Rowlandmiller & PARTNERS.ADV lessened its position in Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT – Free Report) by 6.2% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 12,626 shares of the medical technology company’s stock after selling 830 shares during the quarter. Rowlandmiller & PARTNERS.ADV’s holdings in Medtronic were worth $1,137,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in Medtronic by 7.1% during the first quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 30,884,412 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $2,691,577,000 after buying an additional 2,044,109 shares during the last quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Medtronic by 8.3% during the second quarter. Pzena Investment Management LLC now owns 8,307,123 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $653,854,000 after buying an additional 637,931 shares during the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in Medtronic by 7.8% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,120,554 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $560,494,000 after buying an additional 515,751 shares during the last quarter. Longview Partners Guernsey LTD raised its stake in Medtronic by 2.3% during the first quarter. Longview Partners Guernsey LTD now owns 6,635,054 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $578,245,000 after buying an additional 147,737 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates raised its stake in Medtronic by 2.3% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 6,391,865 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $575,460,000 after buying an additional 145,504 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 82.06% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on Medtronic from $105.00 to $106.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 21st. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Medtronic from $85.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on Medtronic from $85.00 to $87.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Robert W. Baird lifted their target price on Medtronic from $82.00 to $90.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 21st. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their target price on Medtronic from $100.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $95.36.
Medtronic Stock Performance
NYSE:MDT opened at $90.99 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $83.74. Medtronic plc has a 52-week low of $68.84 and a 52-week high of $92.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a quick ratio of 1.61 and a current ratio of 2.13. The firm has a market capitalization of $116.67 billion, a PE ratio of 33.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.84.
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 20th. The medical technology company reported $1.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.03. Medtronic had a return on equity of 13.68% and a net margin of 12.06%. The business had revenue of $7.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.90 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.20 earnings per share. Medtronic’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.4% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts forecast that Medtronic plc will post 5.44 EPS for the current year.
Medtronic Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 27th were given a $0.70 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 27th. This represents a $2.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. Medtronic’s payout ratio is 101.82%.
Medtronic Company Profile
Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. Its Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software.
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