Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board Acquires 13,406 Shares of Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO)

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board boosted its position in Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO - Free Report) by 77.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 30,727 shares of the business services provider's stock after buying an additional 13,406 shares during the quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board owned approximately 0.06% of Exponent worth $2,738,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its holdings in Exponent by 129.8% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 278 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. Atala Financial Inc bought a new position in shares of Exponent in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Exponent in the third quarter valued at about $26,000. Tortoise Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Exponent by 76.7% during the fourth quarter. Tortoise Investment Management LLC now owns 440 shares of the business services provider's stock worth $39,000 after acquiring an additional 191 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Trust Co. of Vermont acquired a new position in Exponent during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Institutional investors own 92.37% of the company's stock.

Exponent Trading Down 1.4 %

Shares of Exponent stock traded down $1.11 on Friday, reaching $78.28. 302,366 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 242,547. The company has a market capitalization of $3.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.92 and a beta of 0.84. Exponent, Inc. has a one year low of $73.83 and a one year high of $115.75. The company has a 50-day moving average of $82.36 and a 200 day moving average of $92.22.

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.06. Exponent had a net margin of 19.52% and a return on equity of 27.27%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.41 EPS. Analysts predict that Exponent, Inc. will post 1.98 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Exponent

In other Exponent news, VP Richard Reiss sold 1,736 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.93, for a total value of $149,174.48. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 1,800 shares in the company, valued at $154,674. The trade was a 49.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. 2.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Exponent

Exponent, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering.