Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) Stake Held by First Quadrant L P CA

First Quadrant L P CA held its position in shares of Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,500 shares of the company’s stock at the end of the second quarter. First Quadrant L P CA’s holdings in Treehouse Foods were worth $449,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. BlackRock Inc. raised its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 9,591.4% in the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 4,652,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,860,000 after buying an additional 4,604,266 shares in the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 52.2% in the first quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 1,451,296 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,867,000 after buying an additional 497,893 shares in the last quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL raised its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 331.1% in the first quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL now owns 431,092 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,496,000 after buying an additional 331,092 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 6.0% in the first quarter. FMR LLC now owns 3,779,273 shares of the company’s stock worth $319,953,000 after buying an additional 214,574 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 4.6% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,518,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $382,529,000 after buying an additional 197,735 shares in the last quarter.

Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE THS) traded up 0.19% during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $85.74. 1,061,258 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged. The stock’s market capitalization is $4.88 billion. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $81.61 and its 200 day moving average is $81.50. Treehouse Foods, Inc. has a 1-year low of $62.64 and a 1-year high of $104.18.

Treehouse Foods (NYSE:THS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 4th. The company reported $0.61 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.54 billion. Treehouse Foods had a positive return on equity of 6.50% and a negative net margin of 3.12%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 20.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.48 EPS. Analysts forecast that Treehouse Foods, Inc. will post $3.51 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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THS has been the topic of a number of research reports. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Treehouse Foods from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 27th. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $90.00 price target on shares of Treehouse Foods in a research note on Tuesday, June 13th. J P Morgan Chase & Co reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $95.00 price target on shares of Treehouse Foods in a research note on Monday, April 3rd. Stephens raised shares of Treehouse Foods from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $90.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 5th. Finally, Wedbush lowered shares of Treehouse Foods from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, May 15th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $93.57.

In other Treehouse Foods news, CAO Thomas Emmet Oneill III sold 14,430 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.50, for a total value of $1,103,895.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 130,708 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,999,162. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Erik Thomas Kahler sold 5,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $79.34, for a total transaction of $452,238.00. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now directly owns 28,857 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,289,514.38. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 28,330 shares of company stock worth $2,183,843. 3.50% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Treehouse Foods

TreeHouse Foods, Inc is a consumer packaged food and beverage manufacturer. The Company’s segments include North American Retail Grocery, Food Away From Home, and Industrial and Export. The Company manufactures a range of shelf stable, refrigerated, fresh and frozen products. Its product categories include beverages, salad dressings, snack nuts, beverage enhancers, pickles, sauces, cereals, pasta and dry dinners, cookies and crackers, retail bakery, aseptic products, jams and other products.

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