9,744 Shares in Smith-Midland Co. (NASDAQ:SMID) Purchased by WINTON GROUP Ltd

WINTON GROUP Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Smith-Midland Co. (NASDAQ:SMID - Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 9,744 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $433,000. WINTON GROUP Ltd owned about 0.18% of Smith-Midland as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of SMID. Barclays PLC increased its stake in Smith-Midland by 236.3% during the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 6,984 shares of the company's stock worth $233,000 after acquiring an additional 4,907 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Smith-Midland by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 101,193 shares of the company's stock worth $3,379,000 after purchasing an additional 1,866 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in shares of Smith-Midland by 8.2% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 54,543 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,821,000 after purchasing an additional 4,136 shares during the last quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. lifted its position in Smith-Midland by 1.9% in the fourth quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. now owns 1,784,921 shares of the company's stock worth $79,358,000 after buying an additional 33,957 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Smith-Midland by 129.1% in the third quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 2,866 shares of the company's stock worth $96,000 after buying an additional 1,615 shares during the last quarter. 49.94% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Smith-Midland Trading Up 0.5 %

SMID stock traded up $0.13 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $27.62. 14,286 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 24,529. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $35.07 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $38.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $146.52 million, a PE ratio of 22.83 and a beta of 1.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 2.28 and a current ratio of 2.78. Smith-Midland Co. has a one year low of $22.00 and a one year high of $51.96.

Smith-Midland Company Profile

Smith-Midland Corporation invents, develops, manufactures, markets, leases, licenses, sells, and installs precast concrete products and systems in the United States. It offers SlenderWall lightweight construction panel, lightweight exterior cladding used for the exterior walls of buildings; Sierra Wall that provides sound and sight barrier for use alongside highways around residential, industrial, and commercial properties; J-J Hooks highway safety barriers, used on roadways to separate lanes of traffic in construction work zone or traffic control purposes; Easi-Set precast building and Easi-Span expandable precast buildings, used in housing communications operations, traffic control systems, and mechanical and electrical stations; Easi-Set utility, vaults for house equipment, such as cable, telephone, or traffic signal equipment, and for underground storage, as well as custom-built utility vaults for special needs; SoftSound soundwall panels, it absorb highway noise; Beach Prisms erosion control modules for seawalls and jetties; and H2Out secondary drainage systems for panelized exterior cladding.