South Dakota Investment Council Has Decreased Its Procter And Gamble Co (PG) Position, Aip Multi-strategy Fund P Has 1.88 Sentiment

July 10, 2017 - By Migdalia James

South Dakota Investment Council decreased Procter And Gamble Co (PG) stake by 5.7% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. South Dakota Investment Council sold 29,790 shares as Procter And Gamble Co (PG)’s stock declined 5.32%. The South Dakota Investment Council holds 492,463 shares with $41.41M value, down from 522,253 last quarter. Procter And Gamble Co now has $223.46B valuation. The stock decreased 0.60% or $0.53 during the last trading session, reaching $87.09. About 5.26 million shares traded. Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has risen 7.54% since July 10, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 9.16% the S&P500.

The Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company has market cap of $231.98 million. The Fund’s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in emerging country equity securities. It currently has negative earnings. It invests in various sectors, such as banks; insurance; diversified telecommunication services; food and staples retailing; food products; Internet software and services; oil, gas and consumable fuels; automobiles; beverages; construction and engineering; hotels, restaurants and leisure; independent power producers and energy traders; Internet and catalog retail; machinery; pharmaceuticals, real estate management and development; textiles, apparel and luxury goods; transportation infrastructure, and wireless telecommunication services.

City Of London Investment Management Co Ltd holds 3.43% of its portfolio in Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund Inc for 3.25 million shares. Camarda Financial Advisors Llc owns 213,980 shares or 1.92% of their US portfolio. Moreover, 1607 Capital Partners Llc has 0.57% invested in the company for 637,139 shares. The Rhode Island-based Amica Pension Fund Board Of Trustees has invested 0.57% in the stock. Amica Mutual Insurance Co, a Rhode Island-based fund reported 317,955 shares.

The stock increased 0.93% or $0.15 on July 10, reaching $16.27. About 4,520 shares traded. Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund Inc (MSF) has risen 26.86% since July 10, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 10.16% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.85 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.03, from 0.88 in 2016Q3. It turned negative, as 89 investors sold PG shares while 777 reduced holdings. 122 funds opened positions while 614 raised stakes. 1.48 billion shares or 15.87% less from 1.76 billion shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Foster Dykema Cabot & Incorporated Ma reported 11.8% stake. Korea-based Mirae Asset Investments has invested 0.1% in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Macroview Invest Mgmt Lc reported 35 shares stake. Marco Inv Mngmt Ltd owns 1.27% invested in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 86,961 shares. Int Sarl owns 14,100 shares. Moreover, Nichols & Pratt Advisers Limited Liability Partnership Ma has 5.64% invested in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Gideon Advsrs Inc owns 4,135 shares. Ami Investment holds 2.91% or 52,218 shares in its portfolio. Schaper Benz And Wise Invest Counsel Wi invested in 17,911 shares. Twin Management holds 202,495 shares. Indiana Trust & Invest Management has invested 1.57% in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Brown Advisory Securities Ltd Liability Corp invested 2.01% in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG). Moreover, Parametric Ltd has 0.69% invested in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 5.91 million shares. Salem Inv Counselors holds 1.32% of its portfolio in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 137,336 shares. Motley Fool Wealth Management Ltd Liability Com holds 0.08% of its portfolio in Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) for 9,482 shares.

Since February 2, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 19 sales for $24.25 million activity. On Thursday, February 9 Skoufalos Ioannis sold $886,501 worth of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) or 10,000 shares. Another trade for 49,226 shares valued at $4.26 million was sold by Louvet Patrice. $349,706 worth of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) was sold by Matthew Price on Tuesday, February 28. FergusonMchugh MaryLynn had sold 2,915 shares worth $265,847 on Tuesday, February 28. Bishop Steven D sold 2,668 shares worth $233,011. Fish Kathleen B also sold $67,758 worth of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) shares. Shares for $88,011 were sold by TASTAD CAROLYN M on Wednesday, February 15.

South Dakota Investment Council increased Johnson Ctls Intl Plc stake by 17,469 shares to 55,576 valued at $2.29 million in 2016Q4. It also upped First Amern Finl Corp (NYSE:FAF) stake by 43,700 shares and now owns 51,600 shares. Avnet Inc (NYSE:AVT) was raised too.

Among 22 analysts covering Proctor & Gamble (NYSE:PG), 10 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 45% are positive. Proctor & Gamble had 50 analyst reports since August 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Jefferies maintained Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) rating on Tuesday, May 30. Jefferies has “Buy” rating and $9800 target. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Tuesday, October 27 with “Sector Perform”. Suntrust Robinson downgraded the shares of PG in report on Thursday, December 22 to “Hold” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Wednesday, December 21 by Stifel Nicolaus. The stock of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, January 19 by Stifel Nicolaus. The rating was upgraded by Morgan Stanley to “Overweight” on Tuesday, January 26. The stock of Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) has “Neutral” rating given on Tuesday, November 17 by Citigroup. The company was downgraded on Tuesday, August 4 by TheStreet. B. Riley & Co upgraded Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) on Monday, August 15 to “Buy” rating. Argus Research upgraded the stock to “Buy” rating in Wednesday, October 12 report.

Analysts await Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE:PG) to report earnings on August, 1. They expect $0.79 earnings per share, 0.00% or $0.00 from last year’s $0.79 per share. PG’s profit will be $2.03B for 27.56 P/E if the $0.79 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.96 actual earnings per share reported by Procter & Gamble Co for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -17.71% negative EPS growth.