Marsico Capital Management Upped Its Genesee & Wyo (GWR) Position by $323,232; As Amyris (AMRS) Share Value Declined, Tanaka Capital Management Has Increased by $663,885 Its Stake

January 23, 2018 – By Clifton Ray

Marsico Capital Management Llc increased its stake in Genesee & Wyo Inc (GWR) by 7.33% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Marsico Capital Management Llc bought 4,368 shares as the company’s stock declined 14.44% while stock markets rallied. The institutional investor held 63,960 shares of the transportation company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $4.73M, up from 59,592 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Marsico Capital Management Llc who had been investing in Genesee & Wyo Inc for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $5.09B market cap company. The stock decreased 0.31% or $0.25 during the last trading session, reaching $81.58. About 231,239 shares traded. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) has risen 13.88% since January 23, 2017 and is uptrending. It has underperformed by 2.82% the S&P500.

Tanaka Capital Management Inc increased its stake in Amyris (AMRS) by 72.02% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC. Tanaka Capital Management Inc bought 221,295 shares as the company’s stock declined 48.67% while stock markets rallied. The institutional investor held 528,549 shares of the basic industries company at the end of 2017Q3, valued at $1.69M, up from 307,254 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Tanaka Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Amyris for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $216.03 million market cap company. The stock increased 0.40% or $0.02 during the last trading session, reaching $5.02. About 296,716 shares traded or 7.59% up from the average. Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) has declined 47.38% since January 23, 2017 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 64.08% the S&P500.

Investors sentiment increased to 1.07 in Q3 2017. Its up 0.08, from 0.99 in 2017Q2. It improved, as 27 investors sold GWR shares while 82 reduced holdings. 37 funds opened positions while 80 raised stakes. 58.92 million shares or 1.22% more from 58.21 million shares in 2017Q2 were reported. Cutter And Comm Brokerage Inc accumulated 18,450 shares or 0.54% of the stock. Pnc Financial Group Inc reported 0.02% stake. Palisade Capital Management Limited Com Nj, a New Jersey-based fund reported 551,515 shares. Great West Life Assurance Can invested in 0.01% or 36,877 shares. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management reported 0% stake. Sector Pension Invest Board holds 0% of its portfolio in Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) for 12,694 shares. Teachers Retirement Sys Of The State Of Kentucky has 85,501 shares for 0.08% of their portfolio. The New Jersey-based Bessemer Gru has invested 0% in Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR). First Bancorp Of Omaha, Nebraska-based fund reported 17,867 shares. Moreover, Forte Capital Ltd Liability Company Adv has 0.07% invested in Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR). Vanguard Inc invested in 5.08M shares. Millennium Management Limited Company holds 0% of its portfolio in Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) for 8,559 shares. Moreover, Voya Invest Management Limited Liability Company has 0.01% invested in Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) for 46,726 shares. Point72 Asset Mngmt LP stated it has 13,200 shares. First Advsrs Limited Partnership has 249,127 shares.

Marsico Capital Management Llc, which manages about $17.14B and $2.49B US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Treehouse Foods Inc (NYSE:THS) by 101,228 shares to 48,450 shares, valued at $3.28 million in 2017Q3, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Mastercard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) by 4,708 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 52,550 shares, and cut its stake in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB).

Since August 14, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 6 insider sales for $2.06 million activity. HELLMANN JOHN C sold $926,918 worth of stock. $339,079 worth of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) was sold by Gallagher Timothy J on Monday, August 14. 1,401 Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) shares with value of $93,755 were sold by Liucci Christopher F. Brown David A sold $275,086 worth of stock or 4,156 shares. Walsh Matthew O. also sold $255,250 worth of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) shares.

Among 13 analysts covering Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR), 8 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 5 Hold. Therefore 62% are positive. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. had 40 analyst reports since August 5, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) has “Hold” rating given on Tuesday, January 16 by Susquehanna. Stifel Nicolaus maintained it with “Hold” rating and $76.0 target in Tuesday, October 31 report. The firm has “Outperform” rating given on Thursday, February 9 by Cowen & Co. As per Tuesday, August 4, the company rating was maintained by Cowen & Co. The rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank on Monday, October 12 with “Buy”. As per Wednesday, May 3, the company rating was maintained by Cowen & Co. RBC Capital Markets maintained it with “Top Pick” rating and $85 target in Tuesday, August 4 report. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Friday, April 29 by Citigroup. The stock has “Sector Perform” rating by RBC Capital Markets on Thursday, January 7. The stock of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (NYSE:GWR) earned “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley on Tuesday, February 23.

Among 3 analysts covering Amyris Inc (NASDAQ:AMRS), 2 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 67% are positive. Amyris Inc had 11 analyst reports since November 10, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by H.C. Wainwright on Tuesday, September 26 with “Buy”. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co on Monday, September 18 with “Hold”. H.C. Wainwright maintained the shares of AMRS in report on Wednesday, November 29 with “Buy” rating. H.C. Wainwright maintained the shares of AMRS in report on Wednesday, June 7 with “Buy” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Friday, October 20 by Cowen & Co. Cowen & Co maintained Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) rating on Wednesday, August 16. Cowen & Co has “Hold” rating and $3.5 target. The stock of Amyris, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS) has “Buy” rating given on Tuesday, November 10 by Rodman & Renshaw. The stock has “Buy” rating by H.C. Wainwright on Tuesday, November 10. H.C. Wainwright maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Friday, August 11 report. The rating was maintained by Cowen & Co with “Market Perform” on Thursday, March 10.