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Atala Financial Inc Takes Position in Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ:NXT)

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Atala Financial Inc bought a new stake in shares of Nextracker Inc. (NASDAQ:NXT - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 27,412 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,001,000.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp boosted its position in shares of Nextracker by 15.8% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 5,070,473 shares of the company's stock valued at $190,041,000 after acquiring an additional 690,343 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Nextracker by 23.3% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 3,593,938 shares of the company's stock worth $134,724,000 after buying an additional 679,272 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its position in Nextracker by 25.5% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 3,392,992 shares of the company's stock worth $127,169,000 after buying an additional 688,810 shares during the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in Nextracker by 15.4% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,367,636 shares of the company's stock worth $88,739,000 after buying an additional 315,199 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB lifted its position in Nextracker by 36.0% in the 4th quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 2,278,217 shares of the company's stock worth $83,223,000 after buying an additional 602,600 shares during the last quarter. 67.41% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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Insider Activity at Nextracker

In related news, CAO David P. Bennett sold 9,801 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.90, for a total transaction of $489,069.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 124,577 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,216,392.30. This trade represents a 7.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Bruce Ledesma sold 9,891 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.05, for a total value of $455,480.55. Following the sale, the insider now owns 132,374 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,095,822.70. This represents a 6.95 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 25,758 shares of company stock worth $1,217,520. 0.27% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

NXT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup dropped their target price on Nextracker from $50.00 to $45.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 8th. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on Nextracker from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. BNP Paribas raised Nextracker to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Guggenheim lifted their price target on Nextracker from $50.00 to $62.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Truist Financial reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $56.00 price target (up from $54.00) on shares of Nextracker in a research note on Wednesday, January 29th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nineteen have issued a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Nextracker presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $56.50.

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Nextracker Stock Down 1.9 %

Nextracker stock traded down $0.85 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $44.31. The company had a trading volume of 2,681,410 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,080,969. The company has a current ratio of 2.20, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $44.72 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $39.61. Nextracker Inc. has a 12 month low of $30.93 and a 12 month high of $62.31. The company has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion, a PE ratio of 11.27 and a beta of 2.24.

Nextracker (NASDAQ:NXT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.31. Nextracker had a return on equity of 41.22% and a net margin of 20.12%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Nextracker Inc. will post 3.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Nextracker Profile

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Nextracker Inc, an energy solutions company, provides solar tracker and software solutions for utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects in the United States and internationally. The company offers tracking solutions, which includes NX Horizon, a solar tracking solution; and NX Horizon-XTR, a terrain-following tracker designed to expand the addressable market for trackers on sites with sloped, uneven, and challenging terrain.

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