Insider Selling: Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) Director Sells $25,365.00 in Stock

Key Points

• Insider sale: Director Margain Guadalupe Phillips sold 44,500 shares on May 4 at $0.57 for a total of $25,365, leaving her with 838,275 shares (a 5.04% reduction in her position).
• Several other directors and executives — including CEO Alfonso Angoitia — also reported similar 44,500-share sales at $0.57, signaling broad insider selling even though the CEO still directly owns roughly 38.8 million shares.
• Grupo Televisa stock was trading around $2.88 with a market cap of about $1.53 billion, recent quarterly EPS of $(0.80), and a consensus analyst rating of Hold with a $5.43 price target.

Grupo Televisa S.A. (NYSE:TV - Get Free Report) Director Margain Guadalupe Phillips sold 44,500 shares of Grupo Televisa stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.57, for a total value of $25,365.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 838,275 shares in the company, valued at approximately $477,816.75. This represents a 5.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Grupo Televisa Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of TV traded up $0.01 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $2.88. The stock had a trading volume of 1,258,496 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,335,783. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 2.36. Grupo Televisa S.A. has a 52-week low of $1.76 and a 52-week high of $3.49. The business's fifty day moving average is $2.97 and its 200 day moving average is $2.95. The firm has a market cap of $1.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.55, a P/E/G ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.61.

Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Saturday, February 14th. The company reported ($0.80) EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $807.20 million for the quarter. Grupo Televisa had a negative return on equity of 7.65% and a negative net margin of 13.93%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Grupo Televisa S.A. will post 0.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Grupo Televisa

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Invesco Ltd. acquired a new position in Grupo Televisa during the first quarter worth $96,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in shares of Grupo Televisa in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,232,000. Banco BTG Pactual S.A. purchased a new stake in shares of Grupo Televisa in the 2nd quarter valued at $208,000. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in Grupo Televisa during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,211,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Grupo Televisa by 36.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 305,072 shares of the company's stock valued at $668,000 after acquiring an additional 82,118 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 55.77% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on TV. UBS Group increased their price objective on Grupo Televisa from $2.60 to $3.70 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of Grupo Televisa in a research note on Tuesday, March 3rd. Zacks Research upgraded Grupo Televisa from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "sell (d-)" rating on shares of Grupo Televisa in a research report on Monday, April 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $5.43.

More Grupo Televisa News

Here are the key news stories impacting Grupo Televisa this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Alfonso Angoitia sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 but still directly owns 38,813,509 shares (worth roughly $22.1M), indicating continued major insider ownership. SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Jose Luis Fernandez sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~0.11%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Enrique Krauze Kleinbort sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~16.04%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: VP Luis Alejandro Bustos Olivares sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~1.32%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Jean Michel Enriquez Dahlhaus sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~16.04%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Lorenzo Alejan Mendoza Gimenez sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~16.04%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Director Guiller Garcia Naranjo Alvarez sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~5.04%). SEC Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Insider Jose Antonio Chedraui Eguia sold 44,500 shares at $0.57 (position down ~5.00%). SEC Filing

Grupo Televisa Company Profile

Grupo Televisa, SAB. is a leading Mexican multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Mexico City, specializing in the creation, production and distribution of Spanish-language content. The company operates free-to-air television networks, subscription pay-TV services, broadband and telephony under its cable arm, and a range of digital streaming platforms. Grupo Televisa's portfolio spans news, sports, telenovelas, reality programming and original series, positioning it as one of the largest content producers in the Spanish-speaking world.

Televisa's broadcast division includes flagship channels such as Las Estrellas and Canal 5, while its pay-TV segment features operations under brands like Sky México and Izzi Telecom.

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