Stadium Capital Management Raised Its Civitas Solutions (CIVI) Holding; Last Week Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) Analysts

May 31, 2017 - By Kurt Siggers

Among 17 analysts covering Ross Stores Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST), 8 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 8 Hold. Therefore 47% are positive. Ross Stores Inc. had 37 analyst reports since August 21, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. Cantor Fitzgerald maintained Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) rating on Friday, August 21. Cantor Fitzgerald has “Hold” rating and $52 target. Wedbush maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $62 target in Friday, May 20 report. As per Wednesday, May 11, the company rating was downgraded by Piper Jaffray. The firm has “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets given on Friday, November 6. The rating was reinitiated by Wells Fargo with “Outperform” on Thursday, October 22. Buckingham Research upgraded it to “Neutral” rating and $60.0 target in Monday, August 24 report. Goldman Sachs downgraded it to “Neutral” rating and $61 target in Wednesday, March 9 report. The rating was initiated by Susquehanna on Friday, February 10 with “Positive”. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Sector Perform” rating and $68 target in Friday, November 18 report. The firm earned “Market Perform” rating on Friday, November 18 by Telsey Advisory Group. See Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) latest ratings:

01/03/2017 Broker: Citigroup Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Neutral Downgrade
01/03/2017 Broker: Telsey Advisory Group Rating: Market Perform Old Target: $70 New Target: $77 Maintain
10/02/2017 Broker: Susquehanna Rating: Positive New Target: $80 Initiate

Stadium Capital Management Llc increased Civitas Solutions Inc (CIVI) stake by 433.24% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Stadium Capital Management Llc acquired 1.28M shares as Civitas Solutions Inc (CIVI)’s stock declined 15.67%. The Stadium Capital Management Llc holds 1.58 million shares with $31.43M value, up from 296,212 last quarter. Civitas Solutions Inc now has $574.87 million valuation. The stock rose 0.32% or $0.05 reaching $15.75 per share. About 3,768 shares traded. Civitas Solutions Inc (NYSE:CIVI) has declined 21.64% since May 31, 2016 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 38.34% the S&P500.

Among 5 analysts covering Civitas Solutions (NYSE:CIVI), 4 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 80% are positive. Civitas Solutions had 10 analyst reports since August 13, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The company was downgraded on Thursday, November 19 by Raymond James. Canaccord Genuity initiated the stock with “Buy” rating in Wednesday, September 16 report. Raymond James downgraded the shares of CIVI in report on Thursday, August 11 to “Market Perform” rating. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of CIVI in report on Wednesday, January 6 with “Overweight” rating.

About 547,040 shares traded. Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) has risen 12.03% since May 31, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 4.67% the S&P500.

Ross Stores, Inc. and its subsidiaries operate two brands of off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores-Ross Dress for Less and dd’s DISCOUNTS. The company has market cap of $24.91 billion. The Firm is the off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States, with 1,340 locations in 36 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, as of January 28, 2017. It has a 21.76 P/E ratio. The Firm offers in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.08 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.24, from 0.84 in 2016Q3. It increased, as 41 investors sold Ross Stores, Inc. shares while 240 reduced holdings. 106 funds opened positions while 198 raised stakes. 341.62 million shares or 0.09% more from 341.30 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Cubist Systematic Strategies Limited Liability Com stated it has 18,017 shares or 0.09% of all its holdings. Benjamin F Edwards & reported 0.01% in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST). Us Commercial Bank De reported 140,074 shares stake. 55,368 were accumulated by Delta Lloyd Nv. Kayne Anderson Rudnick Management Ltd Company reported 515,208 shares stake. Daiwa Sb Invests holds 0.18% or 10,640 shares in its portfolio. Jacobs Levy Equity Mngmt owns 73,308 shares for 0.09% of their portfolio. Alabama-based Wealthtrust has invested 0.01% in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST). Wells Fargo & Com Mn accumulated 0.07% or 2.91M shares. New Mexico Educational Retirement Board stated it has 0.13% in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST). Los Angeles Capital Mgmt & Equity reported 3,645 shares. Brown Advisory invested in 0% or 6,706 shares. Somerset accumulated 24,587 shares. One National Association invested 0.02% in Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST). Teachers Retirement Systems Of The State Of Kentucky holds 254,600 shares or 0.21% of its portfolio.

Since March 10, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 10 selling transactions for $12.79 million activity. BALMUTH MICHAEL also sold $3.45 million worth of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) on Tuesday, March 14. BUSH MICHAEL J had sold 7,426 shares worth $493,883 on Thursday, March 23. Panattoni Lisa R sold 14,792 shares worth $989,330. CALL JOHN G sold $1.00 million worth of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) on Tuesday, March 21. $3.34M worth of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) was sold by RENTLER BARBARA. Hartshorn Michael J. also sold $225,491 worth of Ross Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROST) shares. Morrow Brian R. had sold 3,004 shares worth $189,725 on Friday, April 7.