Media headlines about CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. CBIZ earned a media sentiment score of 0.21 on Accern’s scale. Accern also gave news articles about the business services provider an impact score of 46.75750592905 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock’s share price in the next several days.
Here are some of the news articles that may have impacted Accern Sentiment Analysis’s rankings:
- Voluntary Disclosure Program Can Eliminate Sales Tax Exposure for Online Retailers (article) (cbiz.com)
- CBIZ (CBZ) Presents At CFA Society Of Minnesota 6th Annual Intellisight Conference - Slideshow (seekingalpha.com)
- Uptrend Call Working As Cbiz Inc Stock Rises 40.7% (CBZ) (mysmartrend.com)
- Would Tax Cuts Spur Economic Growth? (article) (cbiz.com)
- Are Tax Cuts a Trumped Up Way to Spur Growth? (article) (cbiz.com)
Shares of CBIZ (CBZ) opened at 14.80 on Friday. CBIZ has a 12-month low of $10.73 and a 12-month high of $15.90. The firm has a market cap of $804.04 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.51 and a beta of 0.91. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $14.92 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.57.
CBIZ (NYSE:CBZ) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 3rd. The business services provider reported $0.20 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $211 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $207.42 million. CBIZ had a return on equity of 9.42% and a net margin of 5.54%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.16 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that CBIZ will post $0.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
CBZ has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research upgraded CBIZ from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $18.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Friday, April 28th. ValuEngine raised CBIZ from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 2nd.
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In other news, insider Ware H. Grove sold 25,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, June 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $15.10, for a total value of $377,500.00. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 258,272 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,899,907.20. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Ware H. Grove sold 22,927 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.25, for a total value of $349,636.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 262,673 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,005,763.25. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 7.20% of the company’s stock.
CBIZ Company Profile
CBIZ, Inc (CBIZ) is engaged in the professional services business. The Company operates its professional services business through acquiring and integrating accounting and financial service providers, group health benefits consulting firms, property and casualty brokerage firms, payroll service providers, and valuation and other service firms throughout the United States.
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