Insider Selling: Westwood Holdings Group (NYSE:WHG) Director Sells $142,793.87 in Stock

Westwood Holdings Group Inc (NYSE:WHGGet Free Report) Director Susan Byrne sold 7,129 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.03, for a total value of $142,793.87. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 240,108 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,809,363.24. The trade was a 2.88% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

Westwood Holdings Group Price Performance

NYSE:WHG opened at $19.75 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $187.47 million, a P/E ratio of 23.80 and a beta of 0.57. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $17.11 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.11. Westwood Holdings Group Inc has a 1 year low of $14.70 and a 1 year high of $20.97.

Westwood Holdings Group Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 1st. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. Westwood Holdings Group’s payout ratio is currently 72.29%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

WHG has been the subject of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Westwood Holdings Group to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 16th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Westwood Holdings Group from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

Read Our Latest Stock Report on Westwood Holdings Group

Institutional Trading of Westwood Holdings Group

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in WHG. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL bought a new stake in shares of Westwood Holdings Group during the fourth quarter valued at about $7,638,000. Empowered Funds LLC grew its position in shares of Westwood Holdings Group by 9.6% during the 4th quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 38,337 shares of the asset manager’s stock valued at $660,000 after purchasing an additional 3,368 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of Westwood Holdings Group in the first quarter worth $213,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its holdings in shares of Westwood Holdings Group by 39.9% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 10,032 shares of the asset manager’s stock worth $173,000 after purchasing an additional 2,861 shares in the last quarter. Finally, New York State Common Retirement Fund bought a new stake in Westwood Holdings Group during the second quarter valued at approximately $98,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 56.64% of the company’s stock.

About Westwood Holdings Group

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Westwood Holdings Group, Inc is an independent, publicly traded asset management firm founded in 1983 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company offers a range of investment advisory services tailored to institutional, retail, and high-net-worth clients. Westwood’s disciplined, value-oriented approach guides its research process across equity and fixed-income markets, with an emphasis on fundamental analysis and long-term risk management.

The firm’s product lineup includes U.S.

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