Total S.A. (NYSE:TOT) was downgraded by analysts at Liberum Capital from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, Marketbeat.com reports.

Several hedge funds and institutional investors recently bought and sold shares of TOT. Orca Investment Management LLC increased its position in Total by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. Orca Investment Management LLC now owns 6,835 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $307,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the period. Shelton Capital Management increased its position in Total by 18.5% in the fourth quarter. Shelton Capital Management now owns 8,378 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $377,000 after buying an additional 1,308 shares during the period. Capital One National Association increased its position in Total by 59.4% in the fourth quarter. Capital One National Association now owns 10,821 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $486,000 after buying an additional 4,031 shares during the period. Osborn Rohs Williams & Donohoe increased its position in Total by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Osborn Rohs Williams & Donohoe now owns 11,655 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $524,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the period. Finally, Sage Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in Total during the fourth quarter worth $551,000.

Shares of Total (NYSE:TOT) traded down 4.99% during trading on Tuesday, hitting $41.47. The company had a trading volume of 1,678,537 shares. Total has a 12-month low of $39.05 and a 12-month high of $55.86. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $43.41 and a 200 day moving average of $46.92. The stock has a market cap of $95.43 billion and a PE ratio of 99.45.

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 22nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 18th were issued a dividend of $0.6639 per share. This represents a $2.66 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.08%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 16th.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on TOT. Howard Weil upped their price objective on Total from $53.00 to $56.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 8th. Scotiabank reiterated a “sector outperform” rating and issued a $56.00 price objective (up from $53.00) on shares of Total in a research note on Friday, October 9th. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Total from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $58.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 13th. Barclays lowered Total from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 1st. Finally, Citigroup Inc. reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Total in a research note on Thursday, December 3rd. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, sixteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Total currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $49.49.

Total S.A. is an energy operator. The Company operates through three business segments: an Upstream segment, including alongside the activities of the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, the activities of gas and power; a Refining & Chemicals segment constituting an industrial hub comprising the activities of refining, petrochemicals and specialty chemicals and also includes the activities of oil trading and shipping; a Marketing & Services segment, including the global activities of supply and marketing in the field of petroleum products, as well as the activity of new energies, and a Corporate segment, which includes holdings operating and financial activities. Its projects include CLOV, EGINA, IKIKE, INCAHUASI, LAGGAN-TORMORE, OML-58 UPGRADE, EA-1 AND EA-1A (NYSE:TOT), ELGIN – FRANKLIN REDEVELOPMENT and ABSHERON PH.1, among others.

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