Nielsen Holdings Gets a Sell Rating from Barclays

In a report released yesterday, Manav Patnaik from Barclays maintained a Sell rating on Nielsen Holdings (NYSE: NLSN), with a price target of $21. The company’s shares opened today at $22.08, close to its 52-week low of $20.53.

According to TipRanks.com, Patnaik is a 5-star analyst with an average return of 13.6% and a 71.6% success rate. Patnaik covers the Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Thomson Reuters Corp, Cintas Corp, and Robert Half.

Nielsen Holdings has an analyst consensus of Hold, with a price target consensus of $26.50.

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The company has a one-year high of $43.61 and a one-year low of $20.53. Currently, Nielsen Holdings has an average volume of 4.08M.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 131 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. Most recently, in May 2018, Robert Pozen, a Director at NLSN sold 12,210 shares for a total of $390,110.

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Nielsen Holdings Plc engages in the provision of global marketing data collection and analytics services. It operates through the Watch and Buy segment. The Watch segment offers services to media and advertising clients and audience measurement services. The Buy segment provides consumer packaged goods to manufacturers and retailers.