Fisher Asset Management LLC Buys Shares of 36,599 Penguin Solutions, Inc. $PENG

Fisher Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Penguin Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:PENGFree Report) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 36,599 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $716,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Optimize Financial Inc grew its position in shares of Penguin Solutions by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Optimize Financial Inc now owns 56,354 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,102,000 after purchasing an additional 808 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Penguin Solutions during the 4th quarter worth approximately $18,290,000. LSV Asset Management lifted its stake in Penguin Solutions by 66.5% in the 4th quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 948,170 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,546,000 after buying an additional 378,802 shares in the last quarter. FourThought Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Penguin Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at $231,000. Finally, Covestor Ltd grew its holdings in Penguin Solutions by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 15,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $304,000 after buying an additional 695 shares during the last quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Sandeep Nayyar sold 7,107 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $43.48, for a total value of $309,012.36. Following the sale, the director directly owned 25,417 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,105,131.16. This trade represents a 21.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Maximiliane C. Straub sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.00, for a total transaction of $147,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 51,975 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,546,775. The trade was a 5.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 72,769 shares of company stock worth $2,690,851 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 2.90% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PENG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $30.00 price target on shares of Penguin Solutions in a report on Monday, March 30th. Weiss Ratings lowered Penguin Solutions from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of Penguin Solutions from $27.00 to $24.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Penguin Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, May 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of Penguin Solutions from $25.00 to $27.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $27.25.

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Penguin Solutions Price Performance

PENG stock opened at $55.83 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 77.54 and a beta of 2.66. The company has a quick ratio of 1.55, a current ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. Penguin Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $16.04 and a 52-week high of $60.87. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $24.08.

Penguin Solutions (NASDAQ:PENGGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 1st. The company reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.43 by $0.09. Penguin Solutions had a return on equity of 19.94% and a net margin of 4.07%.The firm had revenue of $343.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $339.00 million. Equities research analysts expect that Penguin Solutions, Inc. will post 1.66 EPS for the current year.

About Penguin Solutions

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Penguin Solutions, Inc engages in the designing and development of enterprise solutions worldwide. It operates through three segments: Advanced Computing, Integrated Memory, and Optimized LED. It offers dynamic random access memory modules, solid-state and flash storage, and other advanced integrated memory solutions for networking and telecom, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning applications; and supply chain services, including procurement, logistics, inventory management, temporary warehousing, programming, kitting, and packaging services.

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