G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Time to Sell?

G. Willi-Food International, Ltd. (NASDAQ:WILC)’s share price passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Friday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of $18.98 and traded as high as $21.77. G. Willi-Food International shares last traded at $21.29, with a volume of 678 shares trading hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently commented on WILC shares. Wall Street Zen lowered G. Willi-Food International from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 26th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of G. Willi-Food International from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

G. Willi-Food International Stock Down 2.1%

The stock has a 50 day moving average of $20.42 and a 200 day moving average of $18.98. The company has a market capitalization of $295.38 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.39 and a beta of 0.83.

G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 12th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $44.83 million during the quarter. G. Willi-Food International had a net margin of 16.07% and a return on equity of 15.70%.

G. Willi-Food International Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a — dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 25th were given a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 25th. This represents a yield of 90.0%. G. Willi-Food International’s dividend payout ratio is 53.48%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in WILC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of G. Willi-Food International by 786.8% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after purchasing an additional 1,904 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in G. Willi-Food International in the first quarter worth approximately $50,000. Finally, World Equity Group Inc. acquired a new position in G. Willi-Food International in the third quarter valued at approximately $287,000. 9.45% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

G. Willi-Food International Company Profile

G. Willi-Food International Ltd. designs, imports, markets, and distributes food products worldwide. The company offers mushrooms, artichoke, beans, asparagus, capers, corn kernels, baby corn, palm hearts, vine leaves, sour pickles, mixed pickled vegetables, pickled peppers, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant sun, and dried tomatoes; and canned fish comprising tuna, sardine, anchovies, smoked and pressed cod liver, herring, fish paste, and salmon products.