American Capital Management Cut Meridian Bioscience (VIVO) Position By $412,250; Heritage-crystal Clean (HCCI) Has 1.86 Sentiment

August 9, 2017 - By Maria Brooks

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. provides full-service parts cleaning, containerized waste management, used oil collection, vacuum truck services and antifreeze recycling. The company has market cap of $421.76 million. The Firm owns and operates a used oil re-refinery. It has a 24.34 P/E ratio. The Firm operates through two divisions: Environmental Services and Oil Business.

American Capital Management Inc decreased Meridian Bioscience (VIVO) stake by 57.05% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. American Capital Management Inc sold 24,250 shares as Meridian Bioscience (VIVO)’s stock rose 6.67%. The American Capital Management Inc holds 18,260 shares with $323,000 value, down from 42,510 last quarter. Meridian Bioscience now has $573.95 million valuation. The stock rose 0.37% or $0.05 reaching $13.6. About 116,249 shares traded. Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) has declined 26.84% since August 9, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 43.54% the S&P500.

Among 4 analysts covering Meridian Bioscience (NASDAQ:VIVO), 2 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 50% are positive. Meridian Bioscience had 7 analyst reports since July 28, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Monday, March 21 by Hilliard Lyons. The rating was maintained by Piper Jaffray on Thursday, July 27 with “Sell”. As per Thursday, September 10, the company rating was maintained by Canaccord Genuity. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Monday, March 28 by Hilliard Lyons.

American Capital Management Inc increased Hms Holdings (NASDAQ:HMSY) stake by 204,519 shares to 2.19 million valued at $39.84M in 2016Q4. It also upped Medidata Solutions (NASDAQ:MDSO) stake by 9,055 shares and now owns 275,826 shares. Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) was raised too.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.27 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.05, from 1.22 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 14 investors sold VIVO shares while 48 reduced holdings. 24 funds opened positions while 55 raised stakes. 35.77 million shares or 1.94% less from 36.48 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. 5.69M are owned by Brown Cap Ltd Liability. Zebra Capital Management Limited Liability holds 36,915 shares or 0.2% of its portfolio. Pnc Financial Services Gru Inc accumulated 97,984 shares. Geode Ltd reported 0% stake. Johnson Investment Counsel Incorporated holds 0.01% in Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) or 25,277 shares. Swiss Financial Bank accumulated 66,500 shares. Bessemer Gp has 78,800 shares. 215,108 are held by Jpmorgan Chase. Moreover, Louisiana State Employees Retirement has 0.02% invested in Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO). Alliancebernstein Limited Partnership owns 79,337 shares. 71,751 are held by Prudential Financial Inc. Mason Street Advsr Limited Liability Com holds 0% in Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO) or 9,201 shares. Royal Comml Bank Of Canada reported 0% of its portfolio in Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIVO). Td Asset owns 20,100 shares. Tiaa Cref Management Lc reported 120,927 shares or 0% of all its holdings.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 insider buys, and 9 insider sales for $2.25 million activity.

Cove Street Capital Llc holds 4.12% of its portfolio in Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. for 2.51 million shares. Central Securities Corp owns 700,000 shares or 2.19% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Redmond Asset Management Llc has 1.1% invested in the company for 152,181 shares. The New York-based Walthausen & Co. Llc has invested 0.71% in the stock. Arrowpoint Asset Management Llc, a Colorado-based fund reported 1.74 million shares.