Camber Capital Management Lowered By $6.25 Million Its Arena Pharmaceuticals (ARNA) Position; Casella Waste Systems Class A (CWST) Shorts Decreased By 4.18%

June 21, 2017 - By Migdalia James

Camber Capital Management Llc decreased Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA) stake by 59.52% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Camber Capital Management Llc sold 6.25M shares as Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc (ARNA)’s stock declined 10.74%. The Camber Capital Management Llc holds 4.25M shares with $6.04M value, down from 10.50 million last quarter. Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc now has $591.54 million valuation. The stock declined 1.52% or $0.25 reaching $16.35 per share. About 957,772 shares traded or 257.55% up from the average. Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) has declined 11.92% since June 21, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 28.62% the S&P500.

Casella Waste Systems Incorporated Class A (NASDAQ:CWST) had a decrease of 4.18% in short interest. CWST’s SI was 330,000 shares in June as released by FINRA. Its down 4.18% from 344,400 shares previously. With 220,400 avg volume, 2 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 0.98%. The stock decreased 0.32% or $0.05 during the last trading session, reaching $15.81. About 198,233 shares traded. Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) has risen 99.42% since June 21, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 82.72% the S&P500.

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. is a solid waste services company. The company has market cap of $655.92 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 has a 1512.92 P/E ratio. 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 February 28, 2017, it had 0 insider buys, and 12 sales for $1.20 million activity. Coletta Edmond sold 10,093 shares worth $129,190. 6,897 shares were sold by CASELLA DOUGLAS R, worth $88,282 on Tuesday, February 28. 10,093 shares were sold by Johnson Edwin D, worth $129,190 on Monday, March 6. CASELLA JOHN W had sold 21,447 shares worth $274,522. Nagle Emily K also sold $40,896 worth of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) on Monday, March 6. $36,954 worth of Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) was sold by SCHMITT DAVID L. Heald Christopher had sold 2,887 shares worth $36,954.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.37 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.81, from 2.18 in 2016Q3. It is negative, 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. Brant Point Inv Mgmt holds 480,400 shares. State Street Corp holds 0% or 644,761 shares in its portfolio. Legal And General Gp Public Limited reported 9,901 shares stake. Blackrock Advsr Limited Liability Company has 0% invested in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Martingale Asset Mgmt Ltd Partnership has 0.03% invested in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Gamco Invsts Inc Et Al reported 198,700 shares stake. Metropolitan Life Insur Company Ny stated it has 29,188 shares. Blackrock stated it has 12,119 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Moreover, Rmb Management Ltd Liability Co has 1.18% invested in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) for 1.77 million shares. Aqr Capital Management Limited Liability Co holds 19,224 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Geode Cap Mgmt Limited Liability Com holds 0% or 306,852 shares in its portfolio. Blackrock Japan reported 0% of its portfolio in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST). Citigroup holds 0% in Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) or 61,565 shares. Raymond James And Assoc invested in 136,935 shares or 0% of the stock. Intl Gru stated it has 22,234 shares.

Among 6 analysts covering Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST), 4 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Casella Waste Systems Inc. had 9 analyst reports since August 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Equal-Weight” rating given on Friday, December 9 by First Analysis. The company was upgraded on Tuesday, January 26 by Raymond James. The rating was maintained by First Analysis with “Overweight” on Friday, June 17. The rating was upgraded by Stifel Nicolaus on Monday, May 9 to “Buy”. Zacks downgraded the shares of CWST in report on Wednesday, August 19 to “Buy” rating. The company was upgraded on Thursday, September 3 by Zacks. The firm earned “Neutral” rating on Monday, November 7 by Wedbush.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.97 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.79, from 1.18 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 9 investors sold ARNA shares while 25 reduced holdings. 19 funds opened positions while 48 raised stakes. 110.93 million shares or 6.74% less from 118.95 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Next Finance Gp Incorporated stated it has 5,054 shares or 0% of all its holdings. Senzar Asset Mngmt Ltd Liability Corp reported 1.88M shares. 37,400 are owned by Axa. Hightower Advsr Limited Liability Co has 0% invested in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA). Ascend Limited Co accumulated 0.13% or 1.83M shares. 400 were accumulated by Ancora Limited Liability Company. Sg Americas Securities Limited Liability Corporation holds 98,919 shares or 0% of its portfolio. Moreover, Voya Investment Mgmt Limited Liability Com has 0% invested in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA). Renaissance Technology Limited Liability accumulated 7.52 million shares. Invesco Limited reported 0% in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA). The Illinois-based North Star Invest Corp has invested 0% in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA). Metropolitan Life Ins Communications Ny owns 154,600 shares. Rhumbline Advisers invested in 0% or 276,171 shares. Jfs Wealth Advisors Ltd Liability Company reported 740 shares. Amalgamated Savings Bank owns 0% invested in Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) for 30,079 shares.

Since May 12, 2017, it had 1 buy, and 0 selling transactions for $29,750 activity. Another trade for 25,000 shares valued at $29,750 was bought by Munshi Amit.