Balyasny Asset Management L.P. reduced its stake in TE Connectivity Ltd. (NYSE:TEL – Free Report) by 58.7% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 561,117 shares of the electronics maker’s stock after selling 798,074 shares during the period. Balyasny Asset Management L.P.’s holdings in TE Connectivity were worth $127,660,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in TE Connectivity by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 38,421,283 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $8,741,226,000 after purchasing an additional 168,142 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its stake in TE Connectivity by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,105,219 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $2,981,572,000 after purchasing an additional 76,292 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in TE Connectivity by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 6,284,933 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,425,669,000 after purchasing an additional 161,967 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in TE Connectivity by 27.5% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 6,274,917 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,058,390,000 after purchasing an additional 1,352,152 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in TE Connectivity by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,403,794 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,001,907,000 after purchasing an additional 144,353 shares during the period. 91.43% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
TE Connectivity Stock Performance
Shares of TE Connectivity stock opened at $211.73 on Thursday. TE Connectivity Ltd. has a one year low of $162.17 and a one year high of $252.56. The company has a market cap of $61.80 billion, a PE ratio of 21.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.89. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $214.83 and a 200-day simple moving average of $220.44.
TE Connectivity Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.78 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 21st. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.5%. TE Connectivity’s payout ratio is currently 31.87%.
TE Connectivity declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Wednesday, March 11th that authorizes the company to buyback $3.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the electronics maker to purchase up to 5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of brokerages have issued reports on TEL. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price target on shares of TE Connectivity from $214.00 to $226.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of TE Connectivity from $297.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of TE Connectivity from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of TE Connectivity from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 2nd. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group set a $286.00 price target on shares of TE Connectivity in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $256.79.
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Insider Activity at TE Connectivity
In other news, insider Shadrak W. Kroeger sold 9,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $215.00, for a total transaction of $2,021,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 25,976 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,584,840. The trade was a 26.57% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 28,200 shares of company stock worth $6,140,644 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.
TE Connectivity Company Profile
TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology company that designs and manufactures connectivity and sensor solutions used to enable the flow of power and data in a wide range of applications. Its product portfolio includes electrical connectors, cable and wire harness assemblies, sensors, relays and switches, fiber-optic and coaxial interconnects, and other passive and active components that provide mechanical and electrical connections in complex systems.
The company’s products and engineered solutions serve diverse end markets such as automotive and transportation, industrial equipment, data communications and networks, aerospace and defense, medical devices, and energy.
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