Western Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT – Free Report) by 271.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,382 shares of the medical technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,891 shares during the quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Medtronic were worth $1,766,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Medtronic in the fourth quarter worth about $1,653,485,000. WCM Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Medtronic during the 1st quarter valued at about $965,922,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in shares of Medtronic by 12.6% in 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 acquiring an additional 3,880,174 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP raised its stake in shares of Medtronic by 35.3% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 10,189,586 shares of the medical technology company’s stock valued at $970,456,000 after acquiring an additional 2,658,981 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Medtronic by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 128,961,343 shares of the medical technology company’s stock worth $12,388,027,000 after purchasing an additional 1,888,381 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 82.06% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
MDT has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. UBS Group raised Medtronic from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $85.00 to $100.00 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their price objective on shares of Medtronic from $112.00 to $97.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Medtronic from $100.00 to $86.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Medtronic in a report on Monday. Finally, TD Cowen cut their target price on shares of Medtronic from $119.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Eighteen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $98.83.
Medtronic Stock Down 0.0%
MDT opened at $90.65 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $82.84 and a 200-day moving average of $86.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $116.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.30, a P/E/G ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.55. The company has a current ratio of 2.13, a quick ratio of 1.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52. 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 announced its earnings results on Wednesday, June 3rd. The medical technology company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.62 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.62 earnings per share. Medtronic’s revenue was up 9.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Medtronic has set its FY 2027 guidance at 5.900-6.000 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Medtronic PLC will post 5.94 earnings per share for the current year.
Medtronic Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 17th. Investors of record on Friday, June 26th were given a dividend of $0.72 per share. This represents a $2.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.2%. This is a boost from Medtronic’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 26th. Medtronic’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 77.21%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Harry Skip Kiil sold 4,189 shares of the business’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 37,227 shares in the company, valued at $2,994,539.88. The trade was a 10.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.26% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
Medtronic Company 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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