TOTAL S.A. (NYSE:TOT) has received an average rating of “Buy” from the fourteen brokerages that are currently covering the stock, Ratings Network reports. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and eight have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $63.33. Total SA (ADR) (NYSE:TOT) stock opened at $60.57 in last session, and closed at $61.03, while the day range of TOT stock is $6.08-7.00. The stock showed a positive weekly performance of 3.60%.
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) SVP Mykel Ziolo unloaded 4,027 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.92, for a total transaction of $297,675.84. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 40,823 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,017,636. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES) stock opened at $78.82, in last session and closed at $79.50, by gained 1.06%.The 52 week range of $61.32-85.15.Company’s market capitalization is $26.84 billion.
Suncor Energy (SU) has been downgraded by The Street Ratings from buy to hold. The company’s strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and reasonable valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we find that the company’s profit margins have been poor overall. Suncor Energy Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SU) stock loosed -0.33% and finished the last session at $33.40.The EPS of the stock remained 1.77.Company’s market capitalization is $49.73 billion.
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled early this week to allow BP to move forward with awarding the medical benefits portion of its $9.2-billion claims settlement with Gulf Coast residents. In January 2013, a federal judge gave final approval to a settlement between BP and as many as 100,000 plaintiffs, covering the cleanup workers and residents who developed respiratory problems, skin rashes and neurological issues after the exposure to oil. The settlement was then appealed, but objections by some members of the settlement class were withdrawn over the past year, allowing the appeal to be dropped. BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) stock opened the session at $48.53, and closed the session at $48.81.The 52 week range of the BP stock remained $39.99-49.20 and the day range was $48.47-48.96.