ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (CNOB) Analysts See $0.40 EPS; Ugi (UGI) Sentiment Is 1.04

January 9, 2018 - By Evgen Dobrzhanskiy

UGI Corporation distributes, stores, transports, and markets energy products and related services in the United States and internationally. The company has market cap of $8.30 billion. It distributes propane to approximately 1.9 million residential, commercial/industrial, motor fuel, agricultural, and wholesale clients in 50 states through 1,900 propane distribution locations; and sells, installs, and services propane appliances, including heating systems. It has a 19.48 P/E ratio. The firm also distributes liquid petroleum gas to residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, resale, and automobile fuel clients for heating, cooking, motor fuel, leisure, construction work, manufacturing, crop and grain drying, power generation, and irrigation activities; and provides logistic, storage, and other services to third-party LPG distributors.

Analysts expect ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB) to report $0.40 EPS on January, 25.They anticipate $0.00 EPS change or 0.00% from last quarter’s $0.4 EPS. CNOB’s profit would be $12.81 million giving it 16.75 P/E if the $0.40 EPS is correct. After having $0.46 EPS previously, ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc.’s analysts see -13.04% EPS growth. It closed at $26.8 lastly. It is down 37.35% since January 9, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 20.65% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.57 in Q3 2017. Its down 0.10, from 1.67 in 2017Q2. It dived, as 8 investors sold ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. shares while 29 reduced holdings. 14 funds opened positions while 44 raised stakes. 21.22 million shares or 0.04% less from 21.23 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Credit Suisse Ag holds 0% or 33,292 shares in its portfolio. Commonwealth Equity Services invested in 0% or 21,338 shares. Elizabeth Park Advisors Limited holds 266,835 shares or 2.55% of its portfolio. Cortina Asset Mngmt Lc holds 283,475 shares. Brandywine Global Inv Management Ltd Liability Corporation holds 0.01% of its portfolio in ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB) for 80,296 shares. Ameritas Partners Inc reported 0% stake. Kennedy Mgmt Inc owns 152,600 shares for 0.07% of their portfolio. Alpine Woods Capital Ltd Liability Company accumulated 25,000 shares. Goldman Sachs Gru Incorporated Inc invested 0.01% of its portfolio in ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB). Pacific Ridge Prtnrs Limited Liability has 69,550 shares for 0.49% of their portfolio. Citigroup Incorporated invested in 0% or 1,285 shares. California State Teachers Retirement has invested 0% in ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB). Sg Americas Securities Ltd Liability reported 4,543 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Lsv Asset reported 0% stake. Moreover, Bridgeway Cap has 0.03% invested in ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB) for 101,000 shares.

ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding firm for ConnectOne Bank that provides various banking services and products. The company has market cap of $858.01 million. The firm offers a range of deposit products, including personal and business checking accounts, retirement accounts, money market accounts, time and savings accounts, and NOW accounts. It has a 28.24 P/E ratio. It also provides personal and commercial business loans on a secured and unsecured basis; revolving lines of credit; commercial mortgage loans; residential mortgages on primary and secondary residences; home equity loans; bridge loans; and other personal purpose loans.

Among 5 analysts covering Connectone Bancorp (NASDAQ:CNOB), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. Connectone Bancorp had 10 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNOB) earned “Buy” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods on Thursday, July 27. Piper Jaffray initiated the stock with “Overweight” rating in Monday, March 7 report. FBR Capital maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $26 target in Thursday, November 17 report. The company was maintained on Wednesday, September 6 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods. Maxim Group initiated it with “Buy” rating and $23.0 target in Tuesday, December 15 report. As per Monday, August 10, the company rating was upgraded by Zacks. As per Monday, December 19, the company rating was maintained by Maxim Group. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, December 21 by Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

Analysts await UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI) to report earnings on February, 7. They expect $0.91 EPS, 0.00% or $0.00 from last year’s $0.91 per share. UGI’s profit will be $157.56M for 13.17 P/E if the $0.91 EPS becomes a reality. After $-0.02 actual EPS reported by UGI Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -4,650.00% EPS growth.