Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management Cuts Position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA)

Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management cut its stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA) by 4.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 17,828 shares of the bank’s stock after selling 898 shares during the quarter. Werba Rubin Papier Wealth Management’s holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria were worth $173,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. FMR LLC grew its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 5.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 6,370,344 shares of the bank’s stock worth $69,055,000 after acquiring an additional 344,355 shares in the last quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. boosted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 5.8% during the third quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 1,270,460 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $13,772,000 after buying an additional 70,192 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 3.4% during the third quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,002,702 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $10,869,000 after buying an additional 32,823 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE boosted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 1.7% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 945,836 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $10,253,000 after buying an additional 15,636 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James & Associates boosted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 91.0% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 776,389 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $8,416,000 after buying an additional 369,971 shares during the period. 2.96% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria stock opened at $12.88 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $75.16 billion, a PE ratio of 7.11, a P/E/G ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.27. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. has a 1-year low of $9.23 and a 1-year high of $13.05. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $10.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $10.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 0.27.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The bank reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had a net margin of 28.10% and a return on equity of 17.49%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. will post 1.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently commented on BBVA shares. Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. StockNews.com raised shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 12th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has given a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Company Profile

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, and internationally. The company offers savings account, demand deposits, and time deposits; and loan products, such as residential mortgages, other households, credit card loans, loans to enterprises and public sector, as well as consumer finance.