Green Square Capital Has Upped Its Treehouse Foods (THS) Holding; Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Lifted By $2.15 Million Its Cobalt Intl Energy (CIE) Stake

June 2, 2017 - By Vivian Park

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc increased Cobalt Intl Energy Inc (CIE) stake by 3.56% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc acquired 2.15M shares as Cobalt Intl Energy Inc (CIE)’s stock declined 63.59%. The Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc holds 62.76M shares with $76.57 million value, up from 60.61 million last quarter. Cobalt Intl Energy Inc now has $121.08M valuation. The stock rose 0.65% or $0.002 reaching $0.249 per share. About 12.11M shares traded or 37.61% up from the average. Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) has declined 88.67% since June 2, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 105.37% the S&P500.

Green Square Capital Llc increased Treehouse Foods Inc (THS) stake by 79.3% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Green Square Capital Llc acquired 4,202 shares as Treehouse Foods Inc (THS)’s stock declined 7.56%. The Green Square Capital Llc holds 9,501 shares with $686,000 value, up from 5,299 last quarter. Treehouse Foods Inc now has $4.48 billion valuation. The stock declined 0.70% or $0.55 reaching $77.68 on the news. About 187,917 shares traded. TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) has declined 15.01% since June 2, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 31.71% the S&P500.

Among 12 analysts covering Treehouse Foods (NYSE:THS), 7 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 58% are positive. Treehouse Foods had 21 analyst reports since August 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Tuesday, February 9, the company rating was initiated by JP Morgan. Stephens upgraded TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) rating on Wednesday, August 26. Stephens has “Equal-Weight” rating and $85 target. The stock of TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) earned “Outperform” rating by BMO Capital Markets on Monday, January 30. Susquehanna initiated TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) rating on Monday, October 26. Susquehanna has “Positive” rating and $108 target. The company was downgraded on Thursday, November 3 by Suntrust Robinson. The company was downgraded on Thursday, November 3 by SunTrust. The stock has “Market Perform” rating by Wells Fargo on Friday, May 5. The company was downgraded on Friday, November 6 by BMO Capital Markets. As per Thursday, May 26, the company rating was initiated by KeyBanc Capital Markets. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, December 16 by Jefferies.

Since February 28, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 4 insider sales for $3.70 million activity. $697,000 worth of TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) was sold by OConnell Frank Joseph. On Friday, March 31 the insider Riordan Dennis F sold $1.27 million. $1.10 million worth of TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) shares were sold by ONeill Thomas Emmet III. On Thursday, May 18 the insider Ussery Terdema L II sold $627,710.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.22 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.04, from 1.26 in 2016Q3. It dived, as 53 investors sold THS shares while 70 reduced holdings. 39 funds opened positions while 111 raised stakes. 61.99 million shares or 1.63% more from 60.99 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Weaver C Barksdale Associate has invested 0.05% of its portfolio in TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS). Sei Com stated it has 0.03% in TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS). State Treasurer State Of Michigan has 22,800 shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Mngmt stated it has 0% in TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS). Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania School Empls Retrmt System has 8,399 shares. Tci Wealth Advsrs Incorporated reported 202 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Kalmar Invs De reported 1.4% stake. Blackrock Institutional Tru Na stated it has 1.74 million shares or 0.02% of all its holdings. Bamco Incorporated Ny has 0.41% invested in TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS) for 1.01 million shares. Federated Inc Pa owns 46,646 shares or 0.01% of their US portfolio. Employees Retirement Association Of Colorado stated it has 11,131 shares. 1.43M are owned by Royal Bancshares Of Canada. Jennison Lc invested in 551,109 shares. Stephens Ar reported 0.01% of its portfolio in TreeHouse Foods Inc. (NYSE:THS). Quantum Mgmt holds 76,474 shares.

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc decreased Kbr Inc (NYSE:KBR) stake by 119,080 shares to 4.93M valued at $82.21M in 2016Q4. It also reduced Great Plains Energy Inc (NYSE:GXP) stake by 149,230 shares and now owns 1.61 million shares. Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) was reduced too.

Since December 30, 2016, it had 0 insider buys, and 2 sales for $53,418 activity. 21,534 shares were sold by Painter James H., worth $26,702 on Friday, December 30. Farnsworth James W. also sold $26,716 worth of Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE) shares.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.9 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.07, from 0.83 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 23 investors sold CIE shares while 45 reduced holdings. 23 funds opened positions while 38 raised stakes. 455.01 million shares or 0.88% more from 451.04 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Qcm Cayman Ltd holds 0.06% or 24,429 shares in its portfolio. Amer Group Inc reported 0% in Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE). Jpmorgan Chase And holds 0% or 1.52 million shares in its portfolio. California Pub Employees Retirement stated it has 0% in Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE). Symphony Asset Ltd owns 992,813 shares. Schroder Investment Management Grp accumulated 180,100 shares. Botty Invsts Limited Co owns 157,125 shares for 0.11% of their portfolio. Blackrock Institutional Tru Communication Na reported 10.06 million shares. Amalgamated Natl Bank reported 51,201 shares or 0% of all its holdings. First Personal Finance Svcs reported 22,517 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. 14,241 are owned by Cibc Asset Management. Asset Mngmt reported 0% in Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (NYSE:CIE). Janus Management Lc holds 0% or 1.91 million shares in its portfolio. Ameritas Invest Prtn Inc stated it has 31,800 shares or 0% of all its holdings. 585,842 are held by Citadel Advsr Lc.