Bbva Compass Bancshares Increased Its Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL) Holding; Casella Waste Systems Class A (CWST) SI Increased By 56.98%

Casella Waste Systems Incorporated Class A (NASDAQ:CWST) had an increase of 56.98% in short interest. CWST’s SI was 351,800 shares in May as released by FINRA. Its up 56.98% from 224,100 shares previously. With 403,400 avg volume, 1 days are for Casella Waste Systems Incorporated Class A (NASDAQ:CWST)’s short sellers to cover CWST’s short positions. The SI to Casella Waste Systems Incorporated Class A’s float is 1.05%. About 100,414 shares traded. Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) has risen 70.13% since September 23, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 59.80% the S&P500.

Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc increased Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL) stake by 208.54% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc acquired 31,590 shares as Bhp Billiton Plc (BBL)’s stock rose 2.74%. The Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc holds 46,738 shares with $1.47M value, up from 15,148 last quarter. Bhp Billiton Plc now has $88.52 billion valuation. The stock declined 1.62% or $0.5 reaching $30.39 on the news. About 939,879 shares traded. BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (NYSE:BBL) has risen 8.42% since September 23, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 1.91% the S&P500.

Among 2 analysts covering BHP Billiton (NYSE:BBL), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 0 Hold. Therefore 100% are positive. BHP Billiton had 2 analyst reports since August 23, 2016 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (NYSE:BBL) earned “Buy” rating by Jefferies on Tuesday, August 23. The stock of BHP Billiton plc (ADR) (NYSE:BBL) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, April 12 by Citigroup.

Bbva Compass Bancshares Inc decreased Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) stake by 15,426 shares to 294,959 valued at $11.34M in 2016Q4. It also reduced V F Corporation (NYSE:VFC) stake by 6,701 shares and now owns 45,852 shares. Spdr S&P Dividend Etf (SDY) was reduced too.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a solid waste services company. The company has market cap of $656.10 million. The Firm provides resource management services to residential, commercial, municipal and industrial customers, primarily in the areas of solid waste collection and disposal, transfer, recycling and organics services. It currently has negative earnings. It manages its solid waste activities on a geographic basis through two regional operating divisions: Eastern and Western regions, each of which provides a range of solid waste services, and its recycling and commodity brokerage activities through its Recycling segment.

Since November 16, 2016, it had 0 insider purchases, and 14 selling transactions for $1.33 million activity. Coletta Edmond sold $100,817 worth of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) on Wednesday, November 16. 2,000 shares were sold by PETERS GREGORY B, worth $25,540. $175,278 worth of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) shares were sold by CASELLA DOUGLAS R. Another trade for 1,000 shares valued at $12,500 was sold by SCHMITT DAVID L. 21,447 shares were sold by CASELLA JOHN W, worth $274,522. $94,650 worth of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) was sold by CALLAHAN JAMES F JR. Heald Christopher sold $36,954 worth of stock or 2,887 shares.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.37 in Q4 2016. Its down 0.81, from 2.18 in 2016Q3. It worsened, as 7 investors sold Casella Waste Systems Inc. shares while 42 reduced holdings. 23 funds opened positions while 44 raised stakes. 30.36 million shares or 3.47% more from 29.35 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Bogle Invest Management L P De has invested 0.15% in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Howe And Rusling reported 275 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Arrowstreet Limited Partnership holds 270,217 shares. Goldman Sachs Group Inc Incorporated has 0% invested in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) for 112,318 shares. Eam Lc, a California-based fund reported 121,369 shares. Thompson Davis Incorporated invested 0.13% in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Products Prns Ltd Llc reported 34,000 shares. Credit Suisse Ag invested 0% of its portfolio in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Highbridge Cap Mgmt Ltd Com has 16,152 shares. Gamco Invsts Et Al has 198,700 shares for 0.02% of their portfolio. Allianz Asset Mgmt Ag stated it has 217,804 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Moreover, Teton Inc has 0.74% invested in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Gotham Asset Mgmt Ltd Liability has invested 0% in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Walthausen & Ltd Limited Liability Company accumulated 909,160 shares. Kennedy Capital Management Incorporated owns 642,760 shares or 0.14% of their US portfolio.