$0.04 dividends just around the corner for Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) shareholders.

August 30, 2017 – By Richard Conner

Investors sentiment increased to 0.95 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.25, from 0.7 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 24 investors sold Bruker Corporation shares while 73 reduced holdings. 34 funds opened positions while 58 raised stakes. 105.46 million shares or 0.99% less from 106.51 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported.
Ubs Asset Americas stated it has 61,734 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Capstone Investment Advsrs Ltd Liability Com holds 11,100 shares or 0.01% of its portfolio. Hillsdale Mngmt has 320 shares. Thompson Siegel And Walmsley Ltd Liability stated it has 0% in Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR). Goldman Sachs Inc owns 1.88M shares for 0.01% of their portfolio. California Employees Retirement Sys stated it has 236,900 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. 1.21 million were reported by Geode Capital Llc. Keybank Association Oh accumulated 44,874 shares. Alliancebernstein Limited Partnership invested in 3.64M shares. Ameriprise Financial invested 0% in Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR). Colorado-based Denver Invest Ltd Company has invested 0.02% in Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR). 84,000 are owned by Employees Retirement Systems Of Texas. Engineers Gate Manager Lp reported 0.05% stake. Great West Life Assurance Can holds 11,236 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Systematic Fin Mgmt L P has 80,245 shares for 0.03% of their portfolio.

Since March 13, 2017, it had 5 insider purchases, and 2 insider sales for $392,402 activity. 73,724 shares were sold by Munch Mark, worth $2.04 million on Thursday, June 8. On Friday, May 19 the insider LAUKIEN FRANK H bought $83,631.

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) is expected to pay $0.04 on Sep 22, 2017. The indicated annual dividend is $0.16. Shareholders owning the stock before Aug 31, 2017 will be eligible to receive the payout. Based on Bruker Corporation’s current price of $28.57, the dividend is 0.14 %. This dividend’s record date is Sep 5, 2017 and the announcement date is Aug 14, 2017. The stock increased 0.25% or $0.07 during the last trading session, reaching $28.57. About shares traded. Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) has risen 0.54% since August 30, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 16.16% the S&P500.

Bruker Corporation designs and manufactures scientific instruments, and analytical and diagnostic solutions. The company has market cap of $4.52 billion. The Company’s divisions include the Bruker BioSpin Group; the Bruker Chemicals, Applied Markets, Life Science, In-Vitro Diagnostics, Detection Group; the Bruker Nano Group, and the Bruker Energy & Supercon Technologies (BEST) Segment. It has a 28.63 P/E ratio. The Bruker BioSpin Group segment designs, makes and distributes enabling life science tools.

Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) Ratings Coverage

Among 15 analysts covering Bruker (NASDAQ:BRKR), 3 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 9 Hold. Therefore 20% are positive. Bruker has $3300 highest and $15 lowest target. $25.23’s average target is -11.69% below currents $28.57 stock price. Bruker had 31 analyst reports since August 20, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) has “Buy” rating given on Monday, January 25 by Cantor Fitzgerald. The stock of Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, January 7 by Deutsche Bank. Stifel Nicolaus initiated the stock with “Buy” rating in Thursday, November 12 report. The rating was downgraded by Leerink Swann to “Market Perform” on Tuesday, April 5. The rating was maintained by Cantor Fitzgerald on Thursday, November 5 with “Hold”. Jefferies maintained Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) rating on Thursday, July 13. Jefferies has “Buy” rating and $2900 target. The rating was downgraded by JP Morgan to “Neutral” on Wednesday, December 14. The company was reinitiated on Friday, July 22 by BTIG Research. As per Friday, August 4, the company rating was maintained by Jefferies. The stock has “Buy” rating by BTIG Research on Thursday, September 17.

More important recent Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) news were published by: Prnewswire.com which released: “Bruker Announces US FDA Clearance of Expanded 3rd Claim for MALDI Biotyper” on July 31, 2017, also Digitaljournal.com published article titled: “United States Atomic Force Microscope Market 2017-2022 – NT-MDT, Bruker …”, Prnewswire.com published: “Bruker Reports Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results” on August 03, 2017. More interesting news about Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ:BRKR) was released by: Prnewswire.com and their article: “Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture Selects Bruker NMR FoodScreener® for …” with publication date: August 08, 2017.