Heritage-Crystal Clean (NASDAQ:HCCI) Announces Quarterly Results

Heritage-Crystal Clean (NASDAQ:HCCI – Get Rating) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The industrial products company reported EPS of $0.54 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.08, MarketWatch Earnings reports. Heritage-Crystal Clean had a return on equity of 19.59% and a net margin of 11.83%. During the same period last year, the company posted EPS of $0.39.

Shares of NASDAQ:HCCI traded down $0.50 in Friday’s midday session, hitting $26.85. 106,499 shares of the company were traded, compared to its average volume of 71,453. The company has a fifty-day simple moving average of $28.57 and a two-hundred-day simple moving average of $30.46. The company has a market capitalization of $649.82 million, a P/E ratio of 9.80, a PEG ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.24. Heritage-Crystal Clean has a 1-year minimum of $26.01 and a 1-year maximum of $36.29.

Several research companies have commented on HCCI. StockNews.com began covering Heritage-Crystal Clean in a research report on Thursday, March 31. They issued a “Strong Buy” rating on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and posted a $39.00 price target on Heritage-Crystal Clean shares in a research report on Friday, March 4. Zacks Investment Research upgraded Heritage-Crystal Clean from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a price target of $32.00 on the stock in a Monday, March 7 research report. Finally, Roth Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on Heritage-Crystal Clean shares in a Monday, March 7 research report. Five equity research analysts gave the stock a buy rating and one gave the company’s stock a strong buy rating. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $37.60.

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Several institutional investors have recently increased or reduced their stake in HCCI. State Street Corp increased its position in Heritage-Crystal Clean shares by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 314,481 shares of the industrial products company valued at $10,070,000 after buying an additional 6,772 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in Heritage-Crystal Clean shares by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 274,292 shares of the industrial products company valued at $8,782,000 after purchasing an additional 6,591 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Heritage-Crystal Clean shares by 141.6% in the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 162,577 shares of the industrial products company valued at $5,206,000 after buying an additional 95,279 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Heritage-Crystal Clean shares by 15.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 116,095 shares of the industrial products company valued at $3,718,000 after buying an additional 15,273 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Heritage-Crystal Clean shares by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 114,697 shares of the industrial products company valued at $3,673,000 after purchasing an additional 2,631 shares in the last quarter. 61.09% of the shares are held by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Heritage-Crystal Clean Company Profile (Get a rating)

Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc, through its subsidiary, Heritage-Crystal Clean, LLC, provides parts cleaning, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and used oil collection services to small and medium-sized customers size in the industrial maintenance and vehicle sectors in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, environmental services and petroleum activities.

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Earnings history for Heritage-Crystal Clean (NASDAQ: HCCI)

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