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July 23, 2022

Capital One Financial Analysts Lower Earnings Estimates for PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE)

PDC Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCE – Get Rating) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial lowered their Q3 2022 earnings estimates for PDC Energy in a report released on Tuesday, July 19th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now forecasts that the energy producer will post earnings per share of $4.13 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $5.34. The consensus estimate for PDC Energy’s current full-year earnings is $18.51 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for PDC Energy’s Q4 2022 earnings at $4.63 EPS, FY2022 earnings at $17.21 EPS, Q1 2023 earnings at $4.54 EPS, Q2 2023 earnings at $4.74 EPS, Q3 2023 earnings at $5.05 EPS, Q4 2023 earnings at $5.30 EPS and FY2023 earnings at $19.64 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also commented on PDCE. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of PDC Energy from $80.00 to $84.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, April 8th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price target on shares of PDC Energy from $102.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 11th. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of PDC Energy from $87.00 to $77.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 5th. MKM Partners restated a “buy” rating and issued a $76.00 price target on shares of PDC Energy in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Truist Financial lifted their price objective on shares of PDC Energy from $94.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $87.75.

PDC Energy Price Performance

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PDCE opened at $60.59 on Friday. PDC Energy has a 1 year low of $34.52 and a 1 year high of $89.22. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $68.09 and its 200 day simple moving average is $66.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.34, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.78 billion, a PE ratio of 12.07 and a beta of 2.73.

PDC Energy (NASDAQ:PDCE – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The energy producer reported $3.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.18 by $0.48. PDC Energy had a net margin of 26.48{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} and a return on equity of 38.99{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. The business had revenue of $316.45 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $702.98 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.41 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.6{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} on a year-over-year basis.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On PDC Energy

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Royce & Associates LP boosted its holdings in shares of PDC Energy by 4,577.0{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} during the fourth quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 258,266 shares of the energy producer’s stock valued at $12,598,000 after acquiring an additional 252,744 shares during the period. Yousif Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of PDC Energy during the fourth quarter valued at $4,423,000. Citigroup Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of PDC Energy by 20.0{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} during the fourth quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 175,595 shares of the energy producer’s stock valued at $8,566,000 after acquiring an additional 29,323 shares during the period. GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new position in shares of PDC Energy during the fourth quarter valued at $1,219,000. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of PDC Energy by 223.8{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 820,470 shares of the energy producer’s stock valued at $40,023,000 after acquiring an additional 567,065 shares during the period.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Barton R. Brookman, Jr. sold 2,000 shares of PDC Energy stock in a transaction on Monday, May 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.10, for a total value of $136,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 402,201 shares in the company, valued at $27,389,888.10. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. In other PDC Energy news, CFO R Scott Meyers sold 1,000 shares of PDC Energy stock in a transaction on Monday, May 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $68.47, for a total value of $68,470.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 118,128 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,088,224.16. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Barton R. Brookman, Jr. sold 2,000 shares of PDC Energy stock in a transaction on Monday, May 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $68.10, for a total transaction of $136,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 402,201 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,389,888.10. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 62,038 shares of company stock worth $4,370,386. Insiders own 1.20{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996} of the company’s stock.

PDC Energy Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 9th were paid a $0.35 dividend. This represents a $1.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.31{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 8th. This is a positive change from PDC Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. PDC Energy’s payout ratio is 27.89{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}.

PDC Energy Company Profile

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PDC Energy, Inc, an independent exploration and production company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the United States. The company’s operations are primarily located in the Wattenberg Field in Colorado and the Delaware Basin in Texas.

Neat Launches Mobile App for Small Business Financial Management

The Neat Company announced the start of a effective iOS mobile application that enhances its award-winning economical management platform. The Neat Mobile App supplies small business enterprise entrepreneurs with the potential to hook up with their lender and credit card accounts, make and send invoices, and get online payments from prospects proper from an Iphone or iPad. In addition, the Neat Cellular App can be used to seize and research for financial paperwork these as receipts, invoices, and statements while on the go.

As smaller organization proprietors obtain them selves functioning in a variety of places and needing to streamline day-to-working day actions, Neat allows them acquire management of their bookkeeping tactics. Neat’s all-in-just one economic administration system would make it probable for enterprise house owners — with or devoid of accounting knowledge — to quickly and confidently manage their textbooks and preserve business enterprise funds in order.

“Based on my previous experience as a modest business owner, I fully grasp how critical it is to retain funds recent,” defined Garrett Baird, President & CEO of The Neat Enterprise. “With spreadsheets and dated computer software deals, I observed bookkeeping difficult to do and practically not possible if I was not at my desk. It took time absent from increasing my business enterprise, and I nervous that I had certainly done something incorrect. Neat is acting on the problems I noticed all through those a long time by conquering the restrictions of homegrown spreadsheets and creating the approach definitely cell. Neat’s platform is detailed nonetheless straightforward-to-use, and accessible from where ever a little businessperson desires to be. It will conserve them time, stay away from headaches, and help you save dollars by getting textbooks carried out more rapidly and far more competently ideal from your Iphone.”

The Neat Cellular App is designed to mimic Neat’s consumer-pleasant, intuitive, and flexible web knowledge, showcasing its simplicity though powerfully providing required assistance.

Neat’s all-cell features involves:

Indicator-up for a Neat subscription or trial specifically from the mobile app
Capacity to entirely connect organization bank and credit rating card accounts so customers can perspective all transactions from their mobile machine
Accessibility to the Apple iphone/iPad digicam to seize receipts and other files for add right into Neat
Management of uploaded files by organizing them into the application’s file cupboard and person-personalized folders
Precision matching of user-imported info and bodily paperwork
Quick and accurate full-text doc look for on all scanned documents
Consumers to balance guides by matching uploaded paperwork to bank transactions totally on their cellular product
On-the-go bill management, including the capability to see earlier due and remarkable invoices, ship reminders with one particular faucet, and get on-line payments immediately and securely
Peace of head through financial institution-degree protection and encryption for guarding person data and documents
Answers to all person questions through Neat’s endless consumer aid – tap to call or initiate a chat
Safe, rapidly access to person accounts by means of facial detection or fingerprint log-in, reducing the want to enter a password manually

The Neat Cellular Application is now readily available for download from the Apple Keep. The Neat money administration platform can be tried using for free of charge for 14 times. People then spend only $289.99 for a annually subscription ($24/month) with a 30-day money-back again warranty. A thirty day period to thirty day period subscription is also readily available at $29 for every thirty day period.

July 22, 2022

Afya Limited to Report Second-Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results on August 22nd

NOVA LIMA, Brazil–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Afya Limited, or Afya (Nasdaq: AFYA), today announced that it will report Second-Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results for the period ended June 30, 2022, following the close of the market on Monday, August 22^nd, 2022 and will host a corresponding conference call and webcast at 05:00 pm ET.

A live and archived webcast of the call will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at https://ir.afya.com.br/.

To participate in Afya’s Second-Quarter and First Half 2022 conference call, please follow the instructions below:

Webcast: https://afya.zoom.us/j/97592512411

Dial-in:

Brazil: +55 21 3958 7888 or +55 11 4632 2236 or +55 11 4632 2237 or +55 11 4680 6788 or +55 11 4700 9668

United States: +1 312 626 6799 or +1 646 931 3860 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 444 9171 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 253 215 8782

Webinar ID: 975 9251 2411

Other Numbers: https://afya.zoom.us/u/aeeKmxmFd

Afya also announces today the publication of its 2Q22 sell-side analysts’ consensus figures. The consensus figures are based on the forecasts of analysts who follow Afya results on a regular basis. This information was collected between July 15, 2022 and July 21, 2022, directly from the sell-side analysts.

These firms follow Afya on their own initiative and Afya is not responsible for their views. Afya is neither involved in the collection of the information nor in the compilation of the estimates.

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Net Revenue	562	567	565	557	573	554	563	564
Adjusted EBITDA	213	217	217	224	211	211	216	215
Adjusted EBITDA Margin	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	40{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	37{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}	38{21df340e03e388cc75c411746d1a214f72c176b221768b7ada42b4d751988996}

Disclaimer

The consensus estimate is based on estimates, forecasts and predictions made by third party financial analysts. It is not prepared based on information provided or checked by Afya and can only be seen as a consensus view on Afya’s results from an outside perspective. Afya has not provided input on these forecasts, except by referring to past publicly disclosed information. Afya does not accept any responsibility for the quality or accuracy of any individual forecast or estimate. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Afya or third parties. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between Afya’s actual future results, financial situation, development or performance, and the estimates given here. Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results is included in filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the section titled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Rule 424(b) prospectus. These documents are available on the SEC Filings section of the investor relations section of our website at: https://ir.afya.com.br/.

About Afya:

Afya is a leading medical education group in Brazil based on the number of medical school seats, delivering an end-to-end physician-centric ecosystem that serves and empowers students and physicians to transform their ambitions into rewarding lifelong experiences from the moment they join us as medical students through their medical residency preparation, graduation program, continuing medical education activities and offering digital products to help doctors enhance their healthcare services through their whole career.

July 21, 2022

Edelman Financial Engines Launches New Workplace Platform

Edelman Financial Engines introduced the launch of a new holistic monetary wellness platform for the workplace identified as Momentum.

Retirement Readiness, which has, for several several years, been the flagship workplace featuring from Edelman Money Engines (and which is by now applied by extra than 10 million workforce all-around the U.S.) will both proceed to be obtainable as a standalone providing to companies and will also now type the initial of four distinct—yet cohesive—solutions in just the new Momentum system.

The new system, the official identify of which is Momentum by Edelman Financial Engines, is composed of the Retirement Readiness, Life’s Money Times, Every day Wealth and Wellness and Numerous Worker Requires offerings.

This new system is intended to serve as a bridge across Edelman Monetary Engine’s 401(k) managed accounts and expense advisory products and services with a suite of capabilities to help employees with their broader economical wellness wants, according to Jason Van de Loo, Edelman’s head of Wealth Organizing and Marketing and advertising.

To support this, Edelman Monetary Engines has 350 planners all certified with CFP or CRPC designations and yet another 300 customer support specialists. Edelman also has far more than 140 offices all-around the state.

The very first part of Momentum, Retirement Readiness, is an current established of 401(k) in-system advisory companies, which consists of electronic assistance and discretionary 401(k) qualified administration as very well as entry to human advisors. Also inside of Retirement Readiness is entry to the firm’s new retirement money provider, Revenue Outside of Retirement, released in June.

Inside the 2nd part of Momentum, Life’s Economic Moments, is specialised assistance all around a approach member’s important money times, such as when they have been employed and are becoming onboarded or other individual and specialist lifetime milestones, be they household improvements, promotions, fairness grants or moving into retirement.

Every day Wealth and Wellness is the third part of the system and presents ongoing support for the much more everyday aspects of lifestyle, which include monetary concerns like budgeting and conserving and financial debt management, as effectively as advanced organizing help.

Eventually, Varied Employee Requires is meant to tackle concerns across demographic teams, and would involve webinars for employee resource groups as effectively as counseling guidance.

Although Retirement Readiness is however available on its individual, the other three components are not supposed to be accessible on an à la carte basis.

In a nutshell, Momentum is a mix of digital resources, focused communications and info as very well as accessibility to advisors all of it aimed at generating a more individualized knowledge for workforce.

“It’s very clear that (the) workplace is the new ground zero for retirement investing, and arguably, for investing extra normally,” explained William Trout, director of prosperity management at Javelin Approach & Analysis, in speaking about the announcement.

He suggested what Edelman Monetary Engines has built with Momentum was reminiscent of how Morgan Stanley progressed its individual workplace offerings.

“They [Edelman Financial Engines] are environment up a significant acquisition funnel that leads to a whole-assistance guidance connection,” he claimed of the new system, noting it is presently apparent workforce are more and more on the lookout to their businesses for support in retirement preparing, but with a big difference from the past.

“These employees are likely to be a pair decades young than the normal high-web-worthy of consumer and far more receptive to a long-phrase assistance proposition, significantly just one built on digital resources,” stated Trout.

After these more youthful staff are in the funnel, the available tools and stream of facts and guidance—if considered timely, handy and personalized—should help to make trust and believability, he reported.

Edelman Monetary Engines currently functions with 10 million individuals on its place of work side and the business has 1.3 million clients enrolled in its managed prosperity providing total assets below administration are $275 billion as of the end of March.

July 21, 2022

How You Should Hire A Financial Analyst

As wealth grows, its administration demands specialised understanding, talent, and know-how. Significant Web Truly worth People today (HNWIs) and Ultra Substantial Web Truly worth People today (UHNWIs) specifically devote their time and cash in choosing a very good financial analyst or a workforce of this kind of analysts. The causes are out there: with so numerous methods and investments unfold all over, the unique simply cannot, even if they want to, generally hold observe of how their wealth is becoming used and managed. They never have the sort of time, so they delegate the work to professionals. As a result, a fantastic fiscal analyst is an indispensable requirement in prosperity administration.
When I say this, I do not suggest to imply that only the prosperous ought to use economic analysts. These professionals are for everyone out there nevertheless, they do not come affordable. Anyway, their function in streamlining their portfolio, organizing your sources, and giving you counsel backed by exploration and experience will help folks make seem money conclusions and lead an economically stable daily life. But, you ought to employ the service of them sensibly. You will occur across folks and/or organizations which claim that they have the magic wand to make you experience incredible benefits. But, it is rather likely all that is a whitewash. I have outlined a several recommendations for individuals who would like to seek the services of a financial analyst.

Figure out the sort of analyst you want
In advance of you soar into the selection approach, you should figure out exactly where you need to have economic analyses and counsel at. This is important since there are different varieties of monetary analysts these consist of rating analysts, financial investment analysts, protection analysts, and whatnot. If you look for assistance on a extremely particular spot of fiscal administration, then you must shortlist people who have obtained expertise in the same. There are industry experts who review the historic facts of the firm and do jobs, while there are other folks who suggest brokers on when to provide their client’s investments. Failing to verify this extremely essential component may well result in you to shell out additional income than you require to.
Test them on their fundamentals
All the grandiose claims really should not be allowed to influence your judgment. You will have to count much more on observation than words, and for this reason, it is advised that you undertake a extensive exam of the fundamentals prior to you shortlist any individual. Request the prospect about the inventory sector, its basic principles, his use of accounting computer software, and information of the most up-to-date trends in the current market. You are free to randomly toss all sorts of elementary questions which an analyst is expected to know and realize really well. Preserve a view on how theoretical and practical their answers are. If their responses are straight out of a textbook, you may perhaps want to investigate their information further.
Essential Reasoning is crucial
An analyst is an analyst simply because he can assess. Sure, it seems very uncomplicated, but the actuality differs. It is not stunning to find people who assert to have several years of practical experience in money administration only to fall short at the most clear significant reasoning checks. You have a huge large amount at your disposal, and it will be a excellent folly to entrust them to a person who does not actually have sensible knowledge. So, when you interview your applicant, question them several critical reasoning thoughts relating to business enterprise management and expense. Ask them to counsel actions to turn a decline-making segment of a business successful. Pay back focus to what and how they suggest.
Do a thorough qualifications check out
As I wrote right before, I do not imagine in words. These fiscal analysts will invest a fancy quantity on advertising and marketing on their own. They will be sitting in an all-glassed business up on the 100th floor, with a staff of subordinates around decked out in highly-priced satisfies – but they could possibly as well be schemers. Assemble regardless of what set of paperwork they give and double-check out the particulars furnished by way of unbiased investigation. Question all over about the qualifications and status of the analyst or the company you wish to retain the services of. Find out the consumers pointed out in the prospectus and enquire about their expertise with the analyst. Make sure that the analyst is duly registered with the selected authority. Only following having performed your aspect ought to you decide to shortlist the applicant.

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July 20, 2022

Mariner Wealth Advisors Acquires The Financial Services Network

Mariner Prosperity Advisors, based in Overland Park, Kan., introduced the acquisition of The Financial Services Community, an OSJ, RIA and service provider of back again office support based in Sacramento, Calif., that offers administrative, consulting, compliance and operational expert services to more than 400 independent monetary advisors.

This most up-to-date acquisition will expand the access of Mariner Platform Answers, an affiliate of Mariner Wealth Advisors that provides a suite of methods to independent monetary advisors who request to scale their firms and concentrate on serving purchasers with no again-business office distractions.

The Community will rebrand as Mariner Advisor Network and aim on bolstering the firm’s main choices of technologies, portfolio consulting, compliance and functions, digital administration solutions, and mergers and acquisitions assistance for independent advisors. The organization will also continue on its strategic romantic relationship with LPL Economical, one of the nation’s top RIA custodians and its major unbiased broker/seller.

“These days is a acquire for advisors who seek out to devote extra time advising their customers and developing their business and significantly less time taking care of the working day-to-working day functions,” stated Marty Bicknell, CEO and president of Mariner Wealth Advisors. “The depth of experience among the the gurus at The Network and the attain and skills of LPL Fiscal will permit us to serve much more advisors and increase their obtain to some of the industry’s ideal back-office environment and consulting means.”

The Network was established in 1984 and has progressed in excess of the a long time as an office of supervisory justice, an RIA business and a supplier of support products and services for independent economic advisors. Led by controlling partners Daxs Stadjuhar, Christopher Mercado, and Jeremy Olen, The Network currently has more than 400 advisors in 20 states with $26 billion in property below advisement. (The Network’s RIA, which features a portfolio consulting business enterprise, has $6 billion beneath administration, with the remaining $20 billion under advisement as a result of impartial advisers.) The government leadership group will continue to be in area and has been asked to direct the combined business enterprise giving, integrating means and strategically increasing capabilities.

“The complementary character of our experience, options and advisor-centric philosophy will accelerate the growth of our network, broaden the scope of how we function with advisors, and assistance advisors defeat the common impediments to expansion,” claimed Mercado. “We’re thrilled to sign up for the Mariner spouse and children and search forward to leading and developing the Mariner Advisor Community with each other.”

Considering that its inception in 2020, Mariner System Answers has partnered with 33 firms with a overall of $2.6 billion in belongings beneath administration and has around 66 advisors and 22 brands leveraging its resources. This acquisition will incorporate far more than 400 advisors and far more than 50 associates who make up a specialised group of transition, investment, compliance and administrative aid professionals committed to serving the needs of independent fiscal advisors.

Started in 2006 with $300 million in belongings under advisement, Mariner Wealth Advisors and its affiliates now advise on a lot more than $60 billion in property. It is amid the swiftest escalating RIAs in the country, asserting seven acquisitions in the to start with 50 percent of 2022.

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