Schnieders Capital Management LLC Acquires 1,850 Shares of TotalFinaElf, S.A. (TOT)

Schnieders Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in TotalFinaElf, S.A. (NYSE:TOT) by 30.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,894 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock after buying an additional 1,850 shares during the period. Schnieders Capital Management LLC’s holdings in TotalFinaElf, were worth $391,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Fulton Bank N.A. raised its stake in TotalFinaElf, by 50.0% in the first quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 18,332 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $925,000 after buying an additional 6,110 shares during the period. Raymond James Trust N.A. increased its stake in shares of TotalFinaElf, by 28.1% in the first quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 77,282 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $3,897,000 after buying an additional 16,941 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of TotalFinaElf, by 10.2% in the first quarter. Creative Planning now owns 38,426 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $1,937,000 after buying an additional 3,556 shares in the last quarter. Dynamic Advisors Solutions LLC increased its stake in shares of TotalFinaElf, by 50.4% in the first quarter. Dynamic Advisors Solutions LLC now owns 18,790 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $947,000 after buying an additional 6,300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lynch & Associates IN increased its position in TotalFinaElf, by 11.5% in the first quarter. Lynch & Associates IN now owns 15,928 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $803,000 after buying an additional 1,644 shares during the period. 6.18% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Shares of TotalFinaElf, S.A. (NYSE TOT) opened at 50.49 on Friday. TotalFinaElf, S.A. has a 52 week low of $45.05 and a 52 week high of $54.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $125.77 billion, a PE ratio of 17.41 and a beta of 0.76. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $50.15 and its 200-day moving average price is $50.78.

TotalFinaElf, (NYSE:TOT) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 27th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.98 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $39.92 billion for the quarter. TotalFinaElf, had a net margin of 4.59% and a return on equity of 9.07%. On average, equities research analysts expect that TotalFinaElf, S.A. will post $3.95 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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TOT has been the subject of several analyst reports. TheStreet upgraded TotalFinaElf, from a “c” rating to a “b” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 27th. Canaccord Genuity upgraded TotalFinaElf, from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, July 21st. ValuEngine downgraded TotalFinaElf, from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 18th. Scotiabank reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $54.00 price target on shares of TotalFinaElf, in a report on Wednesday, May 17th. Finally, BidaskClub cut TotalFinaElf, from a “sell” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Saturday, June 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating, five have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. TotalFinaElf, has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $53.75.

TotalFinaElf, Company Profile

Total SA (Total) is an oil and gas company. The Company has three segments: an Upstream segment, including the activities of the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, and the activities of gas and power; a Refining & Chemicals segment constituting an industrial hub consisting of the activities of refining, petrochemicals and specialty chemicals, and also includes the activities of oil trading and shipping, and a Marketing & Services segment, including the activities of supply and marketing in the field of petroleum products, as well as the activity of New Energies.