Analysts See $1.09 EPS for MSC Industrial Direct Co (MSM); Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT) Had 2 Analysts Last Week

June 27, 2017 - By Michael Collier

Among 10 analysts covering Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP (NASDAQ:CLMT), 2 have Buy rating, 3 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 20% are positive. Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP had 23 analyst reports since August 6, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. RBC Capital Markets reinitiated Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) rating on Monday, November 16. RBC Capital Markets has “Outperform” rating and $32.0 target. Cowen & Co maintained Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) rating on Thursday, February 18. Cowen & Co has “Buy” rating and $23 target. The firm has “Underperform” rating given on Monday, April 11 by Credit Suisse. FBR Capital initiated Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) on Friday, September 9 with “Mkt Perform” rating. The firm has “Underperform” rating given on Friday, March 24 by Credit Suisse. On Monday, April 18 the stock rating was downgraded by RBC Capital Markets to “Sector Perform”. The firm has “Underperform” rating by Raymond James given on Monday, April 18. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Janney Capital on Monday, April 18. The firm earned “Market Perform” rating on Monday, April 18 by Wells Fargo. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Credit Suisse on Friday, February 19. See Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) latest ratings:

24/03/2017 Broker: Credit Suisse Old Rating: Neutral New Rating: Underperform Downgrade

Analysts expect MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) to report $1.09 EPS on July, 5.They anticipate $0.04 EPS change or 3.81% from last quarter’s $1.05 EPS. MSM’s profit would be $62.24M giving it 19.52 P/E if the $1.09 EPS is correct. After having $0.93 EPS previously, MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc’s analysts see 17.20% EPS growth. The stock increased 0.45% or $0.38 during the last trading session, reaching $85.11. About shares traded. MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) has risen 18.92% since June 27, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 2.22% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 0.93 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.12, from 0.81 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 35 investors sold MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc shares while 105 reduced holdings. 55 funds opened positions while 75 raised stakes. 43.15 million shares or 6.79% less from 46.29 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Liberty Mutual Asset Management has invested 0.06% in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM). Invesco Limited owns 120,919 shares. First Advsr Ltd Partnership owns 167,504 shares for 0.05% of their portfolio. Advisors Asset Management has invested 0.06% of its portfolio in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM). 84,072 were accumulated by Citadel Advsrs Ltd Llc. Airain Limited stated it has 11,109 shares. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Invest Llc invested in 0.03% or 27,566 shares. Fin Architects Incorporated has invested 0.01% in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM). Fmr Ltd Llc accumulated 1.78 million shares. Jefferies Ltd Llc, a New York-based fund reported 17,156 shares. Cadence Cap Mngmt Limited Com invested in 18,860 shares. Fisher Asset Mngmt Limited Liability Company, Washington-based fund reported 656,344 shares. Blackrock Institutional Tru Na has invested 0.02% in MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM). Scopus Asset Mgmt L P holds 0.38% or 183,500 shares in its portfolio. Cubist Systematic Strategies Ltd Liability Corp holds 0.05% or 6,546 shares in its portfolio.

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. is a North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and activities services and products. The company has market cap of $4.86 billion. The Company’s range of MRO products include cutting tools, measuring instruments, tooling components, metalworking products, fasteners, flat stock, raw materials, abrasives, machinery hand and power tools, safety and janitorial supplies, plumbing supplies, materials handling products, power transmission components and electrical supplies. It has a 21.5 P/E ratio. The Firm serves a range of clients throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, from individual machine shops, to manufacturing companies, to government agencies, such as the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense.

Since January 12, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 15 sales for $10.61 million activity. Another trade for 16,371 shares valued at $1.61 million was made by Armstrong Steve on Thursday, January 12. 998 shares were sold by KELLY DENIS F, worth $100,101 on Monday, January 23. Shares for $2.07M were sold by Jones Douglas E. Davanzo Christopher also sold $517,500 worth of MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) on Tuesday, January 31. $1.10M worth of MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) shares were sold by POLLI GREGORY. 19,667 shares were sold by Bonomo Charles, worth $1.95 million on Thursday, January 12. Another trade for 2,341 shares valued at $234,100 was sold by WRIGHT DAVID.

Among 15 analysts covering MSC Industrial Direct Co. (NYSE:MSM), 3 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 11 Hold. Therefore 20% are positive. MSC Industrial Direct Co. had 28 analyst reports since July 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) earned “Buy” rating by Gabelli on Friday, January 15. Deutsche Bank upgraded the stock to “Hold” rating in Thursday, January 26 report. The company was upgraded on Monday, December 5 by William Blair. The rating was maintained by Stephens on Wednesday, October 28 with “Equal-Weight”. KeyBanc Capital Markets maintained MSC Industrial Direct Co Inc (NYSE:MSM) rating on Monday, March 14. KeyBanc Capital Markets has “Overweight” rating and $80 target. BMO Capital Markets initiated it with “Market Perform” rating and $80 target in Tuesday, April 5 report. The firm has “Underperform” rating by Credit Suisse given on Friday, August 19. On Wednesday, April 5 the stock rating was maintained by KeyCorp with “Sector Weight”. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Tuesday, March 22 by Sterne Agee CRT. The rating was downgraded by Raymond James to “Mkt Perform” on Monday, December 5.

Since February 28, 2017, it had 2 insider purchases, and 0 insider sales for $92,822 activity. Mawer Stephen P had bought 3,600 shares worth $14,022. Another trade for 20,000 shares valued at $78,800 was made by Go Timothy on Tuesday, February 28.

It closed at $4.1 lastly. It is down 20.88% since June 27, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 4.18% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.03 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.19, from 1.22 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 17 investors sold Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P shares while 16 reduced holdings. 8 funds opened positions while 26 raised stakes. 8.38 million shares or 25.58% more from 6.67 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Barclays Public Ltd Liability Corp holds 58,132 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Royal Bankshares Of Canada holds 268,875 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Oakwood Capital Mngmt Limited Liability Corp Ca reported 0.03% stake. Winslow Evans And Crocker has 2,000 shares. 21,220 were accumulated by Janney Montgomery Scott Limited Liability Company. Fifth Third National Bank & Trust holds 0% of its portfolio in Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT) for 30,300 shares. Ftb Advsr Inc invested in 0% or 500 shares. Adams Asset Advsr Limited Liability Co reported 0.22% in Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (NASDAQ:CLMT). 4,500 were accumulated by Bessemer. Raymond James Financial Serv Advsrs Inc has 42,500 shares for 0% of their portfolio. Barnett invested in 71,900 shares. Creative Planning holds 0% or 45,806 shares in its portfolio. Credit Suisse Ag reported 89,663 shares stake. West Family owns 69,547 shares. Next Finance Group Inc invested in 722 shares or 0% of the stock.