NYSE:CPS - ChoicePoint Stock Price, News, & Analysis

ChoicePoint trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CPS."

ChoicePoint declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, June 20th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 5.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE:CPS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August, 1st. The auto parts company reported $2.74 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.99 by $0.25. The auto parts company earned $928.26 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $903.17 million. ChoicePoint had a net margin of 4.10% and a return on equity of 24.74%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 2.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.60 earnings per share. View ChoicePoint's Earnings History.

ChoicePoint is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October, 30th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for ChoicePoint.

5 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for ChoicePoint's shares. Their forecasts range from $90.00 to $160.00. On average, they expect ChoicePoint's stock price to reach $123.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for ChoicePoint.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for ChoicePoint in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for ChoicePoint.

Some companies that are related to ChoicePoint include Autoliv (ALV), Allison Transmission (ALSN), Gentex (GNTX), Veoneer (VNE), Adient (ADNT), Delphi Technologies (DLPH), Dana (DAN), Dongfeng Motor Group (DNFGY), Dorman Products (DORM), LCI Industries (LCII), Tenneco (TEN), American Axle & Manufact. (AXL), Gentherm (THRM), Meritor (MTOR) and Standard Motor Products (SMP).

Media stories about CPS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. Accern rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. ChoicePoint earned a news impact score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the auto parts company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for ChoicePoint.

ChoicePoint's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (2.08%), Rothschild Asset Management Inc. (1.90%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.35%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.31%), Granite Investment Partners LLC (0.74%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.73%). Company insiders that own ChoicePoint stock include Aleksandra A Miziolek, Hill Advisors Genpar LP Oak, Jeffrey S Edwards, Keith Dwayne Stephenson, Lowell Edward Jackson, Miguel Posada Juan Fernando De, Richard David Williams, Sharon Wenzl, Silver Point Capital LP, Song Min Lee and William Pumphrey. View Institutional Ownership Trends for ChoicePoint.

CPS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Victory Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Smith Asset Management Group LP, Martingale Asset Management L P, BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA, First Trust Advisors LP, Arizona State Retirement System and Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan. Company insiders that have sold ChoicePoint company stock in the last year include Aleksandra A Miziolek, Keith Dwayne Stephenson, Miguel Posada Juan Fernando De, Sharon Wenzl, Silver Point Capital LP, Song Min Lee and William Pumphrey. View Insider Buying and Selling for ChoicePoint.

CPS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P., TD Asset Management Inc., Levin Capital Strategies L.P., Strs Ohio, James Investment Research Inc., Unigestion Holding SA, Wells Fargo & Company MN and Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought ChoicePoint stock in the last two years include Lowell Edward Jackson and Richard David Williams. View Insider Buying and Selling for ChoicePoint.

Shares of CPS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CPS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $125.57.

ChoicePoint has a market capitalization of $2.19 billion and generates $3.62 billion in revenue each year. The auto parts company earns $135.30 million in net income (profit) each year or $11.08 on an earnings per share basis. ChoicePoint employs 32,000 workers across the globe.

ChoicePoint's mailing address is 39550 ORCHARD HILL PLACE DRIVE, NOVI MI, 48375. The auto parts company can be reached via phone at 248-596-5900 or via email at [email protected]