Walthausen & Company Lowered Its Mueller Water Products (MWA) Stake; Cadian Capital Management LP Raised Verint Sys (VRNT) Position By $19.06 Million

September 3, 2017 - By Michael Collier

Cadian Capital Management Lp increased Verint Sys Inc (VRNT) stake by 725.23% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Cadian Capital Management Lp acquired 544,460 shares as Verint Sys Inc (VRNT)’s stock rose 4.30%. The Cadian Capital Management Lp holds 619,534 shares with $21.84 million value, up from 75,074 last quarter. Verint Sys Inc now has $2.49B valuation. The stock increased 0.25% or $0.1 on September 1, reaching $39.8. About 328,429 shares traded. Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) has risen 23.95% since September 3, 2016 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 7.25% the S&P500.

Walthausen & Company decreased Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA) stake by 37.38% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Walthausen & Company sold 505,240 shares as Mueller Water Products Inc (MWA)’s stock declined 10.59%. The Walthausen & Company holds 846,420 shares with $11.27 million value, down from 1.35 million last quarter. Mueller Water Products Inc now has $1.93B valuation. The stock increased 1.58% or $0.19 on September 1, reaching $12.18. About shares traded. Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) has risen 8.65% since September 3, 2016 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 8.05% the S&P500.

Walthausen & Company increased Nevsun Resources Limited (NYSEMKT:NSU) stake by 2.07M shares to 4.06M valued at $12.55M in 2016Q4. It also upped Vwr Corp stake by 32,430 shares and now owns 270,760 shares. Heartland Financial Usa Inc (NASDAQ:HTLF) was raised too.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.92 in 2016 Q4. Its down 0.11, from 1.03 in 2016Q3. It turned negative, as 17 investors sold MWA shares while 73 reduced holdings. 33 funds opened positions while 80 raised stakes. 133.73 million shares or 1.67% less from 136.01 million shares in 2016Q3 were reported. Gotham Asset Limited Liability Corporation invested 0.1% of its portfolio in Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA). Boothbay Fund Mgmt, a New York-based fund reported 21,174 shares. Old National Fincl Bank In has 0.02% invested in Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA). First Manhattan invested in 353,452 shares or 0.03% of the stock. Aperio Gru Ltd Co holds 0.01% or 51,381 shares in its portfolio. Pier Capital Ltd invested 1.35% of its portfolio in Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA). Cubist Systematic Strategies Lc accumulated 0.08% or 76,992 shares. Chesapeake Asset Limited Liability Company accumulated 37,620 shares. 16,900 are held by Cornerstone Mngmt Holding Limited Com. Blackrock Advsr Lc holds 344,061 shares. Dana Invest Advsrs owns 157,580 shares for 0.1% of their portfolio. California Pub Employees Retirement accumulated 476,900 shares. Swiss Bank & Trust has invested 0.01% of its portfolio in Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA). Point72 Asia (Hong Kong) Limited stated it has 1,188 shares. Blackrock Incorporated invested in 0% or 95,655 shares.

Among 9 analysts covering Mueller Water Products (NYSE:MWA), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 78% are positive. Mueller Water Products had 18 analyst reports since January 12, 2016 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm earned “Hold” rating on Wednesday, July 19 by Cowen & Co. On Thursday, May 11 the stock rating was maintained by IBC with “Buy”. The stock of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) has “Buy” rating given on Wednesday, March 8 by Goldman Sachs. The stock of Mueller Water Products, Inc. (NYSE:MWA) earned “Outperform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, April 28. Wedbush maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating in Thursday, April 28 report. The firm has “Neutral” rating by DA Davidson given on Friday, August 5. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Buy” rating and $1400 target in Wednesday, July 5 report. The rating was downgraded by Cowen & Co to “Market Perform” on Wednesday, March 15. Northcoast upgraded the shares of MWA in report on Wednesday, October 12 to “Buy” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Monday, August 7 by RBC Capital Markets.

Since April 3, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 8 selling transactions for $8.15 million activity. Shares for $693,333 were sold by FANTE PETER. MORIAH ELAN sold $73,134 worth of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) on Monday, April 10. BODNER DAN sold $5.89M worth of stock or 137,773 shares. $128,464 worth of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) was sold by MYERS LARRY F on Wednesday, June 14. On Tuesday, April 4 DEMARINES VICTOR sold $119,196 worth of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) or 2,800 shares. On Wednesday, April 5 Robinson Douglas sold $208,194 worth of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) or 4,901 shares.

Among 9 analysts covering Verint Systems (NASDAQ:VRNT), 6 have Buy rating, 1 Sell and 2 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Verint Systems had 28 analyst reports since September 3, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, June 9 by Imperial Capital. The firm has “In-Line” rating by Imperial Capital given on Friday, March 31. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Tuesday, September 29 by William Blair. Imperial Capital maintained Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) rating on Friday, September 9. Imperial Capital has “Outperform” rating and $43 target. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $62 target in Friday, September 4 report. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Credit Suisse on Thursday, September 3. The stock of Verint Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:VRNT) has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, September 3 by Oppenheimer. The firm has “Overweight” rating by JP Morgan given on Wednesday, March 30. Credit Suisse downgraded the shares of VRNT in report on Wednesday, March 30 to “Underperform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, December 3 by Deutsche Bank.

Cadian Capital Management Lp decreased Wright Med Group N V stake by 410,898 shares to 118,560 valued at $2.73M in 2016Q4. It also reduced Dbv Technologies S A stake by 10,000 shares and now owns 83,190 shares. Genmark Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:GNMK) was reduced too.