Out of 9 analysts covering Hortonworks (NASDAQ:HDP), 8 rate it “Buy”, 0 “Sell”, while 1 “Hold”. This means 89% are positive. Hortonworks was the topic in 14 analyst reports since June 1, 2015 according to StockzIntelligence Inc.

The institutional sentiment increased to 2.1 in Q2 2015. Its up 0.66, from 1.44 in 2015Q1. The ratio improved, as 13 funds sold all Hortonworks Inc shares owned while 18 reduced positions. 30 funds bought stakes while 35 increased positions. They now own 15.38 million shares or 26.25% more from 12.18 million shares in 2015Q1.

Dragoneer Investment Group Llc holds 2.31% of its portfolio in Hortonworks Inc for 267,974 shares. Passport Capital Llc owns 2.60 million shares or 1.33% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Cupps Capital Management Llc has 1.22% invested in the company for 501,800 shares. The California-based Crosslink Capital Inc has invested 0.92% in the stock. Contour Asset Management Llc, a New York-based fund reported 638,231 shares.

Hortonworks, Inc. is a provider and distributor of an enterprise-grade Hadoop solution called the Hortonworks Data Platform . The company has a market cap of $538.39 million. The Company’s platform integrates with data center technologies to enable data architectures and enables its clients to collect, store, process and analyze existing and new data types in a way that augments rather than replaces their existing data center infrastructure. It currently has negative earnings. It provides support subscription offerings and related professional services around the HDP, which is its open source software distribution of Apache Hadoop and associated projects.

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