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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: TOTAL S.A., Humana, Novo Nordisk, Target and Xcel

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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: TOTAL S.A., Humana, Novo Nordisk, Target and Xcel

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Chicago, IL – November 17, 2017 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include TOTAL S.A. TOT, Humana HUM, Novo Nordisk NVO, Target TGT and Xcel XEL.

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Top Analyst Reports for TOTAL, Humana and Novo Nordisk

The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including TOTAL S.A., Humana and Novo Nordisk. These research reports have been hand-picked from the roughly 70 reports published by our analyst team today.

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Shares of TOTAL S.A. have gained +7.3% year to date, outperforming the Zacks Integrated International Oil industry which has increased +2.5% over the same period. The company’s third- quarter earnings topped expectations on solid operational performance, steadily decreasing breakeven production costs, improvement in the realized prices of commodities and new project ramp ups.

The Zacks analyst likes TOTAL’s new start-ups and acquisitions, which are helping it to boost production. Its decision to acquire Maersk Oil for $7.45 billion will further strengthen its position globally as an oil and gas operator.

Going forward, the company will continue to benefit from its cost management initiatives. However, fluctuating commodity prices, operations in some politically troubled regions and increasing competition could impact the company’s profitability. Due to its global presence, it is also exposed to risks associated with doing business abroad.

(You can read the full research report on TOTAL S.A here >>>).

Shares of Humana have underperformed the Zacks Health Maintenance Organization industry over the last one year, gaining +15.4% vs. 38.8%. Humana’s third-quarter 2017 earnings not only beat expectations but improved year over year driven by lower share count.

The Zacks analyst likes Humana’s strong government business. Its top line has been witnessing an uptrend for past many years. Sufficient generation of cash flow has helped the company take up several capital deployment initiatives aimed at enhancing shareholders’ value.

Humana’s sound balance sheet and disciplined capital management remains a positive. Its strong fundamentals are likely to help the stock gain momentum going forward. However, the company's individual commercial business has remained a drag over past few years.

(You can read the full research report on Humana here >>>).

Novo Nordisk's shares have outperformed the Zacks Large Cap Pharmaceuticals industry year to date (up +38.5% vs. +14.1%). Novo Nordisk’s earnings in third-quarter 2017 topped expectations but revenues missed the same. The Zacks analyst likes the company’s strong pipeline which mainly focuses on therapeutic proteins within insulin, GLP-1, blood clotting factors and human growth hormone.

The company's Diabetes segment is driven by strong performance of drugs like Victoza, Tresiba, Saxenda and Xultophy among others. However, continued growth from Victoza and Tresiba as well as higher contributions from Saxenda and Xultophy will be partly offset by the impact of lower realized prices in the United States, loss of exclusivity for products in hormone replacement therapy, intensifying competition within the diabetes and biopharmaceutics markets and macroeconomic conditions in many markets under International Operations.

(You can read the full research report on Novo Nordisk here >>>).

Other noteworthy reports we are featuring today include Target and Xcel.

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TOTAL is a and oil producing company based in France.

TOTAL produces natural gas in Trinidad.

Its main asset in production is ANGOSTURA GAS in Trinidad.

TOTAL is listed in France, in Germany, in United Kingdom and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is €UR 96.8 billions as of today (US$ 118.3 billions, € 96.9 billions).

Its stock quote reached its lowest recent point on June 04, 1993 at €UR 10.01, and its highest recent level on June 02, 2021 at €UR 39.69.

TOTAL has 2 440 058 000 shares outstanding.

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