ValuEngine cut shares of Carpenter Technology (NYSE:CRS) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Monday morning.
Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the company. Cowen reiterated a buy rating and issued a $66.00 target price on shares of Carpenter Technology in a research report on Friday, June 1st. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Carpenter Technology from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Monday, April 16th. Deutsche Bank boosted their target price on Carpenter Technology from $47.00 to $49.00 and gave the stock a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 11th. Finally, Longbow Research downgraded Carpenter Technology from a buy rating to a neutral rating and set a $50.00 target price on the stock. in a research report on Monday, June 25th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the stock. Carpenter Technology presently has an average rating of Hold and a consensus target price of $56.50.
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Corindus Vascular Robotics, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells precision vascular robotic-assisted systems for use in interventional vascular procedures. It offers CorPath 200 system, a robotic system that facilitates stent placement for percutaneous coronary intervention procedures by allowing a physician to measure, manipulate, and advance devices with robotic precision. The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Shares of Corindus Vascular Robotics (NYSEMKT:CVRS), a robotic surgery company focused on vascular disease, rose as much as 14% in afternoon trading on Thursday. Shares were up about 10% as of 2:41 p.m. EST. The jump appears to be traceable to significant buying activity by one of the company's directors. Corindus Vascular Robotics Inc (NYSEMKT:CVRS)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 12, 2019, 4:30 p.m. ET Operator Digirad Corporation provides diagnostic solutions in the United States. The company operates in two segments, Diagnostic Services and Diagnostic Imaging. The Diagnostic Services segment provides in-office nuclear cardiology and ultrasound imaging, and cardiac event monitoring services to physicians who perform nuclear imaging, echocardiography, vascular or general ultrasound tests, or any combination of these procedures in their offices, hospitals, and imaging centers. The Diagnostic Imaging segment sells medical diagnostic imaging systems, including solid-state gamma cameras for nuclear cardiology and general nuclear medicine applications, as well as provides camera maintenance services to physician offices, hospitals, imaging centers, and mobile service providers. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia. Some of these are even smaller nano-caps, such as medical device maker Digirad (Nasdaq: DRAD), whose entire market value is just $36 million. There is absolutely nothing wrong with small businesses. I own shares of quite a few in my personal account. But for the most part, I use them to fill out the growth sleeve of my portfolio and don't consider them stable income producers. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. provides air cargo and outsourced aircraft operating solutions worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance (ACMI); Air Mobility Command (AMC) Charter; Commercial Charter; and Dry Leasing. The ACMI segment offers aircraft that is crewed, maintained, and insured by the company for lease. The AMC Charter segment provides full planeload charter flights to the U.S. military. The Commercial Charter segment provides planeload of capacity charter services to charter brokers, freight forwarders, direct shippers, and airlines. The Dry Leasing segment provides for the leasing of aircraft and/or engines to customers. The company operates a fleet of Boeing 747 freighters. Its customers include airlines, express delivery providers, freight forwarders, the U.S. military, and charter brokers. It operates in Asia, the Middle-East, Australia, Europe, South America, Africa, and North America. As of Decem ber 31, 2009, the company operated a fleet of 747-400 freighter aircraft. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings was founded in 1992 and is based in Purchase, New York. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (NASDAQ:AAWW) Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallFeb. 19, 2019 11:00 a.m. ET Operator BidaskClub upgraded shares of Atlas Air Worldwide (NASDAQ:AAWW) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday morning. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Willis Lease Finance Corporation, together its subsidiaries, provides aviation services. It leases spare commercial aircraft engines and aircraft to commercial airlines, aircraft engine manufacturers, and air cargo carriers, as well as maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities worldwide. Its engine portfolio consists of noise-compliant stage III commercial jet engines. As of December 31, 2010, the company had a lease portfolio of 179 aircraft engines and related equipment, 3 aircraft, and 4 spare parts packages with 62 lessees in 35 countries. It also engages in the purchase and resale of used and refurbished commercial aircraft engines. The company managed a lease portfolio of 16 engines and related equipment for other parties. Willis Lease Finance Corporation was founded in 1985 and is based in Novato, California. Willis Lease Finance Co. (NASDAQ:WLFC) CEO Charles F. Iv Willis sold 4,718 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $31.19, for a total transaction of $147,154.42. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 706,058 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,021,949.02. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. provides automation and control technologies and applications to customers in the industrial, railway, subway, and nuclear industries in China and south-east Asia. It offers distributed control systems, which are networks of controllers, sensors, actuators and other devices that can be programmed to control outputs based on input conditions and/or algorithms; programmable logic controllers that are small computer devices installed on machines or equipment; and train control centers (TCC), which monitor route condition, track status, train schedules, distance between trains, and the working status of other essential function devices. The company also provides automatic train protection system that acts as a train over-speed protection mechanism, which collects real-time information, such as speed limit ahead, train operation status, line data, and instructions from TCC; and combines it with the train parameters to produce train protecti on curves. In addition, it offers HOLLiAS NMS control systems used for safety and operation control purposes in nuclear power plants; surveillance control and data acquisition system, an open software platform that enables the integrated and unified monitoring of sub-systems of the subway, including the power supervisory control and data acquisition system, building automatic system, fire alarm system, platform screen door system, access control system, closed circuit television, passenger information system, passenger train information system, and alarm system. The company was formerly known as HLS Systems International Ltd. and changed its name to Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. in July 2009. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HOLI) has been given a consensus rating of “Hold” by the five brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $25.00. Shares of Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:HOLI) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the six brokerages that are currently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, two have assigned a hold recommendation and two have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $25.00. Bloom Energy (NASDAQ: HOLI) and Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation. Hollysys Automation Technologies (NASDAQ:HOLI) was upgraded by analysts at BidaskClub from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Tuesday. Walker & Dunlop, Inc., incorporated on July 29, 2010, is a holding company, which conducts all of its operations through Walker & Dunlop, LLC. The Company is a provider of commercial real estate financial services in the United States, with a primary focus on multifamily lending. Walker & Dunlop, LLC is its operating company. The Company originates, sells, and services a range of multifamily and other commercial real estate financing products, including Multifamily Finance, Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Finance, Capital Markets, and Proprietary Capital. The Company's clients are developers and owners of commercial real estate. It originates and sells loans through the programs of the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac, and together with Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs)), the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) and the Federal Housing Administration, a division of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (together with Ginnie Mae, HUD). The Company retains servicing rights and asset management responsibilities on nearly all loans that it originates for GSE and HUD programs. It is approved as a Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) lender across the nation, a Freddie Mac Program Plus lender in over 20 states and the District of Columbia, a Freddie Mac focused affordable housing seller/servicer, a HUD Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) lender across the nation, a HUD Section 232 LEAN lender across the nation, and a Ginnie Mae issuer. It broker and service loans for a range of life insurance companies, commercial banks, commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) issuers, and other institutional investors, in which cases it does not fund the loan but rather act as a loan broker. It also originates and holds interim loans on its balance sheet and offers a CMBS platform. The Company focuses primarily on multifamily properties and of! fers a range of commercial real estate finance products to its customers, including first mortgage loans, second trust loans, supplemental financings, construction loans, mezzanine loans, and bridge/interim loans. Multifamily Finance The Company is a lender approved as a Freddie Mac Program Plus lender under, which it originates and sells to Freddie Mac multifamily, manufactured housing communities, student housing and healthcare loans, among others. Under the program, the Company submits its completed loan underwriting package to Freddie Mac and obtains Freddie Mac's commitment to purchase the loan at a price after closing. The Company is also contracted by Fannie Mae to service all loans that it originates under the Fannie Mae DUS program. FHA Finance The Company provides construction and permanent loans to developers and owners of multifamily housing, affordable housing, seniors housing and healthcare facilities. The Company submits its completed loan underwriting package to HUD and obtains HUD's approval to originate the loan. HUD-insured loans are placed in single loan pools, which back Ginnie Mae securities. Capital Markets The Company serves as an intermediary in the placement of commercial real estate debt between institutional sources of capital, such as life insurance companies, investment banks, commercial banks, pension funds, CMBS issuers and other institutional investors, and owners of all types of commercial real estate. The Company advises on capital structure, develops the financing package, facilitates negotiations between its client and institutional sources of capital, coordinates due diligence, and assists in closing the transaction. In these instances, it does not underwrite or fund the loan and does not retain any interest in the loan. In cases where it does not fund the loan, it acts as a loan broker and services some of these loans. Proprietary Capital The Company conducts its! Propriet! ary Capital business either using its own balance sheet. It also operates the CMBS Partnership through a partnership agreement with an institutional investor. The Company makes investments side by side with its partnership investors and serves as the manager or general manager of the partnership. In its capacity as manager or general manager, it leverages the invested capital to originate, hold, and service commercial real estate debt, including interim loans and CMBS. It offers interim loans that provide floating-rate and interest-only debt for terms of till approximately three years to borrowers seeking to acquire or reposition multifamily properties that do not qualify for permanent financing. The Company finances and underwrites the loans originated through the Interim Program. In addition, it services and asset-manages loans originated through the Interim Program, with the focus of providing permanent financing on the properties. In addition to its CMBS product offering through its Capital Markets platform, it offers CMBS executions through its CMBS Program. The CMBS partnership offers financing through a CMBS platform for all commercial property types across the United States. The property types include multifamily, hospitality, retail, office, industrial, and other commercial real estate. The loans in the CMBS Partnership are selected, funded, and underwritten by the CMBS Partnership. It performs the servicing for loans originated through the CMBS Program. Investment Sales Brokerage Services The Company offer investment sales brokerage services to owners and developers of multifamily properties that are seeking to sell the properties. Its services are offered primarily in the eastern United States, with a focus in the Southeast. The Company, through Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales, LLC (WDIS), conducts its investment sales operations. Direct Loan Originators and Correspondent Network The Company originates loans directly through lo! an origin! ators operating over 20 offices. Its loan originators collect and analyze financial and property information, assist the borrowers in submitting information required to complete a loan application, and helps the borrower in closing the loan. The Company has correspondent agreements with over 20 independently owned mortgage banking companies, with which it has relationships for GSE and HUD loan originations. The Company's correspondents assist it in evaluating loans, including pre-screening the borrowers, coordinating due diligence, and providing market intelligence. Underwriting and Risk Management The Company uses various tools to manage its Fannie Mae risk-sharing exposure. These tools include an underwriting and approval process, evaluating, and modifying its underwriting criteria given the underlying multifamily housing market fundamentals, limiting its geographic, borrower and principal exposures, and using modified risk-sharing under the Fannie Mae DUS program. The Company's underwriting process begins with a review of suitability for its investors and a detailed review of the borrower, principals, and the property. It reviews a borrower's financial statements for manageable net worth and liquidity requirements, as well as credit and criminal background checks. It also reviews a borrower's and principals' operating track record, including evaluating the performance of other properties owned by the applicable borrower and principals. It also considers the borrower's and principals' bankruptcy and foreclosure history. It reviews the fundamental value and credit profile of the underlying property, including an analysis of regional economic trends, appraisals of the property, and reviews of historical and prospective financials. Third-party vendors are engaged for appraisals, engineering reports, environmental reports, flood certification reports, zoning reports, and credit reports. Servicing and Asset Management The Company services all! loans th! at it originates for the GSEs, HUD, and its proprietary capital products and some of the loans it broker for institutional investors, primarily life insurance companies. It is an approved servicer for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD loans. Its servicing function includes loan servicing and asset management activities, such as carrying out all cashiering functions relating to the loan, including providing monthly billing statements to the borrower and collecting and applying payments on the loan; administering reserve and escrow funds for repairs, tenant improvements, taxes and insurance; obtaining and analyzing financial statements of the borrower and performing periodic property inspections; preparing and providing periodic reports and remittances to the GSEs, investors, master servicers, or other designated persons, and administering lien filings. It also outsources some of its servicing activities to a subservicer. Shares of Walker & Dunlop (NYSE:WD) surged 16.1% in February, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence, after the real estate loan originator produced better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and provided an optimistic outlook for 2019. Walker & Dunlop, Inc. (NYSE:WD) – Equities research analysts at Wedbush raised their Q1 2019 earnings estimates for shares of Walker & Dunlop in a report released on Monday, February 11th. Wedbush analyst H. Coffey now forecasts that the financial services provider will post earnings of $1.05 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.99. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $58.00 price objective on the stock. Wedbush also issued estimates for Walker & Dunlop’s Q2 2019 earnings at $1.26 EPS, Q3 2019 earnings at $1.53 EPS, Q4 2019 earnings at $1.56 EPS, FY2019 earnings at $5.40 EPS and FY2020 earnings at $5.95 EPS. Prothena Corporation Public Limited Company, incorporated on September 26, 2012, is a global biotechnology company. The Company is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of immunotherapies for the treatment of diseases that involve protein misfolding or cell adhesion. The Company's clinical pipeline of antibody-based product candidates targets a range of indications, including Amyloid Light-chain (AL) amyloidosis (NEOD001), Parkinson's disease and other related synucleinopathies (PRX002), and inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis (PRX003). The Company has generated monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind to amyloidogenic (diseased) forms of the Transthyretin (TTR)-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR) protein. The Company's pipeline also includes late discovery-stage programs for which the Company is testing the efficacy of antibodies in preclinical models of diseases related to amyloid or cell adhesion. NEOD001 for AL Amyloidosis NEOD001 is a humanized monoclonal antibody that specifically targets the circulating misfolded soluble light chain and deposited insoluble amyloid that accumulates in AL amyloidosis. NEOD001 has orphan drug designation for the treatment of AL and Amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and for the treatment of AL amyloidosis by the European Medicines Agency. The Company is conducting a Phase III global, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for NEOD001 in patients with AL amyloidosis. PRX002 for Parkinson's Disease The Company has an agreement with F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. (collectively, Roche) to develop and commercialize certain antibodies that target a-synuclein, including PRX002. The Company intends to develop PRX002 as a disease-modifying treatment for Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies. The Company, along with Roche, is engaged in conducting Phase I studies for PRX002. PRX0! 03 for Inflammatory Diseases The Company is engaged in the development of PRX003, a monoclonal antibody targeting melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including psoriasis. MCAM is a cell adhesion molecule that allows certain cells traveling in the bloodstream to leave the circulation and enter tissues. BlackRock Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Prothena Co. PLC (NASDAQ:PRTA) by 1.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,354,654 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 43,266 shares during the quarter. BlackRock Inc. owned about 8.42% of Prothena worth $34,553,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Prothena (NASDAQ:PRTA) was upgraded by investment analysts at ValuEngine from a “strong sell” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report issued on Tuesday. Tetra Tech Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides consulting, engineering, program management, construction management, and technical services for water, natural resources, environment, infrastructure, and energy sectors. The company operates in four segments: Engineering and Consulting Services (ECS), Technical Support Services (TSS), Engineering and Architecture Services (EAS), Remediation and Construction Management (RCM). The ECS segment offers front-end science, consulting engineering, and project management services in the areas of surface water management, groundwater, waste management, mining and geotechnical sciences, arctic engineering, industrial processes, and information technology. The TSS segment provides management consulting and strategic direction in the areas of environmental assessments/hazardous waste management, climate change, international development/stabilization, energy services, and technical government staffing services. The EAS segment offers engineering and architecture design services, including leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) and sustainability services, together with technical and program administration services for projects related to water infrastructure, buildings, and transportation and facilities. The RCM segment provides environmental remediation, infrastructure development, and alternative energy services. The company offers its services to the U.S. federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as to commercial and international clients. Tetra Tech, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. Strs Ohio grew its stake in shares of Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK) by 23.7% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 4,700 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 900 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Tetra Tech were worth $274,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTEK) shares hit a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as $71.15 and last traded at $70.70, with a volume of 2488 shares. The stock had previously closed at $70.20. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Tetra Tech (TTEK) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com BWX Technologies, Inc. provides nuclear components, fuels, and assemblies to the United States government. The company operates in three segments: Nuclear Operations, Technical Services, and Nuclear Energy. The Nuclear Operations segment designs and manufactures precision naval nuclear components and reactors; close-tolerance and equipment for nuclear applications; and components for defense applications. This segment also converts or downblends high-enriched uranium into low-enriched fuel for use in commercial reactors to generate electricity. The Technical Services segment provides uranium processing, environmental site restoration services, and management and operating services to support governments in the operation of complex facilities and environmental remediation activities. The Nuclear Energy segment designs, licenses, manufactures, and delivers commercial nuclear steam generators, pressure vessels, reactor components, heat exchangers, and other auxiliary equipment, including containers for the storage of spent nuclear fuel. This segment also offers engineering and licensing services for new nuclear plant designs; services for steam generators and balance of plant equipment; and nondestructive examination and tooling/repair solutions for other plant systems and components. The company was formerly known as The Babcock & Wilcox Company and changed its name to BWX Technologies, Inc. in June 2015. BWX Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1867 and is based in Lynchburg, Virginia. BWX Technologies (NYSE:BWXT) was downgraded by analysts at Bank of America from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note issued on Friday, The Fly reports. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on BWX Technologies (BWXT) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on BWX Technologies (BWXT) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on BWX Technologies (BWXT) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.com Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc., through its subsidiary, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, provides parts cleaning, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste services to small and mid-sized customers in the manufacturing and vehicle maintenance sectors. It operates in two segments: Environmental Services and Oil Business. The Environmental Services segment offers parts cleaning, containerized waste management, vacuum truck, and antifreeze recycling services. This segment also provides oily water disposal and treatment, oil filter recycling, on-site cleaning, and waste management services, as well as sells solvents, machines, absorbents, and accessories. The Oil Business segment collects used oil and sells recycled fuel oil, as well as engages in the re-refining of used oil into lubricant base oil and by-products. This segment also collects and disposes waste water. As of January 03, 2015, the company operated through 84 branches serving approximately 100,000 customer locations. Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Elgin, Illinois. Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc (NASDAQ:HCCI)Q4 2018 Earnings Conference CallMarch 06, 2019, 10:30 a.m. ET Operator Shares of Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCCI) have received a consensus rating of “Buy” from the nine ratings firms that are covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has given a hold recommendation and six have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $25.40. Get a free copy of the Zacks research report on Heritage-Crystal Clean (HCCI) For more information about research offerings from Zacks Investment Research, visit Zacks.comTop 10 Value Stocks To Watch Right Now: Digirad Corporation(DRAD)
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