Mid Cap New Highs: STERIS (NYSE:STE), Commscope Holding Company (NASDAQ:COMM), Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI), EQT Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:EQM)

STERIS Corp. (NYSE:STE) was upgraded by Stephens to an “overweight” rating in a research note issued on Wednesday,American Banking and Market News reports.STERIS Corp (NYSE:STE) shares after opening at $49.00 moved to $51.76 on last trade day and at the end of the day closed at $51.20. Company price to sales ratio in past twelve months was calculated as 1.90 and price to cash ratio as 19.18. STERIS Corp (NYSE:STE) showed a positive weekly performance of 7.81%.

Commscope Holding Company Inc. (NASDAQ:COMM), announced the price of secondary offering on the common stock of the firm to be $22.00. This offering is decided for 17.5 million shares on the common stock of the firm. All the offered common stock shares of the firm are sold by a sub-associate of the Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is the ‘selling stock holder’ for the firm. This selling stock holder has also put up a scheme for the underwriters, under which they have got an option to purchase additional shares at the public offering price. This option is available for 30 days and the underwriters can buy up to 2.62 million shares. The company will not get any of the proceedings from the secondary offering of the shares by the selling stockholder. Commscope Holding Company Inc (NASDAQ:COMM) shares advanced 1.38% in last trading session and ended the day on $25.71. COMM return on equity ratio is recorded as 21.10% and its return on assets is 15.60%.

Carter’s (NYSE:CRI) was upgraded by research analysts at Piper Jaffray from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a report released on Wednesday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI) shares moved up 3.23% in last trading session and was closed at $79.36, while trading in range of $78.05-$79.79. Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI) year to date performance is 10.82%.

EQT Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:EQM) acquires, develops and operates midstream facilities in Appalachian Basin. Shares of the company rose to a new 52-week high during trading Monday. That happened on the back of the positive target price adjustment which the stock received from analysts at Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C). The analysts upped their price target on the stock to $78 from $73. Thus, as of the present, the stock carries consensus buy recommendation and average price target of $75.24.The company released its most recent financial data in February, whereby it reported EPS of 62 cents, exceeding the consensus estimate of 56 cents. EQT Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:EQM) weekly performance is 3.74%. On last trading day company shares ended up $71.48. EQT Midstream Partners LP (NYSE:EQM) distance from 50-day simple moving average  is 9.60%. Analysts mean target price for the company is $71.82.

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