TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) Shares Acquired by Amundi

Amundi grew its position in shares of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Free Report) by 132.5% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 25,878 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 14,750 shares during the period. Amundi owned approximately 0.05% of TreeHouse Foods worth $894,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in THS. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 4.7% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,657 shares of the company's stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 481 shares in the last quarter. KBC Group NV raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 40.9% in the third quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 1,943 shares of the company's stock valued at $82,000 after acquiring an additional 564 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 456.7% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,119 shares of the company's stock valued at $39,000 after acquiring an additional 918 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 42,261 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,485,000 after acquiring an additional 1,734 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 223,522 shares of the company's stock valued at $7,852,000 after acquiring an additional 3,238 shares in the last quarter. 99.81% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently commented on the company. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on TreeHouse Foods from $32.00 to $35.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, January 24th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on TreeHouse Foods from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com raised TreeHouse Foods from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $34.83.

TreeHouse Foods Stock Performance

Shares of THS stock traded down $0.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $26.27. 1,271,830 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 539,484. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $32.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $35.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 48.65 and a beta of 0.15. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has a 12-month low of $26.14 and a 12-month high of $43.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.63 and a current ratio of 1.36.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $905.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $907.71 million. TreeHouse Foods had a return on equity of 6.42% and a net margin of 0.80%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.77 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that TreeHouse Foods, Inc. will post 1.94 EPS for the current year.

TreeHouse Foods Company Profile

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.