WINTON GROUP Ltd Makes New $4.36 Million Investment in TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS)

WINTON GROUP Ltd acquired a new position in shares of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 124,110 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,360,000. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned about 0.24% of TreeHouse Foods as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in THS. KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS acquired a new position in shares of TreeHouse Foods during the fourth quarter worth approximately $337,000. American Century Companies Inc. grew its position in TreeHouse Foods by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 60,763 shares of the company's stock worth $2,135,000 after purchasing an additional 1,746 shares during the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of TreeHouse Foods during the fourth quarter valued at about $605,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 898,536 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,566,000 after buying an additional 17,225 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC acquired a new stake in TreeHouse Foods during the fourth quarter worth about $1,142,000. Institutional investors own 99.81% of the company's stock.

TreeHouse Foods Price Performance

Shares of TreeHouse Foods stock traded up $0.22 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $27.33. 68,500 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 676,112. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $25.69 and a fifty-two week high of $43.84. The company has a market cap of $1.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.61 and a beta of 0.15. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $31.32 and a 200 day simple moving average of $34.94. The company has a current ratio of 1.36, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $905.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $907.71 million. TreeHouse Foods had a return on equity of 6.42% and a net margin of 0.80%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.77 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that TreeHouse Foods, Inc. will post 1.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have commented on the company. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price objective on TreeHouse Foods from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays raised their target price on TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of TreeHouse Foods from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $34.83.

About TreeHouse Foods

TreeHouse Foods, Inc manufactures and distributes private brands snacks and beverages in the United States and internationally. The company provides snacking products, such as crackers, pretzels, in-store bakery items, frozen griddle items, cookies, and candies; and beverage and drink mixes, including non-dairy creamer, coffee, broths/stocks, powdered beverages and other blends, tea, and ready-to-drink-beverages.