DMKC Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT – Free Report) by 25.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 37,496 shares of the medical technology company’s stock after buying an additional 7,503 shares during the period. DMKC Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Medtronic were worth $2,933,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Medtronic by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 128,961,343 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $12,388,027,000 after purchasing an additional 1,888,381 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in Medtronic by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 61,660,158 shares of the medical technology company’s stock worth $5,966,780,000 after acquiring an additional 1,199,621 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Medtronic by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 53,616,694 shares of the medical technology company’s stock worth $5,150,420,000 after purchasing an additional 1,419,730 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in shares of Medtronic by 12.6% during the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 34,573,163 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $3,321,101,000 after buying an additional 3,880,174 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Medtronic by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 27,879,481 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $2,665,832,000 after purchasing an additional 231,919 shares during the last quarter. 82.06% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
MDT has been the topic of several analyst reports. Mizuho decreased their price target on Medtronic from $120.00 to $100.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Medtronic from $100.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of Medtronic from $100.00 to $78.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Evercore set a $105.00 price target on Medtronic in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, UBS Group upgraded shares of Medtronic from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $85.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Eighteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Medtronic currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $98.83.
Insider Transactions at Medtronic
In other Medtronic news, EVP Harry Skip Kiil sold 4,189 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $80.44, for a total transaction of $336,963.16. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 37,227 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,994,539.88. This trade represents a 10.11% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.26% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
Medtronic Stock Down 0.3%
Shares of Medtronic stock opened at $85.98 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $110.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.05, a PEG ratio of 2.31 and a beta of 0.55. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $81.47 and its two-hundred day moving average is $86.76. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 2.13 and a quick ratio of 1.62. Medtronic PLC has a 1 year low of $73.31 and a 1 year high of $106.33.
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The medical technology company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.54 by $0.01. Medtronic had a net margin of 13.20% and a return on equity of 14.51%. The business had revenue of $9.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.62 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.62 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.9% on a year-over-year basis. Medtronic has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.900-6.000 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Medtronic PLC will post 5.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Medtronic Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 26th were given a dividend of $0.72 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 26th. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.3%. This is a boost from Medtronic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. Medtronic’s payout ratio is 77.21%.
Medtronic Profile
Medtronic plc is a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures a broad range of therapeutic devices and health care solutions. Headquartered legally in Ireland with principal operational offices in the United States, the company markets products to hospitals, physicians and health systems worldwide and has grown from its founding in 1949 into one of the largest medical-device manufacturers serving global health-care markets.
Medtronic’s offerings span several clinical areas, including cardiac rhythm and heart failure (pacemakers, implantable cardioverter‑defibrillators and related cardiac therapies), minimally invasive and surgical technologies (laparoscopic and advanced energy devices, visualization systems and surgical innovations), restorative therapies (spine and orthopedics, neuromodulation and neurovascular treatments) and diabetes management (insulin-delivery systems and glucose monitoring solutions).
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