Clark Estates Has Trimmed Its Express Scripts Hldg Co (ESRX) Position; Bon Ton Stores Has 0.8 Sentiment

June 20, 2017 - By Louis Casey

The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. is a department store operator. The company has market cap of $11.64 million. The Firm operates through two divisions: stores and eCommerce . It currently has negative earnings. The Firm offers a range of brand-name fashion apparel and accessories for women, men and children.

Clark Estates Inc decreased Express Scripts Hldg Co (ESRX) stake by 33.86% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Clark Estates Inc sold 30,204 shares as Express Scripts Hldg Co (ESRX)’s stock declined 14.09%. The Clark Estates Inc holds 59,000 shares with $4.06 million value, down from 89,204 last quarter. Express Scripts Hldg Co now has $38.12 billion valuation. The stock declined 0.58% or $0.37 reaching $63.86 per share. About 90,230 shares traded. Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) has declined 16.92% since June 20, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 33.62% the S&P500.

Among 17 analysts covering Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX), 7 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 41% are positive. Express Scripts had 26 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Morgan Stanley downgraded Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) on Thursday, January 21 to “Equal-Weight” rating. The rating was maintained by Leerink Swann on Monday, October 5 with “Outperform”. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, July 30 with “Outperform”. Jefferies maintained it with “Buy” rating and $6700 target in Friday, May 26 report. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of ESRX in report on Thursday, February 18 with “Overweight” rating. Mizuho maintained Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) on Wednesday, January 13 with “Buy” rating. Deutsche Bank downgraded Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) on Monday, February 22 to “Sell” rating. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Tuesday, April 26 by Credit Suisse. The stock of Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) earned “Hold” rating by Deutsche Bank on Friday, November 4. As per Wednesday, July 27, the company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital.

Clark Estates Inc increased Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) stake by 690,000 shares to 1.67 million valued at $54.33 million in 2016Q4. It also upped Twenty First Centy Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA) stake by 104,000 shares and now owns 1.09M shares. Procter And Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) was raised too.

Analysts await Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) to report earnings on July, 24. They expect $1.71 EPS, up 8.92% or $0.14 from last year’s $1.57 per share. ESRX’s profit will be $1.02B for 9.34 P/E if the $1.71 EPS becomes a reality. After $1.33 actual EPS reported by Express Scripts Holding Company for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 28.57% EPS growth.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.57 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.07, from 0.64 in 2016Q3. It dropped, as 86 investors sold ESRX shares while 505 reduced holdings. 74 funds opened positions while 263 raised stakes. 502.37 million shares or 2.68% less from 516.19 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Addenda invested in 101,791 shares or 0.56% of the stock. Fpr Prns Ltd Liability Corp stated it has 5.54 million shares. Pinnacle Financial Partners, Tennessee-based fund reported 4,643 shares. Cim Investment Mangement invested 0.22% of its portfolio in Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX). Toronto Dominion Bank holds 3.37M shares or 0.69% of its portfolio. D E Shaw And Commerce owns 1.94 million shares. Dumont & Blake Inv Limited Co invested 0.55% of its portfolio in Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX). The Washington-based Brighton Jones Ltd Liability Co has invested 0% in Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX). Vigilant Mngmt Lc accumulated 1,850 shares. Northern Corporation holds 0.21% or 9.97 million shares in its portfolio. Rhumbline Advisers has 0.19% invested in Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) for 1.06M shares. Forte Lc Adv invested in 1.15% or 44,740 shares. Cannell Peter B holds 0.56% of its portfolio in Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) for 225,896 shares. Sumitomo Mitsui Asset owns 47,014 shares. Regentatlantic Llc stated it has 32,334 shares.

Brigade Capital Management Lp holds 0.1% of its portfolio in Bon-Ton Stores Inc for 1.72 million shares. Teton Advisors Inc. owns 228,000 shares or 0.03% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Deltec Asset Management Llc has 0.02% invested in the company for 54,044 shares. The Texas-based Bridgeway Capital Management Inc has invested 0.01% in the stock. Gamco Investors Inc. Et Al, a New York-based fund reported 568,000 shares.