Astrazeneca PLC (AZN) Position Cut by Epoch Investment Partners Inc

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Among 31 analysts covering AstraZeneca PLC (LON:AZN), 15 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 13 Hold.

While looking at the Stock's Performance, AstraZeneca PLC now shows a Weekly Performance of 1.7%, where Monthly Performance is 1.82%, Quarterly performance is 12.83%, 6 Months performance is 25.05% and yearly performance percentage is 25.6%. The stock declined 8.29% or $0.85 reaching $9.4 per share. Deutsche Bank AG reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of AstraZeneca plc in a research report on Monday, May 22nd. On average, equities analysts predict that Astrazeneca PLC will post $1.86 earnings per share for the current year. AstraZeneca plc presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of GBX 5,171.80 ($65.89). Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Astrazeneca PLC by 1,686.6% in the first quarter. The company has market cap of 68.36 billion GBP. UBS has "Sell" rating and $4 target. The firm has "Buy" rating by Citigroup given on Wednesday, May 25.

AstraZeneca PLC (AstraZeneca) is a biopharmaceutical company. The rating was maintained by Societe Generale with "Buy" on Thursday, March 23.

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN) will report its next earnings on Jul 27 BMO.

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AstraZeneca PLC closed its last trading session at $34.54 with the gain of 0.29%. AstraZeneca PLC has GBX 7600 highest and GBX 3700 lowest target. They expect $0.44 EPS, down 46.99% or $0.39 from last year's $0.83 per share. The company has a market capitalization of $87.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.87 and a beta of 0.81. During the same period previous year, the company earned $0.95 EPS.

AstraZeneca plc (LON:AZN) opened at 5371.00 on Thursday. The target price by Credit Suisse would suggest a potential downside of -7.73 % from the company's stock close price. Liberum Capital decreased their price objective on AstraZeneca plc from GBX 5,200 ($66.25) to GBX 5,100 ($64.98) and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, February 13th. Natixis maintained it with "Neutral" rating and GBX 4456 target in Wednesday, November 4 report. The firm earned "Outperform" rating on Wednesday, August 12 by Robert W. Baird. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 52,656 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,439,000 after buying an additional 919 shares during the period. The Company focuses on discovery and development of products, which are then manufactured, marketed and sold. The company reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.38 by $0.61. The Firm focuses on three main therapy areas: Oncology, Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease (CVMD) and Respiratory, while selectively pursuing therapies in Autoimmunity, Infection and Neuroscience. The Switzerland-based Banque Pictet & Cie Sa has invested 0% in the stock. Its down 0.79, from 1.63 in 2016Q3. Penn Inc reported 32,475 shares. Brown Brothers Harriman And owns 700 shares or 0% of their U.S. portfolio. Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION) was raised too. Ellington Mgmt Group Incorporated Ltd holds 0.02% or 29,500 shares.

Clearbridge Llc increased Legacy Tex Finl Group Inc stake by 96,840 shares to 534,517 valued at $23.02 million in 2016Q4. Barker William E also sold $72,521 worth of Hi-Crush Partners LP (NYSE:HCLP) shares.

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