Capital Advisors Inc. OK lowered its position in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ - Free Report) by 44.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 22,958 shares of the company's stock after selling 18,521 shares during the quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK's holdings in Johnson & Johnson were worth $3,807,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of JNJ. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in shares of Johnson & Johnson by 13.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 51,876 shares of the company's stock valued at $7,502,000 after purchasing an additional 6,332 shares in the last quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC grew its holdings in Johnson & Johnson by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 41,403 shares of the company's stock worth $5,648,000 after acquiring an additional 1,022 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC increased its holdings in Johnson & Johnson by 22.0% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 19,951 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,885,000 after purchasing an additional 3,594 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Johnson & Johnson in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,339,878,000. Finally, OFI Invest Asset Management acquired a new stake in Johnson & Johnson in the fourth quarter worth $1,260,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.55% of the company's stock.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
JNJ has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Raymond James Financial dropped their price target on Johnson & Johnson from $165.00 to $162.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating and set a $181.00 price objective on shares of Johnson & Johnson in a research note on Thursday, June 5th. Guggenheim reissued a "neutral" rating on shares of Johnson & Johnson in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Wall Street Zen raised Johnson & Johnson from a "buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Saturday, June 21st. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a "market perform" rating on shares of Johnson & Johnson in a research report on Wednesday, April 16th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $170.88.
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Johnson & Johnson Price Performance
NYSE:JNJ traded up $0.03 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $155.82. The company's stock had a trading volume of 667,314 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,028,307. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $153.67 and a 200-day simple moving average of $154.25. Johnson & Johnson has a twelve month low of $140.68 and a twelve month high of $169.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 1.26 and a quick ratio of 1.03. The company has a market capitalization of $374.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.30, a PEG ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.41.
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 15th. The company reported $2.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.18. The company had revenue of $21.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $21.65 billion. Johnson & Johnson had a return on equity of 33.46% and a net margin of 24.42%. On average, analysts anticipate that Johnson & Johnson will post 10.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Johnson & Johnson Increases Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 27th were issued a $1.30 dividend. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.34%. This is an increase from Johnson & Johnson's previous quarterly dividend of $1.24. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 27th. Johnson & Johnson's dividend payout ratio is presently 57.84%.
Johnson & Johnson Company Profile
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Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of products in the healthcare field. It operates through the Innovative Medicine and MedTech segments. The Innovative Medicine segment focuses on immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, cardiovascular and metabolism, and pulmonary hypertension.
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