American Capital Management Inc. Takes Position in Trimble Inc. $TRMB

Key Points

• American Capital Management initiated a Trimble position in the second quarter, purchasing 19,000 shares valued at approximately $972,000. Institutional investors collectively own 93.21% of the company.
• Trimble exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $0.86 in EPS versus the $0.80 consensus and revenue of $972 million, up 11% year over year. The company issued third-quarter 2026 EPS guidance of $0.83–$0.88 and full-year guidance of $3.60–$3.70.
• Analyst sentiment remains generally positive, with a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating and an $81.78 price target, despite mixed recommendations and a recent insider sale of 1,718 shares.

American Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 19,000 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock, valued at approximately $972,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its position in Trimble by 29.4% in the 2nd quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 347,691 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $17,795,000 after acquiring an additional 79,069 shares during the last quarter. ABN Amro Investment Solutions increased its holdings in shares of Trimble by 90.8% during the fourth quarter. ABN Amro Investment Solutions now owns 60,512 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock valued at $4,741,000 after acquiring an additional 28,791 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB lifted its position in Trimble by 60.0% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 508,180 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $39,816,000 after acquiring an additional 190,638 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Trimble during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Finally, National Pension Service boosted its stake in shares of Trimble by 49.4% in the fourth quarter. National Pension Service now owns 57,132 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company's stock worth $4,476,000 after buying an additional 18,897 shares during the last quarter. 93.21% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Trimble Price Performance

TRMB opened at $59.68 on Thursday. Trimble Inc. has a twelve month low of $47.92 and a twelve month high of $84.42. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $54.66 and a 200 day simple moving average of $60.02. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market cap of $13.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -121.79, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.37.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 12th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.06. Trimble had a negative net margin of 2.77% and a positive return on equity of 12.29%. The business had revenue of $972.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $952.09 million. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.71 earnings per share. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Trimble has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 0.830-0.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.600-3.700 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Trimble Inc. will post 3.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Trimble

In related news, Director Kaigham Gabriel sold 1,718 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $60.00, for a total transaction of $103,080.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 17,426 shares in the company, valued at $1,045,560. This trade represents a 8.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.59% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their target price on Trimble from $85.00 to $73.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of Trimble from $75.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, August 13th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $80.00 price target on shares of Trimble in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Trimble from a "hold (c-)" rating to a "sell (d)" rating in a research note on Thursday, August 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Trimble from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Sunday. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $81.78.

Trimble Profile

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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