$0.21 EPS Expected for Verint Systems Inc. (VRNT)

August 21, 2017 – By Max Morgan

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.92 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.11, from 1.03 in 2016Q3. It worsened, as 23 investors sold Verint Systems Inc. shares while 67 reduced holdings. 21 funds opened positions while 62 raised stakes. 58.29 million shares or 2.30% more from 56.98 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported.
Blackrock Incorporated owns 63,774 shares for 0% of their portfolio. 12 were accumulated by Whittier Trust. Dimensional Fund L P has 0.02% invested in Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) for 1.04 million shares. Tompkins Fincl Corporation owns 699 shares. Sirios Cap Mgmt Limited Partnership has 1.46 million shares. Northern Tru stated it has 0.01% in Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT). Dreman Value L L C owns 235 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Parametric Port Assoc Ltd Limited Liability Company accumulated 53,965 shares. The Minnesota-based Pine River Cap Mgmt L P has invested 0.09% in Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT). Evercore Wealth Mngmt Ltd Co invested 0% of its portfolio in Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT). 452,596 were reported by Polaris Cap Management Lc. Pnc Fincl Service Gru reported 6,883 shares. Eulav Asset holds 0.06% or 33,200 shares. Price T Rowe Assoc Md invested in 0% or 13,874 shares. Ubs Asset Management Americas Inc owns 46,189 shares or 0% of their US portfolio.

Since April 3, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 8 sales for $8.15 million activity. Another trade for 4,901 shares valued at $208,194 was sold by Robinson Douglas. On Monday, April 3 BODNER DAN sold $5.89M worth of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) or 137,773 shares. Another trade for 16,955 shares valued at $693,333 was made by FANTE PETER on Friday, April 7. The insider DEMARINES VICTOR sold 2,800 shares worth $119,196. 3,103 Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) shares with value of $128,464 were sold by MYERS LARRY F. 1,789 shares were sold by MORIAH ELAN, worth $73,134 on Monday, April 10.

Analysts await Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) to report earnings on September, 6. They expect $0.21 earnings per share, down 34.38 % or $0.11 from last year’s $0.32 per share. VRNT’s profit will be $13.18 million for 45.54 P/E if the $0.21 EPS becomes a reality. After $0.23 actual earnings per share reported by Verint Systems Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -8.70 % negative EPS growth. It is down 23.95% since August 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 7.25% the S&P500.

Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) Ratings Coverage

Among 9 analysts covering Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT), 6 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Verint Systems had 28 analyst reports since September 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. RBC Capital Markets maintained Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) rating on Thursday, December 3. RBC Capital Markets has “Outperform” rating and $52 target. Oppenheimer maintained Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) on Thursday, June 8 with “Buy” rating. The stock of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) earned “Outperform” rating by FBR Capital on Thursday, December 3. The rating was maintained by William Blair with “Hold” on Sunday, September 6. The stock of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) earned “Overweight” rating by JP Morgan on Wednesday, March 30. The stock has “Buy” rating by Deutsche Bank on Sunday, September 6. The rating was maintained by Credit Suisse on Thursday, September 3 with “Outperform”. As per Friday, December 4, the company rating was maintained by Imperial Capital. The rating was downgraded by Imperial Capital to “In-Line” on Friday, March 31. The stock of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) earned “Buy” rating by Goldman Sachs on Friday, February 10.

Verint Systems Inc. offers Actionable Intelligence solutions. The company has market cap of $2.40 billion. The Firm delivers its Actionable Intelligence solutions through two operating divisions: Customer Engagement Solutions and Cyber Intelligence Solutions. It currently has negative earnings. It is a well-known provider of customer engagement software and services that can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud.

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