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Akron’s Signet Jewelers lowers earnings outlook, stock plunges

The average target price of all analysts stands at $35. Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG) has declined 31.91% since January 22, 2016 and is downtrending. The stock had a trading volume of 994,686 shares. It gave Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE:SIG) an impact score of 81 for the day.

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This morning Signet also reported is second quarter Fiscal 2017 results for the 13 weeks ending July 30, 2016.

Abrams Bison Investments Llc holds 28.3% of its portfolio in Signet Jewelers Ltd. for 3.70 million shares. According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for Signet Jewelers Limited is 1.39 Billion and the High Revenue Estimate is 1.46 Billion. Analysts anticipate that Signet Jewelers will post $8.22 earnings per share for the current year. Analysts have anticipated $3.63 a share. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.

Each of the analysts also offer Buy/Sell/Hold recommendations on the stock. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Nomura reduced their price objective on shares of Signet Jewelers from $169.00 to $148.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, May 31st. Deutsche Bank AG cut their price objective on Signet Jewelers from $150.00 to $140.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Shares of Signet Jewelers Ltd. (NYSE:SIG) now have an ABR of 78.71, derived from a total of 87.73 opinions. Then investors began to have second thoughts, wondering if an increase was possible as early as next month, and buyers turned to sellers. Signet Jewelers now has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $132.57.

Still, Tiffany’s stock gained 3.8% in premarket trading as the jeweler assured investors that it would meet its full-year targets. Federated Investors Inc. PA now owns 324,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,179,000 after buying an additional 117,097 shares in the last quarter.

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Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ:TECD) released earnings for second quarter that lost ground from a year ago. Analysts had expected 72 cents a share. That would be the fourth quarter in a row of drops, almost unheard of outside of a recession. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Signet Jewelers by 25.1% in the second quarter. Please click the button below to manage your account. In the past 5 years, the stock has earnings growth rate of 14.53% per annum while the Upcoming 5 year’s earnings growth rate is expected to be 17% per annum. The Company manages its business through four segments: the Sterling Jewelers division the UK Jewelry division the Zale division which consists of Zale Jewelry and Piercing Pagoda and the Other segment.

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