Sabre (SABR) Stock Rating Lowered by Evercore ISI

Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) was downgraded by equities research analysts at Evercore ISI from an “outperform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note issued on Friday, Marketbeat reports.

SABR has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Sabre from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the company from $25.00 to $20.00 in a research note on Monday, September 11th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of Sabre from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 4th. Oppenheimer reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $24.00 price target on shares of Sabre in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. Deutsche Bank reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $22.00 price target (down previously from $25.00) on shares of Sabre in a research note on Monday, October 9th. Finally, Cowen set a $23.00 price target on shares of Sabre and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 12th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $22.63.

Shares of Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) traded down $0.46 on Friday, reaching $20.43. 3,790,922 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,746,234. Sabre has a twelve month low of $17.30 and a twelve month high of $25.33. The firm has a market cap of $5,741.03, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.49, a P/E/G ratio of 5.12 and a beta of 0.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 5.29, a quick ratio of 0.89 and a current ratio of 0.89.

Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 31st. The information technology services provider reported $0.31 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.07. Sabre had a net margin of 5.22% and a return on equity of 53.97%. The business had revenue of $900.60 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $884.04 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.27 EPS. Sabre’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. analysts anticipate that Sabre will post 1.22 earnings per share for the current year.

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Advisor Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Sabre by 55.6% during the 2nd quarter. Advisor Group Inc. now owns 5,681 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $121,000 after purchasing an additional 2,029 shares in the last quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Sabre during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $203,000. Citigroup Inc. grew its position in shares of Sabre by 98.9% during the 2nd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 9,521 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $207,000 after purchasing an additional 4,734 shares in the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its position in shares of Sabre by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 12,444 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock worth $272,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Delta Lloyd Asset Management N.V. acquired a new position in shares of Sabre during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $287,000.

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Sabre Company Profile

Sabre Corporation is a technology solutions provider to the global travel and tourism industry. The Company provides software and services to a range of travel suppliers and travel buyers. The Company operates through two business segments: Travel Network, and Airline and Hospitality Solutions. Travel Network is its global business-to-business travel marketplace and consists primarily of its global distribution system (GDS) and a set of solutions that integrate with its GDS to serve travel suppliers and travel buyers.

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