Impact Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 2,699 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $281,000.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Wellington Management Group LLP lifted its stake in PACCAR by 53.3% in the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 13,434,115 shares of the company's stock worth $1,325,678,000 after acquiring an additional 4,669,172 shares during the last quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its position in shares of PACCAR by 47.8% during the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 10,194,903 shares of the company's stock worth $1,006,033,000 after purchasing an additional 3,296,146 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of PACCAR by 1.8% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 5,180,925 shares of the company's stock worth $511,254,000 after purchasing an additional 89,245 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in PACCAR by 49.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,515,184 shares of the company's stock valued at $346,878,000 after buying an additional 1,164,692 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its stake in PACCAR by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 3,505,964 shares of the company's stock valued at $364,690,000 after buying an additional 61,457 shares in the last quarter. 64.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research firms have recently issued reports on PCAR. Evercore ISI lowered their price objective on PACCAR from $129.00 to $127.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Bank of America raised PACCAR from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and upped their price target for the company from $116.00 to $121.50 in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Truist Financial raised their price objective on shares of PACCAR from $112.00 to $113.00 and gave the stock a "hold" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of PACCAR from $125.00 to $115.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Melius raised shares of PACCAR from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $118.23.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, VP Todd R. Hubbard sold 2,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $112.05, for a total transaction of $224,100.00. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 5,463 shares in the company, valued at $612,129.15. The trade was a 26.80 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Darrin C. Siver sold 103,671 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $111.56, for a total transaction of $11,565,536.76. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 61,005 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,805,717.80. The trade was a 62.95 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 165,547 shares of company stock valued at $18,261,908 over the last three months. 2.02% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
PACCAR Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:PCAR traded down $0.96 on Tuesday, reaching $100.21. The company's stock had a trading volume of 1,862,901 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,507,842. PACCAR Inc has a 52-week low of $90.04 and a 52-week high of $125.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.67, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.91. The stock's 50-day moving average is $107.05 and its two-hundred day moving average is $106.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56, a current ratio of 2.54 and a quick ratio of 1.39.
PACCAR (NASDAQ:PCAR - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 28th. The company reported $1.66 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.70 by ($0.04). PACCAR had a net margin of 12.36% and a return on equity of 23.53%. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that PACCAR Inc will post 7.57 EPS for the current year.
PACCAR Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $3.00 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from PACCAR's previous dividend of $0.89. PACCAR's dividend payout ratio is 16.69%.
PACCAR Company Profile
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PACCAR Inc designs, manufactures, and distributes light, medium, and heavy-duty commercial trucks in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, Australia, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Truck, Parts, and Financial Services. The Truck segment designs, manufactures, and distributes trucks for the over-the-road and off-highway hauling of commercial and consumer goods.
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