Addenda Capital Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Alamos Gold Inc. (NYSE:AGI - Free Report) TSE: AGI by 8.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,732,010 shares of the basic materials company's stock after selling 158,920 shares during the quarter. Alamos Gold comprises approximately 2.2% of Addenda Capital Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 12th largest position. Addenda Capital Inc. owned 0.41% of Alamos Gold worth $46,314,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Alamos Gold by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 15,995,738 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $295,105,000 after purchasing an additional 279,280 shares in the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Alamos Gold by 17.8% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 9,440,153 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $173,991,000 after acquiring an additional 1,424,550 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in Alamos Gold by 59.0% in the 4th quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 7,726,726 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $142,936,000 after acquiring an additional 2,867,027 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC lifted its stake in Alamos Gold by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 7,534,253 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $138,932,000 after acquiring an additional 318,360 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of Alamos Gold by 296.6% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,375,892 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $136,011,000 after buying an additional 5,516,186 shares in the last quarter. 64.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Scotiabank reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of Alamos Gold in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on Alamos Gold from $27.00 to $30.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, April 4th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on Alamos Gold from $31.00 to $30.50 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 8th. National Bank Financial upgraded Alamos Gold to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Alamos Gold from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Monday, May 5th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $30.38.
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Alamos Gold Trading Up 0.4%
AGI traded up $0.12 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $27.22. 2,090,820 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,773,025. Alamos Gold Inc. has a one year low of $15.01 and a one year high of $31.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a current ratio of 1.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 39.45, a PEG ratio of 0.40 and a beta of 0.60. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $26.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is $23.07.
Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI - Get Free Report) TSE: AGI last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The basic materials company reported $0.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.19 by ($0.05). The business had revenue of $333.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $324.98 million. Alamos Gold had a net margin of 21.11% and a return on equity of 10.05%. Alamos Gold's revenue for the quarter was up 20.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.13 earnings per share. As a group, analysts forecast that Alamos Gold Inc. will post 1.29 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Alamos Gold Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 12th will be given a dividend of $0.025 per share. This represents a $0.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 12th. Alamos Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 16.13%.
Alamos Gold Profile
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Alamos Gold Inc engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and extraction of precious metals in Canada and Mexico. The company primarily explores for gold deposits. It holds 100% interest in the Young-Davidson mine and Island Gold mine located in the Ontario, Canada; Mulatos mine located in the Sonora, Mexico; and Lynn Lake project situated in the Manitoba, Canada.
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