Price Target Analysis of: Fifth Street Finance Corp. (FSC)

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AlphaOne ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. LS Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Stifel Financial Corp by 5.7% in the third quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 34,000 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,383,000 after buying an additional 6,600 shares in the last quarter. The wealth management services segment provides investment and financial advisory services to businesses and individuals, including financial planning, retirement/estate planning and investment management. Guggenheim Capital LLC now owns 52,821 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $2,639,000 after buying an additional 10,916 shares during the period. Partners Capital Investment Group Holdings LLC now owns 555,848 shares of the company's stock worth $3,229,000 after buying an additional 17,668 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company bought a new stake in shares of Fifth Street Finance Corp. during the third quarter worth approximately $21,791,000.

Shares of Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) opened at 47.65 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $4.53 and a 200-day moving average of $5.24. Following the completion of the purchase, the insider now directly owns 14,424,259 shares of the company's stock, valued at $65,053,408.09.

Stifel Financial Corp (NYSE:SF) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 31st.

Yet another important factor while evaluating a good buy/sell decision for E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC) is its Earnings per Share or EPS. State Auto Financial Corp had a negative return on equity of 2.44% and a negative net margin of 0.61%. For the past 5 years, the company's revenue has grown 23.1%, while the company's earnings per share has grown 29%.

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 14th.

While looking at the Stock's Performance, Fifth Street Finance Corp. now shows a Weekly Performance of -1.34%, where Monthly Performance is -2.21%, Quarterly performance is -19.94%, 6 Months performance is -19.45% and yearly performance percentage is -4.57%.

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Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock.

The share of E*TRADE Financial Corporation (ETFC) now has a value of $33.73 while the company's 52 week low is at $21.52, the shares dropped to the 52 week low on 06/27/16. Citigroup downgraded the stock to "Neutral" rating in Thursday, November 19 report.

Separately, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods set a $45.00 price target on First Financial Corp and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 22nd. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Stifel Financial Corp from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Thursday, January 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. They now have a Dollars 7.5 price target on the stock. They now have a United States dollars 26 price target on the stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $55.40, for a total transaction of $392,398.20. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Richard J. Himelfarb sold 35,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 9th. They now have a $4.00 price objective on the stock. Market Capitalization if basically the market value of the company's shares outstanding. Corporate insiders own 5.14% of the company's stock.

BMO Capital Markets restated their hold rating on shares of Fifth Street Finance Corp. The Firm is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company.

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