North Star Investment Management Has Lowered Envirostar Com (EVI) Holding; Easterly Government Properties I (DEA) Shorts Down By 0.07%

August 11, 2017 - By Dolores Ford

North Star Investment Management Corp decreased Envirostar Inc Com (EVI) stake by 73.1% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. North Star Investment Management Corp sold 356,596 shares as Envirostar Inc Com (EVI)’s stock declined 15.88%. The North Star Investment Management Corp holds 131,229 shares with $1.90 million value, down from 487,825 last quarter. Envirostar Inc Com now has $277.37M valuation. The stock rose 4.70% or $1.2 reaching $26.75. About 20,305 shares traded. Envirostar Inc (NYSEMKT:EVI) has risen 443.05% since August 11, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 426.35% the S&P500.

Easterly Government Properties I (NYSE:DEA) had a decrease of 0.07% in short interest. DEA’s SI was 5.37 million shares in August as released by FINRA. Its down 0.07% from 5.37 million shares previously. With 264,600 avg volume, 20 days are for Easterly Government Properties I (NYSE:DEA)’s short sellers to cover DEA’s short positions. The SI to Easterly Government Properties I’s float is 14.67%. About 200,258 shares traded. Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) has risen 11.69% since August 11, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 5.01% the S&P500.

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Among 5 analysts covering Easterly Government Properties (NYSE:DEA), 4 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 80% are positive. Easterly Government Properties had 8 analyst reports since September 7, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Wednesday, October 5 by Jefferies. Suntrust Robinson initiated it with “Buy” rating and $21 target in Wednesday, October 19 report. The company was downgraded on Monday, January 9 by Raymond James. The company was maintained on Tuesday, May 23 by Jefferies. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, June 26 by Jefferies. Zacks upgraded Easterly Government Properties Inc (NYSE:DEA) on Monday, September 7 to “Buy” rating.

North Star Investment Management Corp increased Altria Group Inc Com (NYSE:MO) stake by 6,106 shares to 20,898 valued at $1.41M in 2016Q4. It also upped Orion Energy Systems Inc Com (NASDAQ:OESX) stake by 151,500 shares and now owns 2.25 million shares. Microsoft Corp Com (NASDAQ:MSFT) was raised too.