Cubic Asset Management Cut Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Stake By $304,400; Urban Outfitters, Inc. (URBN) Covered By 11 Bullish Analysts Last Week

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August 24, 2017 - By Vivian Currie

Cubic Asset Management Llc decreased Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY) stake by 22.04% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Cubic Asset Management Llc sold 7,610 shares as Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (BBBY)’s stock declined 14.12%. The Cubic Asset Management Llc holds 26,917 shares with $1.09 million value, down from 34,527 last quarter. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc now has $3.98 billion valuation. The stock increased 0.58% or $0.16 during the last trading session, reaching $27.53. About shares traded. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) has declined 16.34% since August 24, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 33.04% the S&P500.

Among 33 analysts covering Urban Outfitters Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN), 11 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 20 Hold. Therefore 33% are positive. Urban Outfitters Inc. had 95 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock to “Equal-Weight” rating in Thursday, November 17 report. The rating was maintained by FBR Capital on Tuesday, March 8 with “Market Perform”. The stock of Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) has “Sector Perform” rating given on Tuesday, November 17 by RBC Capital Markets. The firm has “Market Perform” rating given on Friday, June 10 by Telsey Advisory Group. The company was maintained on Tuesday, August 8 by BMO Capital Markets. Mizuho maintained the shares of URBN in report on Tuesday, November 17 with “Neutral” rating. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Wednesday, February 8 by Mizuho. The company was maintained on Wednesday, August 17 by Oppenheimer. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Wednesday, November 23 by Deutsche Bank. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, August 16 by Robert W. Baird. See Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) latest ratings:

16/08/2017 Broker: SunTrust Rating: Buy Maintain
16/08/2017 Broker: Morgan Stanley Rating: Equal-Weight Old Target: $17 New Target: $19 Maintain
16/08/2017 Broker: Bank of America Rating: Buy Old Target: $22 New Target: $24 Maintain
16/08/2017 Broker: Robert W. Baird Rating: Buy New Target: $22.0 Maintain
16/08/2017 Broker: Goldman Sachs Rating: Sell New Target: $18.0
16/08/2017 Broker: Jefferies Rating: Buy New Target: $25.0 Maintain
16/08/2017 Broker: KeyBanc Capital Markets Rating: Buy New Target: $26.0
15/08/2017 Broker: Oppenheimer Rating: Hold Maintain
15/08/2017 Broker: FBR Capital Rating: Neutral Old Target: $24 New Target: $16 Maintain
08/08/2017 Broker: BMO Capital Markets Rating: Hold New Target: $20.0000 Maintain

Investors sentiment increased to 0.77 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.03, from 0.74 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 59 investors sold BBBY shares while 178 reduced holdings. 48 funds opened positions while 135 raised stakes. 138.22 million shares or 0.25% less from 138.56 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Panagora Asset Inc invested in 188,517 shares. Aviva Public Ltd Co reported 100,862 shares. Thompson Investment Mngmt invested in 0.77% or 96,751 shares. Boyar Asset Management stated it has 1.04% in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Pitcairn invested in 0.12% or 23,196 shares. Moreover, Breithorn Cap Management has 0.33% invested in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Klingenstein Fields And Ltd Liability Corp has 0.01% invested in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Tci Wealth holds 0% or 200 shares in its portfolio. Sei reported 231,115 shares. Amica Mutual Insurance Commerce reported 0.06% of its portfolio in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Teachers Retirement Systems Of The State Of Kentucky reported 0.01% stake. Shufro Rose And Com Lc, a New York-based fund reported 49,745 shares. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board holds 0.05% of its portfolio in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) for 124,044 shares. Old Mutual Customised Solutions (Proprietary) Ltd invested 0.05% of its portfolio in Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY). Gam Ag holds 0.25% or 356,052 shares in its portfolio.

Analysts await Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) to report earnings on September, 19 after the close. They expect $0.95 earnings per share, down 14.41% or $0.16 from last year’s $1.11 per share. BBBY’s profit will be $137.34 million for 7.24 P/E if the $0.95 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.58 actual earnings per share reported by Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts 63.79% EPS growth.

Cubic Asset Management Llc increased Fedex Corporation (NYSE:FDX) stake by 3,060 shares to 30,885 valued at $5.75M in 2016Q4. It also upped Itt Inc stake by 31,540 shares and now owns 43,997 shares. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was raised too.

Among 28 analysts covering Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY), 2 have Buy rating, 7 Sell and 19 Hold. Therefore 7% are positive. Bed Bath & Beyond had 54 analyst reports since September 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Citigroup maintained the shares of BBBY in report on Thursday, September 22 with “Sell” rating. The company was maintained on Friday, January 8 by Telsey Advisory Group. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Monday, June 19 by Robert W. Baird. Telsey Advisory Group maintained the shares of BBBY in report on Thursday, June 23 with “Market Perform” rating. The company was maintained on Friday, January 8 by Argus Research. The firm has “Buy” rating by Cantor Fitzgerald given on Friday, September 25. The stock of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) earned “Neutral” rating by Robert W. Baird on Friday, January 8. Morgan Stanley maintained Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) on Friday, June 23 with “Sell” rating. The firm earned “Sector Perform” rating on Friday, February 12 by Oppenheimer. The firm has “Sell” rating by Topeka Capital Markets given on Tuesday, May 24.

Since May 5, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 1 insider sale for $3.59 million activity. Shares for $3.59 million were sold by TEMARES STEVEN H.

Urban Outfitters, Inc. is a lifestyle specialty retail company. The company has market cap of $2.26 billion. The Firm operates through two divisions: Retail and Wholesale. It has a 13.08 P/E ratio. The Company’s Retail segment consists of its Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Free People, Terrain and Bhldn brands, whose merchandise is sold to its clients through retail stores, Websites, mobile applications, catalogs and customer contact centers.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.09 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.10, from 1.19 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 48 investors sold Urban Outfitters, Inc. shares while 89 reduced holdings. 47 funds opened positions while 102 raised stakes. 85.37 million shares or 1.17% less from 86.38 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Manufacturers Life Insur The stated it has 97,468 shares. Invesco holds 0.02% of its portfolio in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) for 2.02M shares. Gateway Invest Advisers Limited Liability Corp reported 0% of its portfolio in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN). Geode Capital Lc reported 0.01% stake. Canada Pension Plan Inv Board accumulated 0.02% or 182,762 shares. New York-based Armistice Ltd Co has invested 2.02% in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN). 16,591 were reported by Amalgamated Bankshares. 27,541 are held by Capstone Asset Mngmt. Citadel Advsr Limited Liability Corp accumulated 644,758 shares. Meeder Asset accumulated 0.08% or 28,345 shares. 13,400 were accumulated by Pacad Investment Ltd. Nuveen Asset Mgmt Ltd Liability Co reported 501,258 shares or 0.07% of all its holdings. State Treasurer State Of Michigan reported 0.01% stake. Tudor Inv Et Al owns 0.01% invested in Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) for 11,800 shares. 2.57M were accumulated by Blackrock Institutional Trust Company Na.

The stock increased 0.46% or $0.09 during the last trading session, reaching $19.55. About 200 shares traded. Urban Outfitters, Inc. (NASDAQ:URBN) has declined 30.56% since August 24, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 47.26% the S&P500.

By Vivian Currie

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Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY) Traded Lower Than Its 50 Day Moving Average

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The stock last traded at $27.37 which is just a bit below $29.20, the 50 day moving average and which is quite a bit below the 200 day moving average of $35.46. The 50 day moving average went down $-1.83 or -6.26% and the 200 day average was down $-8.09. Trading was light with 1,487K shares changing hands in the last trading session. Shares saw a steep decrease in trading volume of 29.43% under the normal average daily volume.

These funds have also shifted positions in (BBBY). Proficio Capital Partners LLC downsized its investment by shedding 140 shares a decrease of 50.4% from 12/31/2016 to 03/31/2017. Proficio Capital Partners LLC owns 138 shares valued at $5,000. The value of the position overall is down by 54.5%. Fny Managed Accounts LLC grew its position by buying 2,131 shares an increase of 532.8% in the quarter. Fny Managed Accounts LLC now holds 2,531 shares with a value of $99,000. The total value of its holdings increased 518.8%. As of the end of the quarter Fny Partners Fund Lp had sold a total of 990 shares trimming its holdings by 99.0%. The value in dollars went from $41,000 to $0 decreasing 100.0% for the reporting period. Winton Group Ltd reduced its stake by shedding 14,066 shares a decrease of 2.5%. Winton Group Ltd claims 551,437 shares worth $21,760,000. The total value of its holdings decreased 5.3%. The company is up by 0.59 percent from yesterday’s close. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. also recently announced a dividend for shareholders to be paid on Tuesday the 17th of October 2017. The dividend will be $0.150 per share for the quarter or $0.60 annualized. This dividend amount will represent a yeild of $2.21. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday the 14th of June 2017. The P/E ratio is 6.30 and the market value is 3.85B. As of the latest earnings report the EPS was $4.35 and is estimated to be $4.02 for the current year with 140,696,000 shares outstanding. Next quarter’s EPS is forecasted to be $0.71 and the next full year EPS is anticipated to be $3.91. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., launched on October 5, 1971, is a retailer, which operates under the names Bed Bath & Beyond (BBB), Christmas Tree Shops, Christmas Tree Shops andThat! or andThat! (collectively, CTS), Harmon or Harmon Face Values (collectively, Harmon), buybuy BABY (Baby) and World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus (collectively, Cost Plus World Market). The Company operates in two segments: North American Retail and Institutional Sales..

Trader thoughts - the long and short of it

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We can now see a reversal in fortunes and sentiment deteriorating, although the sell-off feel to holding risk assets seems to have stemmed purely from rumour.

Granted, we can see certain corporate issues in play, with Cisco Systems weighing on the Dow. However, the main issue seems to have arisen from an interview conducted on CNBC, where Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, from the Yale School of Management, was interviewed on the potential impact on markets, should National Economic Advisor and potential new Fed Chair Gary Cohn resign. By all accounts, he is under pressure from some of his ex-Wall Street buddies and is said to be ‘unhappy’, by Trump’s recent commentary. Let’s recall he is not the first in the Trump Administration to be ‘unhappy’, but we can still see Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in his role, as is Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The market, even heard from a number of prominent political journalists, such as Axios Political Reporter Jonathan Swan, who tweeted, “rumour flying around Wall Street that Gary Cohn has resigned. Source with direct knowledge tells me the rumour is ‘100% false.’” Still, despite a number of other reports that suggest Cohn isn’t actually looking at resigning, the market seems to have bypassed this and is of the belief that Trump is on a war path with anyone and everyone. Furthermore, it would be far more advantageous to hold strong relationships, not just with the future Fed Chair, but also business leaders and with senior senators too.

We are now seeing headlines that “Trump said to drop plan to form infrastructure advisory council”, although to be fair, the market probably hadn’t known much about this council in the first place.

If we look at markets, we can see the S&P 500 taking a bath -1.5%, and in what looks like a fairly important technical development has closed (2430) below last Friday’s low of 2342. Small caps have underperformed, with the Russell 2000 closing -1.8% and below its 200-day average. As you’d imagine with the index down to this degree, we are seeing broad based sector losses, with financials, energy and tech all moving sharply lower.

Implied volatility has moved higher again, with the US volatility index (“VIX”) pushing to 15.5% (+32.5%), while the US 10-year treasury has dropped four basis points to 2.18%. We can see a further bid in the Fed Fund future, and thus, the market is now pricing in eight basis points of hikes by year-end (or 32% chance). Of course, we can see demand for the JPY, with strong selling in AUD/JPY, EUR/JPY and USD/JPY, which is currently ¥109.60 and could be eyeing a move into the 11 August low of ¥108.72.

Interesting, despite the lack of real love for the USD we’re seeing weakness in EUR/USD, although the pair has come well of the session lows of $1.1662 (currently $1.1734). A move through $1.1700 seems important, but we are now seeing the ECB step up its concern about the EUR, with the latest set of ECB minutes detailing ‘concerns were expressed about the risk of the exchange rate overshooting in the future.’ If you felt Mario Draghi had recently given a green light for trader’s to push EUR/USD into $1.2000, well we have just seen the ECB step into the picture to give us reasons to think twice about the conviction behind further upside in EUR/USD and EUR/GBP.

Staying in the FX theme, and AUD/USD has come well off the highs of $0.7962 and has retraced about a third of yesterday’s strong rally. We have had the big Aussie data points out of the way this week. While wages and jobs have garnered attention, market pricing of future changes in RBA policy haven’t shifted, with 11 basis points of hikes being priced in by May 2018. AUD/JPY has had the far bigger move, as you’d expect being a FX proxy of sentiment towards risk and after trading above Wednesday’s high looks set for a close below the low – a bearish key day reversal. Follow through selling in the session ahead will not be taken well.

We can look at the influence of commodity markets and oil has seen a small upside move of 0.5% to $0.5%, although has done little to help energy stocks. Gold has reacted positively to the move lower in US ‘real’ (or inflation-adjusted) bond yield, putting on 0.8% and eyeing another key test of the $1295/96 double top. A close through here in the session ahead and we start talking $1350. We got quite excited about base metals yesterday, with huge gains in zinc, lead and nickel. In the overnight session, we haven’t seen much follow through and prices are largely stagnant, so we won’t see the same love as we did for Aussie miners as yesterday, and it promises to be a tough day at the office for the ASX 200.

I maintain the focus on the trading range of 5800 to 5675 on the ASX 200 and it continues to respect this range like a dream. So many traders get frustrated by the lack of trend in this index, but if you are going to play the index, then you have to trade the conditions/set-up and for 13 straight weeks if we sold into 5800 and bought into 5675 you’d have done well. We always ask if this time is different, but our ASX 200 call sits at 5732, with SPI futures 46 points lower from 4:10pm AEST (the ASX 200 close), so carry on trading this set-up.

It’s not the best conditions to report earnings in either, although the reporting calendar is on the light side, with traders and investors eyeing numbers from CLW, LNK, PRY and SPK. We are around a third of the way through of receiving full-year numbers and we find 39% have beaten consensus, while 47% have beaten on the sales line. The average miss on earnings has been 0.8% under expectations, so by and large, the analysts have been on the mark.

While we have a number of important corporates yet to report, aggregate EPS growth has been +6.4%, with revenue +4.8%, and we expect this to climb from here. So a good earnings season so far (perhaps a 6.5/10), but clearly not enough to cause any real re-ratings to earnings estimates and subsequently not the inspiration thus far to spur the bulls into pushing the ASX 200 out of its range. Of course, global macro issues are also playing into this issue.