WINTON GROUP Ltd Invests $1.01 Million in Vicor Co. (NASDAQ:VICR)

WINTON GROUP Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Vicor Co. (NASDAQ:VICR - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 20,994 shares of the electronics maker's stock, valued at approximately $1,014,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. raised its stake in Vicor by 146.2% in the third quarter. Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. now owns 1,162 shares of the electronics maker's stock valued at $49,000 after buying an additional 690 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp acquired a new position in shares of Vicor during the fourth quarter valued at about $213,000. Net Worth Advisory Group acquired a new stake in Vicor in the 4th quarter worth approximately $218,000. Savant Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Vicor in the 4th quarter worth approximately $223,000. Finally, KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS purchased a new stake in Vicor during the 4th quarter worth approximately $227,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 47.45% of the company's stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Andrew D'amico sold 4,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.75, for a total transaction of $239,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Quentin A. Fendelet sold 440 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $61.71, for a total value of $27,152.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 13,642 shares of company stock valued at $819,890. Corporate insiders own 31.00% of the company's stock.

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Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Vicor from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, March 4th. Craig Hallum upgraded Vicor from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of Vicor in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th.

Vicor Price Performance

NASDAQ:VICR traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $47.02. The company's stock had a trading volume of 186,613 shares, compared to its average volume of 227,806. The business's fifty day moving average is $53.77 and its two-hundred day moving average is $50.31. The stock has a market cap of $2.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 90.42 and a beta of 1.45. Vicor Co. has a 1 year low of $30.90 and a 1 year high of $65.70.

Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The electronics maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.05. Vicor had a return on equity of 4.29% and a net margin of 6.46%. The company had revenue of $96.17 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $91.03 million.

Vicor Company Profile

Vicor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets modular power components and power systems for converting electrical power in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers a range of brick-format DC-DC converters; complementary components provide AC line rectification, input filtering, power factor correction, and transient protection; and input and output voltage, and output power products, as well as electrical and mechanical accessories.