Public Sector Pension Investment Board Cut Acuity Brands (AYI) Holding; Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Decreased Dun & Bradstreet Del Ne (DNB) Stake

December 9, 2017 - By Winifred Garcia

Public Sector Pension Investment Board decreased Acuity Brands Inc (AYI) stake by 51.52% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. Public Sector Pension Investment Board sold 5,100 shares as Acuity Brands Inc (AYI)’s stock declined 23.17%. The Public Sector Pension Investment Board holds 4,800 shares with $976,000 value, down from 9,900 last quarter. Acuity Brands Inc now has $7.17B valuation. The stock increased 3.81% or $6.3 during the last trading session, reaching $171.65. About 849,591 shares traded or 32.55% up from the average. Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) has declined 31.18% since December 9, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 47.88% the S&P500.

Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp decreased Dun & Bradstreet Corp Del Ne (DNB) stake by 5.48% reported in 2017Q2 SEC filing. Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp sold 11,011 shares as Dun & Bradstreet Corp Del Ne (DNB)’s stock declined 3.40%. The Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp holds 189,949 shares with $20.54 million value, down from 200,960 last quarter. Dun & Bradstreet Corp Del Ne now has $4.48B valuation. The stock decreased 0.07% or $0.09 during the last trading session, reaching $121.33. About 189,918 shares traded. The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) has declined 12.51% since December 9, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 29.21% the S&P500.

Analysts await The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) to report earnings on February, 14. They expect $3.04 earnings per share, up 1.67% or $0.05 from last year’s $2.99 per share. DNB’s profit will be $112.35 million for 9.98 P/E if the $3.04 EPS becomes a reality. After $1.79 actual earnings per share reported by The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 69.83% EPS growth.

Among 6 analysts covering Dun & Bradstreet (NYSE:DNB), 1 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 17% are positive. Dun & Bradstreet had 10 analyst reports since November 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. On Friday, January 20 the stock rating was upgraded by Goldman Sachs to “Neutral”. The rating was maintained by Robert W. Baird on Friday, November 3 with “Outperform”. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, July 25 by Stifel Nicolaus. Piper Jaffray maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Wednesday, August 2 report. The stock of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) earned “Buy” rating by Robert W. Baird on Monday, October 23. The stock of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (NYSE:DNB) has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Monday, November 13 by Barclays Capital. As per Friday, February 10, the company rating was maintained by Barclays Capital.

Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp increased Revlon Inc (NYSE:REV) stake by 33,969 shares to 1.05M valued at $24.88 million in 2017Q2. It also upped Corporate Office Pptys Tr (NYSE:OFC) stake by 66,217 shares and now owns 1.40M shares. Unilever Plc (NYSE:UL) was raised too.

Analysts await Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE:AYI) to report earnings on January, 8. They expect $1.99 earnings per share, up 5.85% or $0.11 from last year’s $1.88 per share. AYI’s profit will be $83.09M for 21.56 P/E if the $1.99 EPS becomes a reality. After $2.42 actual earnings per share reported by Acuity Brands, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -17.77% negative EPS growth.

Among 20 analysts covering Acuity Brands Inc. (NYSE:AYI), 11 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 7 Hold. Therefore 55% are positive. Acuity Brands Inc. had 51 analyst reports since August 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Robert W. Baird on Tuesday, September 5 with “Buy”. The firm earned “Sell” rating on Thursday, November 9 by Roth Capital. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Friday, November 4 by Seaport Global. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Friday, September 22 by Cowen & Co. The rating was upgraded by Canaccord Genuity on Thursday, October 6 to “Buy”. The firm earned “Outperform” rating on Monday, October 31 by Wells Fargo. The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer on Tuesday, December 1 with “Outperform”. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Tuesday, January 10 by CLSA. On Friday, September 30 the stock rating was initiated by Williams Capital Group with “Buy”. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Thursday, August 25 by Roth Capital.

Public Sector Pension Investment Board increased Expedia Inc Del (Put) (NASDAQ:EXPE) stake by 900,000 shares to 1.10M valued at $163.85M in 2017Q2. It also upped Ishares Tr (IJR) stake by 100,000 shares and now owns 1.43 million shares. Cenovus Energy Inc (NYSE:CVE) was raised too.