TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) Shares Sold by Blair William & Co. IL

Blair William & Co. IL reduced its stake in TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Free Report) by 51.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 102,581 shares of the company's stock after selling 109,778 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL owned about 0.20% of TreeHouse Foods worth $3,604,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. FMR LLC increased its position in TreeHouse Foods by 28.1% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,740,048 shares of the company's stock valued at $115,027,000 after purchasing an additional 600,723 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 901,064 shares of the company's stock valued at $31,654,000 after acquiring an additional 32,613 shares in the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC raised its position in TreeHouse Foods by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 898,536 shares of the company's stock worth $31,566,000 after buying an additional 17,225 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in TreeHouse Foods by 7.0% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 337,657 shares of the company's stock valued at $14,175,000 after purchasing an additional 21,951 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 187.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 316,428 shares of the company's stock valued at $13,284,000 after buying an additional 206,411 shares during the period. 99.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

TreeHouse Foods Trading Down 1.7 %

NYSE THS traded down $0.45 on Friday, reaching $25.96. The stock had a trading volume of 739,635 shares, compared to its average volume of 561,558. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $30.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $34.43. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has a 12-month low of $25.65 and a 12-month high of $43.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.07 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a quick ratio of 0.63, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $907.71 million. TreeHouse Foods had a net margin of 0.80% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The firm's revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.77 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that TreeHouse Foods, Inc. will post 1.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

THS has been the subject of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their target price on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 24th. Finally, StockNews.com raised TreeHouse Foods from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target 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.