O Brien Greene & Co. Inc Buys 1,433 Shares of Vontier Co. (NYSE:VNT)

O Brien Greene & Co. Inc raised its stake in Vontier Co. (NYSE:VNT) by 0.8% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 172,274 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,433 shares during the period. Vontier makes up about 2.1% of O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st largest position. O Brien Greene & Co. Inc’s holdings in Vontier were worth $5,952,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Yousif Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vontier by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 72,799 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,515,000 after purchasing an additional 1,196 shares during the period. Wolverine Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vontier during the fourth quarter worth approximately $726,000. California Public Employees Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of Vontier by 3.8% during the fourth quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 305,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,553,000 after purchasing an additional 11,114 shares during the period. Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vontier during the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,451,000. Finally, Handelsbanken Fonder AB increased its holdings in shares of Vontier by 30.5% during the fourth quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB now owns 29,500 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,019,000 after purchasing an additional 6,900 shares during the period. 95.83% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently issued reports on VNT. Argus increased their price target on shares of Vontier from $39.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 18th. UBS Group increased their price target on shares of Vontier from $42.00 to $46.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 16th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Vontier from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from $37.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 11th. Citigroup increased their price target on shares of Vontier from $45.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Vontier from $37.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $45.00.

Vontier Stock Performance

Shares of Vontier stock opened at $41.22 on Friday. Vontier Co. has a fifty-two week low of $26.28 and a fifty-two week high of $45.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.44, a current ratio of 1.39 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.10, a P/E/G ratio of 1.19 and a beta of 1.31. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $42.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $36.84.

Vontier (NYSE:VNT) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 15th. The company reported $0.80 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.78 by $0.02. Vontier had a net margin of 12.18% and a return on equity of 60.00%. The firm had revenue of $789.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $780.92 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.81 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 9.5% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities analysts forecast that Vontier Co. will post 3.15 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Vontier Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 7th were issued a dividend of $0.025 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 6th. This represents a $0.10 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.24%. Vontier’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4.15%.

Vontier Profile

Vontier Corporation provides mobility ecosystem solutions worldwide. The company operates through Mobility Technologies, Repair Solutions, and Environmental and Fueling Solutions segments. The Mobility Technologies segment provides digitally equipment solutions for mobility ecosystem, such as point-of-sale and payment systems, workflow automation, telematics, data analytics, software platform, and integrated solutions for alternative fuel dispensing.