Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMI - Get Free Report)'s stock price gapped down before the market opened on Thursday . The stock had previously closed at $330.71, but opened at $318.55. Cummins shares last traded at $320.61, with a volume of 196,483 shares traded.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
CMI has been the topic of a number of research reports. Barclays boosted their price objective on Cummins from $310.00 to $381.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Truist Financial boosted their price target on shares of Cummins from $424.00 to $425.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Bank of America raised shares of Cummins from an "underperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and upped their target price for the company from $354.00 to $358.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. StockNews.com downgraded Cummins from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Cummins from an "underweight" rating to a "neutral" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $355.00 to $420.00 in a report on Monday, December 9th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $386.67.
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Cummins Price Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.31 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.33, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.01. The company's 50 day moving average price is $360.73 and its 200 day moving average price is $346.75.
Cummins (NYSE:CMI - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The company reported $5.16 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.70 by $0.46. The company had revenue of $8.45 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.06 billion. Cummins had a return on equity of 27.12% and a net margin of 11.57%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.14 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Cummins Inc. will post 22.54 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Cummins Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 21st were given a dividend of $1.82 per share. This represents a $7.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 21st. Cummins's dividend payout ratio is 25.84%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Cummins
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in CMI. Global Trust Asset Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Cummins by 59.6% during the fourth quarter. Global Trust Asset Management LLC now owns 75 shares of the company's stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. KG&L Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Cummins by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. KG&L Capital Management LLC now owns 3,749 shares of the company's stock worth $1,296,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC grew its stake in Cummins by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 3,313 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,155,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the period. Fiduciary Trust Co increased its holdings in shares of Cummins by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Fiduciary Trust Co now owns 2,456 shares of the company's stock worth $856,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Massachusetts Wealth Management increased its holdings in shares of Cummins by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Wealth Management now owns 4,812 shares of the company's stock worth $1,677,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 83.46% of the company's stock.
About Cummins
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Cummins Inc designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric and hybrid powertrains, and related components worldwide. It operates through five segments: Engine, Distribution, Components, Power Systems, and Accelera. The company offers diesel and natural gas-powered engines under the Cummins and other customer brands for the heavy and medium-duty truck, bus, recreational vehicle, light-duty automotive, construction, mining, marine, rail, oil and gas, defense, and agricultural markets; and offers parts and services, as well as remanufactured parts and engines.
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