Bridgewater Associates LP Has $339,000 Stock Position in TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS)

Bridgewater Associates LP reduced its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS - Free Report) by 70.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,663 shares of the company's stock after selling 23,068 shares during the quarter. Bridgewater Associates LP's holdings in TreeHouse Foods were worth $339,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of THS. Mariner LLC increased its holdings in TreeHouse Foods by 73.2% in the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 16,041 shares of the company's stock worth $564,000 after buying an additional 6,777 shares during the last quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 134.4% during the 4th quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 2,374 shares of the company's stock worth $83,000 after purchasing an additional 1,361 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 37.6% during the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 324,745 shares of the company's stock valued at $11,408,000 after purchasing an additional 88,733 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in shares of TreeHouse Foods by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,740 shares of the company's stock valued at $272,000 after purchasing an additional 681 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC boosted its holdings in TreeHouse Foods by 90.5% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 5,219,543 shares of the company's stock worth $183,363,000 after purchasing an additional 2,479,495 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.81% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on THS. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $37.00 to $31.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $26.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, April 11th. StockNews.com raised TreeHouse Foods from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays lifted their price objective on TreeHouse Foods from $35.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, TD Cowen decreased their target price on TreeHouse Foods from $32.00 to $27.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, TreeHouse Foods currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $31.67.

TreeHouse Foods Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of NYSE THS traded up $0.02 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $22.69. 823,142 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 581,783. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.90, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 0.63. TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has a 12 month low of $21.39 and a 12 month high of $43.84. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $27.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $32.66. The company has a market capitalization of $1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 42.02 and a beta of 0.40.

TreeHouse Foods (NYSE:THS - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, February 14th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by ($0.02). TreeHouse Foods had a net margin of 0.80% and a return on equity of 6.42%. The company had revenue of $905.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $907.71 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.77 EPS. The business's quarterly revenue was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts expect 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.