Css LLC Il Buys Shares of 35,160 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA)

Css LLC Il bought a new stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 35,160 shares of the bank's stock, valued at approximately $342,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in BBVA. Barclays PLC purchased a new stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria in the third quarter valued at $41,000. HB Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria in the 4th quarter valued at $124,000. Ballentine Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 30.8% in the 4th quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 40,007 shares of the bank's stock valued at $389,000 after buying an additional 9,418 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its holdings in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 102.4% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 142,116 shares of the bank's stock valued at $1,381,000 after buying an additional 71,892 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 33.9% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 86,827 shares of the bank's stock valued at $844,000 after buying an additional 21,961 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 2.96% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen upgraded Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, May 17th. Kepler Capital Markets upgraded Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a "reduce" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy".

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Price Performance

Shares of NYSE BBVA opened at $15.41 on Friday. The stock's 50-day moving average is $13.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $12.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 0.27. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. has a 1-year low of $9.23 and a 1-year high of $15.66. The company has a market cap of $89.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.05.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The bank reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.47. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had a return on equity of 17.49% and a net margin of 28.10%. The company had revenue of $10.61 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.12 billion. Analysts forecast that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. will post 1.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th were given a dividend of $0.4439 per share. This is a boost from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's previous semi-annual dividend of $0.11. This represents a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 9th. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria's dividend payout ratio is currently 39.15%.

About Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, and internationally. The company offers savings account, demand deposits, and time deposits; and loan products, such as residential mortgages, other households, credit card loans, loans to enterprises and public sector, as well as consumer finance.

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