Salem Capital Management Boosted Holding in Vodafone Group Plc Adr (VOD); Waddell & Reed Financial Lowered Its Stake in Omnicell (OMCL) by $6.11 Million as Stock Price Rose

March 14, 2018 - By Stephen Andrade

Salem Capital Management Inc increased its stake in Vodafone Group Plc Adr (VOD) by 14.69% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Salem Capital Management Inc bought 14,154 shares as the company’s stock rose 16.21% with the market. The institutional investor held 110,497 shares of the telecommunications equipment company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $3.15 million, up from 96,343 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Salem Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Vodafone Group Plc Adr for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $75.91 billion market cap company. The stock increased 0.02% or $0.01 during the last trading session, reaching $28.65. About 1.52 million shares traded. Vodafone Group Plc (NASDAQ:VOD) has declined 13.23% since March 14, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 29.93% the S&P500.

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc decreased its stake in Omnicell Inc (OMCL) by 31.6% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Waddell & Reed Financial Inc sold 119,900 shares as the company’s stock rose 6.09% with the market. The institutional investor held 259,525 shares of the technology company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $13.25M, down from 379,425 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Waddell & Reed Financial Inc who had been investing in Omnicell Inc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $1.70 billion market cap company. The stock decreased 1.80% or $0.8 during the last trading session, reaching $43.75. About 64,420 shares traded. Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) has risen 33.21% since March 14, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 16.51% the S&P500.

Since October 2, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 3 selling transactions for $641,495 activity. Kuipers Peter J. also sold $99,559 worth of Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) on Friday, December 15.

Waddell & Reed Financial Inc, which manages about $14.31B and $44.98 billion US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Yandex N V (NASDAQ:YNDX) by 100,890 shares to 1.15M shares, valued at $37.75M in 2017Q3, according to the filing. It also increased its holding in Woodward Inc (NASDAQ:WWD) by 266,442 shares in the quarter, for a total of 1.27 million shares, and has risen its stake in Energy Transfer Partners Lp.

Investors sentiment decreased to 1.02 in 2017 Q3. Its down 0.41, from 1.43 in 2017Q2. It dived, as 8 investors sold OMCL shares while 79 reduced holdings. 29 funds opened positions while 60 raised stakes. 37.10 million shares or 0.94% less from 37.45 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Timpani Cap Management Limited Liability Corp has 1.24% invested in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) for 66,474 shares. Thompson Davis Communication Inc holds 0.07% of its portfolio in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) for 800 shares. Massachusetts-based Loomis Sayles & Company LP has invested 0% in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL). Tradewinds Mngmt Limited Liability Company has invested 0.01% in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL). Hanseatic Mgmt Ser Inc stated it has 20 shares or 0% of all its holdings. California-based California State Teachers Retirement Sys has invested 0.01% in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL). 29,178 are held by Amer. Tributary Limited Liability Corp owns 245,303 shares or 1.08% of their US portfolio. Moreover, Amalgamated Bancorp has 0.01% invested in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) for 5,049 shares. National Bank & Trust Of Mellon invested in 1.06M shares. Goldman Sachs Group Inc Inc owns 112,247 shares. First Light Asset Mgmt Limited Liability Corporation holds 298,219 shares or 4.82% of its portfolio. Sentinel Asset holds 272,319 shares. Stevens Mngmt LP invested in 5,970 shares or 0.01% of the stock. State Board Of Administration Of Florida Retirement System has 0% invested in Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) for 31,736 shares.

Analysts await Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) to report earnings on May, 3. They expect $-0.04 earnings per share, up 86.21% or $0.25 from last year’s $-0.29 per share. After $0.28 actual earnings per share reported by Omnicell, Inc. for the previous quarter, Wall Street now forecasts -114.29% negative EPS growth.

Among 10 analysts covering Omnicell (NASDAQ:OMCL), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 3 Hold. Therefore 70% are positive. Omnicell had 27 analyst reports since July 31, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Buy” rating by Topeka Capital Markets given on Friday, July 31. Piper Jaffray maintained the stock with “Hold” rating in Friday, October 27 report. Oppenheimer maintained Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) rating on Tuesday, December 5. Oppenheimer has “Buy” rating and $55.0 target. Cantor Fitzgerald maintained it with “Buy” rating and $4700 target in Monday, June 12 report. On Thursday, October 19 the stock rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with “Buy”. The company was maintained on Thursday, February 1 by Cantor Fitzgerald. The rating was maintained by Oppenheimer with “Buy” on Friday, July 28. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, October 26 by Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm has “Buy” rating by Craig Hallum given on Monday, October 30. Benchmark initiated Omnicell, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMCL) rating on Thursday, January 7. Benchmark has “Buy” rating and $33.0 target.