Analysts at Piper Jaffray Reiterated their “Buy” rating for Green Bancorp (GNBC). The Price Objective is Set to $25.0000, 7 Analysts Bullish Genesee & Wyoming (GWR)

July 28, 2017 - By Dolores Ford

Among 8 analysts covering Green Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:GNBC), 5 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 63% are positive. Green Bancorp Inc has $2000 highest and $16 lowest target. $17.75’s average target is -15.48% below currents $21 stock price. Green Bancorp Inc had 11 analyst reports since August 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Market Perform” rating by Keefe Bruyette & Woods given on Thursday, October 29. Suntrust Robinson downgraded the stock to “Neutral” rating in Friday, April 29 report. On Thursday, June 1 the stock rating was maintained by Keefe Bruyette & Woods with “Hold”. Hovde Group upgraded the stock to “Outperform” rating in Wednesday, June 8 report. The rating was downgraded by SunTrust on Friday, April 29 to “Neutral”. Suntrust Robinson downgraded Green Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:GNBC) on Tuesday, August 25 to “Neutral” rating. Piper Jaffray initiated the stock with “Overweight” rating in Wednesday, January 18 report.

Among 11 analysts covering Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 64% are positive. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. had 29 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by RBC Capital Markets on Wednesday, September 2 with “Outperform”. Cowen & Co maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $89 target in Tuesday, August 4 report. The stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) earned “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Friday, April 29. Bank of America upgraded it to “Buy” rating and $76 target in Wednesday, April 19 report. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Monday, November 2 by Macquarie Research. The firm has “Hold” rating by RBC Capital Markets given on Thursday, July 6. Cowen & Co maintained Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) on Wednesday, November 2 with “Outperform” rating. The stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) has “Sector Perform” rating given on Thursday, January 7 by RBC Capital Markets. The stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) earned “Outperform” rating by Cowen & Co on Wednesday, May 3. The company was maintained on Friday, October 21 by Cowen & Co. See Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) latest ratings:

10/07/2017 Broker: Cowen & Co Rating: Buy New Target: $75.0000 Maintain
06/07/2017 Broker: RBC Capital Markets Rating: Hold New Target: $67.0000 Maintain
22/06/2017 Broker: Credit Suisse Rating: Buy New Target: $77.0000
03/05/2017 Broker: Cowen & Co Rating: Outperform Old Target: $77.00 New Target: $75.00 Maintain
19/04/2017 Broker: Bank of America Old Rating: Neutral New Rating: Buy New Target: $76.00 Upgrade
12/04/2017 Broker: RBC Capital Markets Rating: Hold Maintain
09/02/2017 Broker: Cowen & Co Rating: Outperform Old Target: $72 New Target: $77 Maintain

The stock decreased 1.30% or $0.86 during the last trading session, reaching $65.17. About shares traded. Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) has risen 13.88% since July 28, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 2.82% the S&P500.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. owns and operates freight railroads across the world. The company has market cap of $4.06 billion. As of December 31, 2016, the Company owned or leased 122 freight railroads worldwide that are organized in 10 operating regions. It has a 27.36 P/E ratio. The Firm operates through three divisions, which include North American Operations, Australian Operations and U.K./European Operations.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.89 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.72, from 1.17 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 14 investors sold Genesee & Wyoming Inc shares while 75 reduced holdings. 55 funds opened positions while 113 raised stakes. 58.36 million shares or 5.62% more from 55.25 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Ls Limited Liability invested in 0.02% or 4,008 shares. M&R Capital Mngmt owns 400 shares. Everpoint Asset Mgmt Llc invested 0.03% of its portfolio in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR). Goldman Sachs Grp Inc stated it has 697,661 shares or 0.01% of all its holdings. Btim holds 144,659 shares. Gilman Hill Asset Mngmt Ltd Llc reported 3,364 shares. Moreover, Lpl Ltd has 0% invested in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) for 5,668 shares. Highbridge Cap Management Ltd Com holds 126,200 shares. Peak6 Invs Lp holds 0.01% in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) or 18,569 shares. Profund Advsrs Limited Liability Company stated it has 9,698 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. Ftb Advsr Incorporated reported 81 shares. Motley Fool Wealth Mgmt Llc has invested 0.37% of its portfolio in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR). Washington Tru Savings Bank reported 0% of its portfolio in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR). Moreover, Liberty Mutual Group Asset Management has 0.07% invested in Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR). Capstone Asset Mngmt Co invested in 0.01% or 4,093 shares.

Since February 14, 2017, it had 1 insider purchase, and 6 sales for $2.18 million activity. Shares for $176,897 were sold by Fergus Allison M. 6,071 shares valued at $390,851 were sold by Gallagher Timothy J on Thursday, May 4. Shares for $297,680 were sold by FULLER MORTIMER B III on Tuesday, February 14. HELLMANN JOHN C had sold 14,015 shares worth $1.04M on Thursday, February 23. Another trade for 1,560 shares valued at $101,041 was made by NEUPAVER ALBERT J on Wednesday, May 24. Walsh Matthew O. also sold $269,318 worth of Genesee & Wyoming Inc (NYSE:GWR) on Friday, May 26. 1,677 shares were sold by Liucci Christopher F, worth $108,133.