TELUS (USA) (TU) Analysts See $0.54 EPS, Last Week Virtusa (VRTU) Coverage

July 26, 2017 - By Marie Mckinney

Among 8 analysts covering Virtusa (NASDAQ:VRTU), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 88% are positive. Virtusa had 21 analyst reports since July 29, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, June 29 by Maxim Group. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Sterne Agee CRT on Thursday, December 17. The stock has “Buy” rating by Suntrust Robinson on Friday, February 19. Barrington Research maintained Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU) on Tuesday, February 9 with “Outperform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating by Needham given on Friday, February 10. The firm has “Buy” rating by Needham given on Thursday, November 5. Cowen & Co initiated the shares of VRTU in report on Friday, February 19 with “Market Perform” rating. On Friday, September 9 the stock rating was initiated by Wedbush with “Neutral”. Needham maintained it with “Buy” rating and $55 target in Wednesday, July 29 report. As per Wednesday, January 25, the company rating was maintained by Maxim Group. See Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU) latest ratings:

24/03/2017 Broker: Cowen & Co Old Rating: Market Perform New Rating: Outperform Upgrade
10/02/2017 Broker: Needham Rating: Buy Old Target: $24 New Target: $32 Maintain

Analysts expect TELUS Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TU) to report $0.54 EPS on August, 11 before the open.They anticipate $0.00 EPS change or 0.00% from last quarter’s $0.54 EPS. TU’s profit would be $318.66M giving it 16.75 P/E if the $0.54 EPS is correct. After having $0.56 EPS previously, TELUS Corporation (USA)’s analysts see -3.57% EPS growth. About 174,757 shares traded. TELUS Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TU) has risen 9.57% since July 26, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 7.13% the S&P500.

TELUS Corporation is a telecommunications company. The company has market cap of $21.35 billion. The Firm provides a range of telecommunications services and products, including wireless and wireline voice and data. It has a 20.97 P/E ratio. The Company’s data services include Internet protocol (IP), television (TV), hosting, managed information technology and cloud services, and certain healthcare solutions.

Among 9 analysts covering Telus Corporation (NYSE:TU), 6 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Telus Corporation had 12 analyst reports since August 4, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. IBC upgraded the shares of TU in report on Wednesday, April 5 to “Sector Outperform” rating. The rating was downgraded by TD Securities on Wednesday, March 23 to “Hold”. RBC Capital Markets maintained the shares of TU in report on Monday, August 10 with “Outperform” rating. As per Friday, November 6, the company rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Buy” rating by Canaccord Genuity given on Thursday, January 5. The firm has “Sector Perform” rating given on Thursday, December 17 by RBC Capital Markets. The stock of TELUS Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TU) earned “Buy” rating by Desjardins Securities on Thursday, August 11. The stock has “Outperform” rating by National Bank Canada on Tuesday, February 7. The stock of TELUS Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TU) has “Buy” rating given on Monday, August 10 by Canaccord Genuity. Goldman Sachs initiated the stock with “Neutral” rating in Friday, December 4 report.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.63 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.60, from 1.03 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 12 investors sold Virtusa Corporation shares while 36 reduced holdings. 28 funds opened positions while 50 raised stakes. 27.57 million shares or 2.80% more from 26.82 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Parametric Associates Limited Liability invested in 53,975 shares or 0% of the stock. Rice Hall James & Limited Liability Com owns 69,652 shares. Putnam Invs Llc reported 177,100 shares. Moreover, Blackrock Gp Ltd has 0% invested in Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU). Ameriprise Fincl accumulated 0% or 139,043 shares. S Squared Technologies Limited Liability Co holds 126,600 shares. Miles Inc invested in 0.14% or 8,865 shares. Advsr Asset Management Inc stated it has 0.01% in Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU). Comerica National Bank & Trust owns 85,268 shares for 0.02% of their portfolio. Moreover, Legal And General Gp Public Limited Co has 0% invested in Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU). Principal Fincl Inc reported 0.01% stake. Los Angeles Cap Mgmt Equity invested in 9,129 shares or 0% of the stock. Tiverton Asset Mgmt Lc has 103,161 shares. Vanguard Group holds 0% or 1.85M shares. State Street owns 614,534 shares.

Virtusa Corporation is an information technology services company. The company has market cap of $1.02 billion. The Company’s services include information technology (IT) and business consulting, digital enablement services, user experience (UX) design, development of IT applications, maintenance and support services, systems integration, infrastructure and managed services. It has a 87.37 P/E ratio. The Company’s services enable its clients to accelerate business outcomes by consolidating, rationalizing and modernizing the clients’ core customer-facing processes into one or more core systems.

Since February 9, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 7 sales for $4.98 million activity. $2.13 million worth of stock was sold by Canekeratne Kris A on Wednesday, June 7. The insider MAHEU RONALD T sold $148,732. Holler Thomas R also sold $836,537 worth of Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ:VRTU) shares. 24,242 shares were sold by Modder Roger Keith, worth $705,364.