YHB Investment Advisors Inc. Acquires 1,860 Shares of T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS)

YHB Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS - Free Report) by 7.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 25,859 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock after acquiring an additional 1,860 shares during the period. YHB Investment Advisors Inc.'s holdings in T-Mobile US were worth $6,897,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of T-Mobile US by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 11,857,917 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock valued at $2,610,542,000 after buying an additional 90,755 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. lifted its position in shares of T-Mobile US by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 8,809,417 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock worth $1,944,503,000 after buying an additional 384,956 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in T-Mobile US during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,802,393,000. Capital International Investors raised its stake in T-Mobile US by 36.2% during the fourth quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 6,525,744 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock valued at $1,440,424,000 after purchasing an additional 1,734,998 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board increased its holdings in shares of T-Mobile US by 85.5% in the 4th quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 6,025,096 shares of the Wireless communications provider's stock worth $1,329,919,000 after buying an additional 2,777,657 shares during the last quarter. 42.49% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Hsbc Global Res downgraded T-Mobile US from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their target price on T-Mobile US from $245.00 to $260.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Friday, March 21st. Citigroup cut shares of T-Mobile US from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $268.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Friday, March 14th. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an "equal weight" rating on shares of T-Mobile US in a research report on Wednesday, February 26th. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded shares of T-Mobile US from a "sector perform" rating to a "sector outperform" rating and increased their target price for the stock from $275.00 to $277.50 in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eleven have given a buy rating and two have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $257.68.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Telekom Ag Deutsche sold 69,840 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, June 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $230.16, for a total value of $16,074,374.40. Following the transaction, the director now owns 588,274,099 shares of the company's stock, valued at $135,397,166,625.84. This represents a 0.01% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. In the last three months, insiders have sold 279,360 shares of company stock worth $63,022,219. Insiders own 0.37% of the company's stock.

T-Mobile US Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TMUS opened at $226.98 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.35. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $242.46 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $242.95. T-Mobile US, Inc. has a 12 month low of $173.74 and a 12 month high of $276.49. The stock has a market cap of $257.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.14, a PEG ratio of 1.22 and a beta of 0.64.

T-Mobile US (NASDAQ:TMUS - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The Wireless communications provider reported $2.58 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.48 by $0.10. T-Mobile US had a net margin of 14.41% and a return on equity of 19.09%. The firm had revenue of $20.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $20.67 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.00 EPS. The business's revenue was up 6.6% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that T-Mobile US, Inc. will post 10.37 earnings per share for the current year.

T-Mobile US Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th will be paid a $0.88 dividend. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.55%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 29th. T-Mobile US's dividend payout ratio is presently 34.34%.

T-Mobile US Company Profile

T-Mobile US, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to customers in the postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale and other services. It also provides wireless devices, including smartphones, wearables, tablets, home broadband routers, and other mobile communication devices, as well as wireless devices and accessories; financing through equipment installment plans; reinsurance for device insurance policies and extended warranty contracts; leasing through JUMP! On Demand; and High Speed Internet services.

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