Nine Masts Capital LTD Upped Its Au Optronics (AUO) Stake; Badger Meter (BMI) Has 1.32 Sentiment

July 24, 2017 - By Marie Mckinney

Nine Masts Capital Ltd increased Au Optronics Corp (AUO) stake by 171.08% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Nine Masts Capital Ltd acquired 342,672 shares as Au Optronics Corp (AUO)’s stock rose 3.46%. The Nine Masts Capital Ltd holds 542,972 shares with $1.98M value, up from 200,300 last quarter. Au Optronics Corp now has $3.83B valuation. It is 0.13% or $0 reaching $3.92 per share. It is down 56.22% since July 24, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 39.52% the S&P500.

Badger Meter, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating flow measurement, control and communication solutions, serving water utilities, municipalities, and commercial and industrial clients around the world. The company has market cap of $1.40 billion. The Company’s products measure water, oil, chemicals and other fluids, provide and communicate timely measurement data. It has a 38.1 P/E ratio. The Company’s product lines include two categories: sales of water meters and related technologies to municipal water utilities , and sales of meters to various industries for water and other fluids (flow instrumentation).

About 57,460 shares traded. Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) has risen 7.67% since July 24, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 9.03% the S&P500.

Since January 1, 0001, it had 0 insider buys, and 17 sales for $4.42 million activity.

Rodgers Brothers Inc. holds 1.56% of its portfolio in Badger Meter, Inc. for 107,918 shares. Impax Asset Management Ltd owns 823,248 shares or 1.34% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Mairs & Power Inc has 1% invested in the company for 2.11 million shares. The California-based Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management Llc has invested 0.7% in the stock. Dorsey & Whitney Trust Co Llc, a South Dakota-based fund reported 81,976 shares.

Among 8 analysts covering AU Optronics (NYSE:AUO), 2 have Buy rating, 2 Sell and 4 Hold. Therefore 25% are positive. AU Optronics had 10 analyst reports since July 30, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Market Perform” rating by Bernstein on Friday, September 9. The stock of AU Optronics Corp (ADR) (NYSE:AUO) earned “Sell” rating by Citigroup on Thursday, April 7. Bank of America upgraded the shares of AUO in report on Tuesday, July 19 to “Buy” rating. As per Thursday, July 30, the company rating was downgraded by Fubon Bank. As per Monday, January 11, the company rating was upgraded by JP Morgan. As per Friday, March 3, the company rating was downgraded by Bernstein. As per Friday, October 28, the company rating was downgraded by Nomura. The company was downgraded on Thursday, July 30 by KGI Securities. Credit Suisse upgraded the shares of AUO in report on Wednesday, June 29 to “Outperform” rating.