Insider Selling: Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTI) CEO Sells $536,000.00 in Stock

Tetra Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:TTIGet Free Report) CEO Brady Murphy sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $10.72, for a total value of $536,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,965,457 shares in the company, valued at approximately $31,789,699.04. The trade was a 1.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink.

Tetra Technologies Price Performance

NYSE:TTI traded down $0.93 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $9.32. 1,837,881 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,823,850. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 2.02 and a quick ratio of 1.20. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $10.18 and its 200-day moving average is $9.86. The stock has a market cap of $1.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 186.54 and a beta of 1.18. Tetra Technologies, Inc. has a 1-year low of $3.17 and a 1-year high of $12.54.

Tetra Technologies (NYSE:TTIGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The oil and gas company reported $0.06 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.03 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $156.25 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $151.20 million. Tetra Technologies had a return on equity of 10.50% and a net margin of 1.15%. Equities research analysts expect that Tetra Technologies, Inc. will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Tetra Technologies

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Rubric Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Tetra Technologies during the third quarter worth about $26,046,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in Tetra Technologies by 2,392.5% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,072,139 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock valued at $28,787,000 after buying an additional 2,948,885 shares during the period. Encompass Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Tetra Technologies in the 4th quarter valued at about $27,094,000. Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Tetra Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,359,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP acquired a new position in shares of Tetra Technologies during the 4th quarter valued at about $15,773,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.19% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on TTI shares. Northland Securities raised their price target on shares of Tetra Technologies from $11.50 to $14.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Tetra Technologies from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Tetra Technologies currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $10.88.

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About Tetra Technologies

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Tetra Technologies, Inc (NYSE: TTI) is a provider of specialized products and services to the upstream oil and gas industry. The company operates through two primary segments: Oilfield Services, which offers hydraulic fracturing and wellsite fluid systems, and Chemical Solutions, which manufactures and delivers a broad range of drilling, completion and production chemicals. Tetra’s integrated service model spans the design, blending and on-site delivery of fluids, as well as pumping equipment and related wellsite operations.

Within the Oilfield Services segment, Tetra supplies pressure pumping fleets and associated equipment to support onshore hydraulic fracturing and well placement activities.

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