After Deutsche Bank and Barrington gave Affiliated Managers (NYSE: AMG) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from Citigroup. Analyst William Katz maintained a Buy rating on Affiliated Managers today and set a price target of $140. The company’s shares opened today at $111.68, close to its 52-week low of $110.27.
According to TipRanks.com, Katz is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 2.5% and a 54.3% success rate. Katz covers the Financial sector, focusing on stocks such as Apollo Global Management LLC, Raymond James Financial, and WisdomTree Investments.
Affiliated Managers has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $168, representing a 50.4% upside. In a report released today, Deutsche Bank also maintained a Buy rating on the stock with a $164 price target.
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Based on Affiliated Managers’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 30, the company reported a quarterly net profit of $125 million. In comparison, last year the company had a net profit of $125 million.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 26 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is positive on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders buying their shares of AMG in relation to earlier this year. Most recently, in August 2018, Samuel Byrne, a Director at AMG bought 2,034 shares for a total of $183,507.
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Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. is an asset management company with equity investments in a diverse group of growing, boutique investment management firms. The company provides assistance to investment management firms in strategic matters, marketing, distribution, product development and operations.
