Oakbrook Investments Lowered Altria Group (MO) Position By $2.76 Million, Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Has Decreased Exxon Mobil (XOM) Position

June 5, 2017 - By wolcottdaily

Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc decreased Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM) stake by 3.76% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc sold 3,639 shares as Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM)’s stock rose 0.21%. The Dixon Hubard Feinour & Brown Inc holds 93,111 shares with $8.40M value, down from 96,750 last quarter. Exxon Mobil Corp now has $331.85B valuation. The stock decreased 1.47% or $1.19 during the last trading session, reaching $79.5. About 300 shares traded. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has declined 9.08% since June 5, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 25.78% the S&P500.

Oakbrook Investments Llc decreased Altria Group Inc. (MO) stake by 25.96% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Oakbrook Investments Llc sold 41,150 shares as Altria Group Inc. (MO)’s stock declined 2.84%. The Oakbrook Investments Llc holds 117,336 shares with $7.93M value, down from 158,486 last quarter. Altria Group Inc. now has $144.57B valuation. The stock decreased 0.37% or $0.28 during the last trading session, reaching $75.12. About 1 shares traded. Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) has risen 11.92% since June 5, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.78% the S&P500.

Analysts await Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) to report earnings on July, 26. They expect $0.87 EPS, up 7.41% or $0.06 from last year’s $0.81 per share. MO’s profit will be $1.67 billion for 21.59 P/E if the $0.87 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.73 actual EPS reported by Altria Group Inc for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 19.18% EPS growth.

Oakbrook Investments Llc increased The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) stake by 21,286 shares to 411,731 valued at $34.62M in 2016Q4. It also upped Coach Inc. (NYSE:COH) stake by 9,750 shares and now owns 26,250 shares. Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) was raised too.

Since May 8, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 2 sales for $664,775 activity. The insider DEVITRE DINYAR S sold 4,285 shares worth $303,050. MUNOZ GEORGE sold $361,725 worth of stock or 5,000 shares.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.99 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.12, from 0.87 in 2016Q3. It is positive, as 54 investors sold MO shares while 525 reduced holdings. 135 funds opened positions while 440 raised stakes. 1.16 billion shares or 1.98% more from 1.14 billion shares in 2016Q3 were reported. America First Inv Advsrs Limited Liability accumulated 413 shares or 0.01% of the stock. Benjamin F Edwards Co reported 0.17% stake. United Capital Financial Advisers Limited has 0.11% invested in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Lau Associate Ltd Liability Corp has 10,150 shares. Capstone Asset Management Company has 0.06% invested in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Joel Isaacson & Lc has invested 0.24% of its portfolio in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Rowland Co Investment Counsel Adv holds 0% or 2,228 shares in its portfolio. American Retail Bank, Texas-based fund reported 2,590 shares. Baker Boyer Bankshares invested in 3,000 shares or 0.88% of the stock. Pnc Services Grp invested in 0.53% or 6.86M shares. Barclays Public Limited Company has 2.23M shares. Utd States Steel Carnegie Pension Fund invested 1.52% of its portfolio in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO). Foothills Asset Mgmt has 32,060 shares for 1.66% of their portfolio. Argent Tru Company has 0.18% invested in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) for 9,148 shares. Rothschild Inv Il has 0.1% invested in Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) for 12,216 shares.

Among 16 analysts covering Altria Group Inc. (NYSE:MO), 9 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 6 Hold. Therefore 56% are positive. Altria Group Inc. had 24 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Strong-Buy” rating given on Wednesday, September 2 by Vetr. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, June 14 by Berenberg. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of MO in report on Friday, May 26 with “Sell” rating. On Thursday, March 30 the stock rating was maintained by Barclays Capital with “Equal Weight”. The firm has “Sector Perform” rating given on Tuesday, November 3 by RBC Capital Markets. The company was maintained on Monday, June 27 by Stifel Nicolaus. The rating was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, March 23 to “Underperform”. Morgan Stanley reinitiated Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) on Tuesday, November 29 with “Equal-Weight” rating. The firm has “Neutral” rating by UBS given on Friday, February 26. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Sell” rating and $62 target in Monday, May 29 report.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.83 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.04, from 0.87 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 58 investors sold XOM shares while 851 reduced holdings. 104 funds opened positions while 652 raised stakes. 2.08 billion shares or 2.44% more from 2.03 billion shares in 2016Q3 were reported. California-based San Francisco Sentry Invest (Ca) has invested 0.24% in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). Nadler Financial Gp Inc reported 0.53% stake. Mraz Amerine Associate, a California-based fund reported 5,412 shares. Assetmark stated it has 207,151 shares or 0.28% of all its holdings. Wendell David Associate Incorporated invested in 2.73% or 153,034 shares. Wright Investors Ser Inc reported 5,555 shares. Fernwood Investment Mgmt Ltd Liability Company stated it has 23,400 shares. 59,390 are owned by Pittenger Anderson. California-based Puplava Services has invested 4.82% in Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM). 3,351 are held by William Harris Invsts Inc. Pathstone Family Office Limited Com reported 8,724 shares stake. Cubic Asset Mgmt Limited Com owns 17,153 shares. Flow Traders Us Limited Liability Company owns 200 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Greenwood Capital Assocs Ltd Com, a South Carolina-based fund reported 3,000 shares. Pinebridge L P, a New York-based fund reported 241,685 shares.

Since December 6, 2016, it had 0 insider purchases, and 2 insider sales for $859,184 activity. Another trade for 5,000 shares valued at $454,384 was made by Ortwein Sara N on Thursday, December 15. $719,817 worth of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) was sold by Rosenthal David S on Wednesday, December 7. Another trade for 4,400 shares valued at $404,800 was sold by Wascom Dennis G. Milton Bryan W had sold 10,952 shares worth $957,460. 15,678 shares were sold by Spellings James M Jr, worth $1.37M on Tuesday, December 6.

Analysts await Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) to report earnings on August, 4. They expect $0.94 EPS, up 129.27% or $0.53 from last year’s $0.41 per share. XOM’s profit will be $3.92B for 21.14 P/E if the $0.94 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.95 actual EPS reported by Exxon Mobil Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -1.05% negative EPS growth.

Among 20 analysts covering Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM), 6 have Buy rating, 5 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 30% are positive. Exxon Mobil had 46 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. As per Monday, October 12, the company rating was upgraded by Barclays Capital. The firm earned “Equal Weight” rating on Tuesday, January 12 by Barclays Capital. The stock of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has “Sell” rating given on Thursday, January 19 by UBS. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, May 11 by Bank of America. Argus Research upgraded Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) on Wednesday, May 18 to “Buy” rating. As per Tuesday, January 26, the company rating was downgraded by Tudor Pickering. The stock of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) earned “Hold” rating by Citigroup on Wednesday, August 19. The firm has “Conviction Buy” rating by Goldman Sachs given on Wednesday, July 22. The stock of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) has “Underweight” rating given on Thursday, September 3 by Barclays Capital. Vetr downgraded Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) on Wednesday, August 12 to “Strong-Buy” rating.