127,700 Shares in Trimble Inc. $TRMB Purchased by Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co

Key Points

• Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co opened a new position in Trimble, purchasing 127,700 shares in Q4 valued at approximately $10.0 million, representing about 0.05% of the company.
• Trimble beat the quarter's expectations with $0.79 EPS (vs. $0.72 est.) and $939.9M revenue (vs. $905.6M est.), and issued Q2 2026 guidance of $0.780–0.820 EPS and FY 2026 guidance of $3.470–3.640 EPS.
• Insiders sold a total of 31,725 shares in the last 90 days—including CEO and VP sales executed under Rule 10b5-1 plans to cover tax withholdings—while corporate insiders still own about 0.59% of the stock.

Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co acquired a new position in Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 127,700 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $10,005,000. Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co owned 0.05% of Trimble at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Salomon & Ludwin LLC purchased a new stake in Trimble in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new stake in Trimble in the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Trimble in the 3rd quarter worth about $30,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Trimble by 90.8% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 372 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares during the period. Finally, Quarry LP raised its position in Trimble by 175.8% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 364 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares during the period. 93.21% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Trimble Price Performance

Shares of TRMB opened at $68.37 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $15.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.45. Trimble Inc. has a twelve month low of $62.00 and a twelve month high of $87.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The company has a 50 day moving average of $66.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $73.13.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.72 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $939.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $905.60 million. Trimble had a net margin of 11.82% and a return on equity of 11.18%. Trimble has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.780-0.820 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.470-3.640 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Trimble Inc. will post 3 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Trimble news, CEO Robert G. Painter sold 7,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $66.94, for a total value of $502,050.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 11,897 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $796,385.18. This trade represents a 38.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, VP Mark David Schwartz sold 16,725 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $67.01, for a total transaction of $1,120,742.25. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 19,668 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,317,952.68. This trade represents a 45.96% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 31,725 shares of company stock valued at $2,151,167. Corporate insiders own 0.59% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on TRMB shares. Wells Fargo & Company reduced their price objective on shares of Trimble from $94.00 to $79.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Trimble from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, March 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Trimble from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Saturday, April 4th. Robert W. Baird dropped their target price on shares of Trimble from $90.00 to $85.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Trimble in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Trimble currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $92.78.

About Trimble

Trimble Inc NASDAQ: TRMB is a technology company that develops hardware, software and services to improve the productivity and connectivity of customers across the construction, agriculture, geospatial, transportation and logistics, and natural resources sectors. The company's offerings center on advanced positioning technologies — including GNSS/GPS receivers, inertial sensors and laser scanning — integrated with application-specific software and cloud services to enable precise measurement, modeling, machine control and workflow automation for field and office operations.

Trimble's product portfolio spans surveying and geospatial instruments (total stations, mobile mapping and terrestrial laser scanners), construction solutions (machine control systems, site positioning and estimating), agriculture systems (auto-steer, guidance and application-control platforms), and fleet and transportation telematics.

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