124,110 Shares in TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) Purchased by WINTON GROUP Ltd

WINTON GROUP Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 124,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,360,000. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned approximately 0.24% of TreeHouse Foods as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of THS. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS bought a new stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $337,000. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its stake in TreeHouse Foods by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 60,763 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,135,000 after purchasing an additional 1,746 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods in the 4th quarter worth $605,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 898,536 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,566,000 after purchasing an additional 17,225 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of TreeHouse Foods during the fourth quarter valued at $1,142,000. 99.81% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms recently commented on THS. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on TreeHouse Foods from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of TreeHouse Foods from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their target price on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.83.

TreeHouse Foods Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of TreeHouse Foods stock opened at $26.51 on Thursday. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has a 1-year low of $25.69 and a 1-year high of $43.84. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $31.63 and its 200-day simple moving average is $35.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.33 billion, a PE ratio of 49.08 and a beta of 0.15.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS) last released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.02). TreeHouse Foods had a net margin of 0.80% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The company had revenue of $905.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $907.71 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that TreeHouse Foods, Inc. will post 1.94 earnings per share for the current year.

About TreeHouse Foods

TreeHouse Foods, Inc manufactures and distributes private brands snacks and beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides snacking products, such as crackers, pretzels, in-store bakery items, frozen griddle items, cookies, and candies; and beverage and drink mixes, including non-dairy creamer, coffee, broths/stocks, powdered beverages and other blends, tea, and ready-to-drink-beverages.