Knowles (KN) Analysts See $0.04 EPS; 8×8, Inc. (EGHT) Covered By 8 Bullish Analysts Last Week

June 21, 2017 - By Kurt Siggers

Among 10 analysts covering 8×8 (NASDAQ:EGHT), 8 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 80% are positive. 8×8 had 15 analyst reports since August 10, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Hold” rating by William Blair given on Friday, May 26. Barclays Capital maintained 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) rating on Friday, January 22. Barclays Capital has “Overweight” rating and $12 target. The stock has “Buy” rating by Dougherty & Company on Tuesday, July 19. The stock of 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) earned “Buy” rating by Canaccord Genuity on Monday, August 10. Needham initiated 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) on Friday, June 3 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Robert W. Baird on Monday, December 12. Robert W. Baird initiated the shares of EGHT in report on Friday, August 26 with “Neutral” rating. Dougherty & Company maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, May 20 report. The firm earned “Overweight” rating on Friday, May 20 by Barclays Capital. The rating was maintained by Northland Capital on Friday, October 23 with “Outperform”. See 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) latest ratings:

26/05/2017 Broker: William Blair Rating: Hold Maintain
11/04/2017 Broker: Morgan Stanley Rating: Equal-Weight New Target: $17.00 Initiates Coverage On

Analysts expect Knowles Corp (NYSE:KN) to report $0.04 EPS on July, 25.They anticipate $0.02 EPS change or 33.33% from last quarter’s $0.06 EPS. KN’s profit would be $3.51M giving it 108.19 P/E if the $0.04 EPS is correct. After having $0.08 EPS previously, Knowles Corp’s analysts see -50.00% EPS growth. It closed at $17.31 lastly. It is down 40.62% since June 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 23.92% the S&P500.

8×8, Inc. provides cloud-based, enterprise-class software solutions. The company has market cap of $1.37 billion. The Company’s solutions are delivered through Software as a Service business model. It currently has negative earnings. The Company’s divisions include Americas and Europe.

It closed at $14.85 lastly. It is down 12.01% since June 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.69% the S&P500.

Since January 31, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 3 sales for $2.07 million activity. On Friday, February 10 MARTIN BRYAN R sold $1.56M worth of 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT) or 100,000 shares. The insider SALZMAN ERIC sold 25,000 shares worth $385,318. 7,500 shares were sold by Hakeman Darren J., worth $118,915.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.18 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.24, from 0.94 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 18 investors sold 8×8, Inc. shares while 55 reduced holdings. 33 funds opened positions while 53 raised stakes. 59.83 million shares or 2.43% less from 61.32 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Allianz Asset Mngmt Ag stated it has 0% in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT). Blackrock Fund Advsr invested in 0.02% or 6.91 million shares. Tiaa Cref Inv Mgmt Llc reported 0% in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT). California Pub Employees Retirement has invested 0.01% in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT). State Of Tennessee Treasury Department, a Tennessee-based fund reported 70,972 shares. Summit Creek Advsr Ltd, a Minnesota-based fund reported 943,349 shares. Gsa Cap Prtn Llp owns 35,165 shares for 0.03% of their portfolio. Perkins Cap Mgmt Inc accumulated 43,000 shares or 0.67% of the stock. Susquehanna Limited Liability Partnership holds 165,416 shares. Blackrock Institutional Co Na accumulated 2.38 million shares. 16,458 are held by Barclays Public Ltd Limited Liability Company. Fmr Ltd Liability Corp stated it has 0% of its portfolio in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT). One Trading Ltd Partnership, Illinois-based fund reported 2,723 shares. Secor Cap L P reported 0.07% in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT). The New York-based New York State Teachers Retirement Systems has invested 0.01% in 8×8, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGHT).

Among 11 analysts covering Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN), 5 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Knowles Corporation had 16 analyst reports since August 20, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Underperform” rating given on Tuesday, October 27 by FBR Capital. FBR Capital upgraded the shares of KN in report on Monday, September 28 to “Mkt Perform” rating. FBR Capital maintained the shares of KN in report on Friday, February 12 with “Underperform” rating. Topeka Capital Markets maintained it with “Buy” rating and $15 target in Friday, February 12 report. The rating was downgraded by Zacks on Thursday, September 17 to “Sell”. The rating was upgraded by Susquehanna to “Neutral” on Thursday, January 12. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Tuesday, January 12 by Lake Street. The stock has “Neutral” rating by JP Morgan on Tuesday, September 6. The stock of Knowles Corp (NYSE:KN) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, September 29 by Roth Capital. The stock of Knowles Corp (NYSE:KN) earned “Hold” rating by Benchmark on Wednesday, June 29.