Xponance Inc. acquired a new position in shares of HDFC Bank Limited (NYSE:HDB - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 3,879 shares of the bank's stock, valued at approximately $258,000.
Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FIL Ltd grew its holdings in HDFC Bank by 17.5% during the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 17,467,131 shares of the bank's stock worth $1,115,451,000 after acquiring an additional 2,599,337 shares during the period. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd lifted its position in shares of HDFC Bank by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Temasek Holdings Private Ltd now owns 8,557,788 shares of the bank's stock valued at $546,500,000 after acquiring an additional 190,566 shares in the last quarter. GQG Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of HDFC Bank by 74.4% in the fourth quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 7,883,347 shares of the bank's stock valued at $503,431,000 after acquiring an additional 3,364,114 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of HDFC Bank by 13.3% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,793,113 shares of the bank's stock valued at $497,668,000 after acquiring an additional 914,289 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in HDFC Bank by 43.0% during the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 7,307,074 shares of the bank's stock worth $466,629,000 after buying an additional 2,196,315 shares in the last quarter. 17.61% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
HDFC Bank Trading Down 1.1%
NYSE:HDB opened at $75.30 on Friday. HDFC Bank Limited has a 1 year low of $57.24 and a 1 year high of $78.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 0.09 and a current ratio of 0.07. The stock has a market cap of $190.68 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 0.64. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $75.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $67.70.
HDFC Bank (NYSE:HDB - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Saturday, April 19th. The bank reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.11. The company had revenue of $5.04 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $434.68 billion. HDFC Bank had a return on equity of 13.85% and a net margin of 15.02%. As a group, analysts anticipate that HDFC Bank Limited will post 3.03 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Wall Street Zen raised HDFC Bank from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th.
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HDFC Bank Limited provides banking and financial services to individuals and businesses in India, Bahrain, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The company operates in three segments: Wholesale Banking, Retail Banking, and Treasury Services. It accepts savings, salary, current, rural, public provident fund, pension, and demat accounts; fixed and recurring deposits; and safe deposit lockers, as well as offshore accounts and deposits, and overdrafts against fixed deposits.
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