can holds 251,290 shares or 0.03% of its portfolio. Gsa Cap Llp holds 14,311 shares or 0.04% of its portfolio. Hillsdale Invest Mngmt has invested 0% in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI). 17,930 were reported by Salient Capital Llc. Monetary Mngmt Incorporated invested 0.02% in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI). Energ Income Prtn Ltd Liability Company stated it has 1.27 million shares. Retirement Of Alabama invested in 0.11% or 409,422 shares. Moreover, California State Teachers Retirement Systems has 0.03% invested in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI) for 368,364 shares. Tudor Investment Corporation Et Al has invested 0.01% in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI). Guggenheim Lc accumulated 446,868 shares or 0.06% of the stock. Andra Ap accumulated 137,500 shares.