Alpha Windward closed out its stake in Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor previously had a 15 share stake in the software company, valued at approximately $1,103. Alpha Windward had fully closed out its position in software company by the time it had filed its most recent disclosure.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fisher Asset Management increased its position in shares of Tableau Software by 22.1% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management now owns 134,327 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $12,656,000 after buying an additional 24,321 shares during the period. Marcus Capital purchased a new position in shares of Tableau Software during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,073,000. Quantitative Systematic Strategies purchased a new position in shares of Tableau Software during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $309,000. Janus Capital Management increased its position in shares of Tableau Software by 132.1% in the third quarter. Janus Capital Management now owns 135,984 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $10,849,000 after buying an additional 77,384 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Asset Management increased its position in shares of Tableau Software by 72.0% in the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management now owns 378,416 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $30,190,000 after buying an additional 158,468 shares during the period.

Shares of Tableau Software Inc (NYSE:DATA) opened at 73.3109 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $87.96 and its 200 day moving average is $94.13. Tableau Software Inc has a 12 month low of $71.61 and a 12 month high of $131.34. The company’s market capitalization is $5.31 billion.

Tableau Software (NYSE:DATA) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, November 5th. The software company reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters’ consensus estimate of $0.07 by $0.07. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.06 EPS. The firm earned $170.80 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.62 million. The firm’s revenue was up 63.4% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts predict that Tableau Software Inc will post $0.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Vetr raised shares of Tableau Software from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and set a $90.07 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, October 12th. Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Tableau Software from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 6th. Brean Capital assumed coverage on shares of Tableau Software in a research note on Tuesday, January 12th. They issued a “hold” rating for the company. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $116.00 price target on shares of Tableau Software in a research note on Friday, January 1st. Finally, Pacific Crest reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $138.00 price target on shares of Tableau Software in a research note on Saturday, November 7th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and eighteen have assigned a buy rating to the company. Tableau Software has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $114.55.

In other Tableau Software news, CEO Christian Chabot sold 150,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $95.87, for a total transaction of $14,380,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 4,362 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $418,184.94. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Chris Stolte sold 250,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $95.86, for a total transaction of $23,965,000.00. Following the sale, the insider now directly owns 4,361 shares in the company, valued at approximately $418,045.46. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

Tableau Software, Inc. (NYSE:DATA) is a provider of analytics and business intelligence software solutions. The Company’s products are Tableau Desktop, a self-service analytics product, Tableau Server, a business intelligence platform for organizations, Tableau Online, a cloud-based version of Tableau Server, and Tableau Public, a free cloud-based platform for analyzing and sharing public data. The Company’s products are used by people across a range of organizations, including Fortune 500 corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, government agencies, universities, research institutions and non-profits. The Company’s technologies include visual query language (VizQL), a visual query language that translates drag-and-drop actions into data queries and then expresses the information visually, and Hybrid Data Architecture, which combines the Company’s Live Query and In-Memory Data Engines technologies. The Company markets its products under the Tableau brand.

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