Columbus Circle Investors Raised Procter And Gamble Co (PG) Stake By $8.00 Million; Cameco (CCJ) Shorts Increased By 2.81%

May 29, 2017 - By Linda Rogers

Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ) had an increase of 2.81% in short interest. CCJ’s SI was 20.14 million shares in May as released by FINRA. Its up 2.81% from 19.59M shares previously. With 2.50M avg volume, 8 days are for Cameco Corporation (NYSE:CCJ)’s short sellers to cover CCJ’s short positions. The SI to Cameco Corporation’s float is 5.1%. The stock increased 1.17% or $0.11 on May 26, reaching $9.53. About 998,420 shares traded. Cameco Corp (USA) (NYSE:CCJ) has declined 13.76% since May 29, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 30.46% the S&P500.

Columbus Circle Investors increased Procter And Gamble Co (PG) stake by 6.92% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Columbus Circle Investors acquired 95,239 shares as Procter And Gamble Co (PG)’s stock declined 5.32%. The Columbus Circle Investors holds 1.47M shares with $123.70 million value, up from 1.38M last quarter. Procter And Gamble Co now has $224.15B valuation. The stock increased 0.45% or $0.39 on May 26, reaching $87.25. About 4.34 million shares traded. Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has risen 7.54% since May 29, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 9.16% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.85 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.03, from 0.88 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 89 investors sold PG shares while 777 reduced holdings. 122 funds opened positions while 614 raised stakes. 1.48 billion shares or 15.87% less from 1.76 billion shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Firefly Value Prtnrs LP invested in 37,500 shares or 0.37% of the stock. Ep Wealth owns 10,403 shares or 0.11% of their US portfolio. Gw Henssler And Assoc, Georgia-based fund reported 144,571 shares. First Allied Advisory Services holds 0.76% or 179,898 shares in its portfolio. Moreover, Raymond James & Assoc has 0.7% invested in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Independent Consultants owns 8,887 shares. 71,900 were accumulated by Opus Invest Mgmt Incorporated. Monroe Bancorporation Trust Mi has invested 0.54% in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Jacobs And Ca owns 95,285 shares. Ig Investment Management Limited reported 1.00M shares. Amp Cap Investors Ltd owns 1.20 million shares or 0.61% of their US portfolio. Harvey Communications Lc holds 1.08% of its portfolio in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 60,839 shares. Horizon Kinetics Lc reported 0.01% of its portfolio in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Signature Fin Management stated it has 0.33% in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Umb Financial Bank N A Mo has 1.02% invested in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 329,430 shares.

Since February 2, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 19 insider sales for $24.25 million activity. The insider Bishop Steven D sold 2,668 shares worth $233,011. Posada Juan Fernando sold $440,000 worth of stock. Matthew Price sold 20,000 shares worth $1.82 million. The insider Louvet Patrice sold $4.19 million. On Friday, February 17 the insider Sheppard Valarie L sold $2.13 million. TASTAD CAROLYN M had sold 965 shares worth $88,011. On Tuesday, February 28 the insider FergusonMchugh MaryLynn sold $265,847.

Among 22 analysts covering Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG), 10 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Proctor & Gamble had 47 analyst reports since August 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Jefferies initiated it with “Buy” rating and $95 target in Wednesday, June 15 report. The stock of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) earned “Buy” rating by B. Riley & Co on Wednesday, October 26. The firm earned “Equal-Weight” rating on Monday, March 21 by Barclays Capital. The firm has “Sell” rating by Goldman Sachs given on Monday, January 9. The stock of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, January 27 by Goldman Sachs. The company was upgraded on Tuesday, September 8 by Suntrust Robinson. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Thursday, August 4 by Citigroup. As per Tuesday, January 26, the company rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley. CLSA upgraded the shares of PG in report on Wednesday, October 26 to “Outperform” rating. The stock of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, January 19 by Stifel Nicolaus.

Columbus Circle Investors decreased Applied Matls Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) stake by 163,810 shares to 2.90M valued at $93.74M in 2016Q4. It also reduced Ulta Salon Cosmetcs & Frag I (NASDAQ:ULTA) stake by 291,245 shares and now owns 727,983 shares. Dycom Inds Inc (NYSE:DY) was reduced too.

Cameco Corporation is a uranium producer. The company has market cap of $3.82 billion. The Firm is primarily engaged in the exploration for and the development, mining, refining, conversion, fabrication and trading of uranium for sale as fuel for generating electricity in nuclear power reactors in Canada and other countries. It currently has negative earnings. The Firm operates through three divisions: uranium, fuel services and NUKEM.