Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PRTH - Get Free Report)'s stock price traded up 4.8% on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $9.74 and last traded at $9.62. 32,081 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 58% from the average session volume of 76,426 shares. The stock had previously closed at $9.18.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several analysts recently issued reports on PRTH shares. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods boosted their target price on shares of Priority Technology from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company a "market perform" rating in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. B. Riley boosted their price objective on shares of Priority Technology from $13.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Finally, Lake Street Capital raised their target price on Priority Technology from $8.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, November 22nd.
Check Out Our Latest Stock Analysis on PRTH
Priority Technology Stock Up 2.5 %
The stock has a market capitalization of $726.45 million, a PE ratio of -22.52 and a beta of 1.20. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $7.58 and its 200-day moving average price is $6.16.
Insider Activity
In other news, insider Sean Kiewiet sold 4,483 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $6.00, for a total transaction of $26,898.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 1,065,158 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,390,948. This represents a 0.42 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Insiders have sold 76,666 shares of company stock worth $655,166 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 76.30% of the company's stock.
Institutional Trading of Priority Technology
Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in PRTH. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Priority Technology by 25.7% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 762,631 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,494,000 after purchasing an additional 156,044 shares during the last quarter. Rebalance LLC bought a new stake in Priority Technology in the third quarter worth $4,822,000. Renaissance Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Priority Technology during the second quarter worth $202,000. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new position in Priority Technology during the second quarter valued at $301,000. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of Priority Technology in the third quarter valued at $112,000. 11.52% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Priority Technology Company Profile
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Priority Technology Holdings, Inc operates as a payment technology company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMB) Payments, Business-To-Business (B2B) Payments, and Enterprise Payments. It offers SMB payments processing solutions for B2C transactions through independent sales organizations, financial institutions, independent software vendors, and other referral partners through its MX product suite, which includes MX Connect and MX Merchant products, such as MX Insights, MX Storefront, MX Retail, MX Invoice, MX B2B and ACH.com, and others, which provides flexible and customizable set of business applications that helps to manage critical business work functions and revenue performance to resellers and merchant clients using core payment processing.
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