Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Invests $1.05 Million in NETGEAR, Inc. $NTGR

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new stake in shares of NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGRFree Report) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 45,055 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,052,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE acquired a new position in NETGEAR during the second quarter worth $3,719,000. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new position in NETGEAR during the second quarter valued at $302,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC acquired a new stake in shares of NETGEAR in the second quarter valued at about $1,707,000. Manatuck Hill Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NETGEAR in the second quarter valued at about $3,736,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc purchased a new stake in shares of NETGEAR during the second quarter worth about $532,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.97% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at NETGEAR

In related news, insider Pramod Badjate sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.88, for a total value of $71,640.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 154,073 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,679,263.24. This represents a 1.91% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Insiders own 3.10% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of NETGEAR in a research note on Wednesday, June 24th. Wall Street Zen upgraded NETGEAR from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NETGEAR presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $36.50.

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NETGEAR Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NTGR opened at $21.13 on Wednesday. NETGEAR, Inc. has a 52-week low of $19.00 and a 52-week high of $36.86. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.37. The company has a market capitalization of $574.29 million, a PE ratio of -22.72 and a beta of 1.17.

NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGRGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 6th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.01 by $0.15. The firm had revenue of $168.56 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $157.80 million. NETGEAR had a negative net margin of 3.71% and a negative return on equity of 2.79%. NETGEAR’s quarterly revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.06 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that NETGEAR, Inc. will post -0.52 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NETGEAR Company Profile

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NETGEAR, Inc (NASDAQ: NTGR) is a global provider of networking solutions for consumer, business and service provider markets. The company designs, develops and markets a comprehensive portfolio of products that enable high-speed connectivity, data storage and network security for homes, small to medium-sized businesses and large enterprises.

Its product lineup includes Wi-Fi routers, mesh networking systems, cable modems, mobile broadband gateways and Ethernet switches—offered in both managed and unmanaged configurations.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for NETGEAR (NASDAQ:NTGR)

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