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

First Quadrant L P CA continued to hold its position in Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE:THS) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund 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 institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its position in Treehouse Foods by 0.4% in the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 6,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $586,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Diversified Trust Co increased its position in Treehouse Foods by 0.6% in the second quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 8,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $658,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. State of Alaska Department of Revenue increased its position in Treehouse Foods by 4.7% in the first quarter. State of Alaska Department of Revenue now owns 2,118 shares of the company’s stock worth $179,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio increased its position in Treehouse Foods by 0.4% in the first quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 26,846 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,273,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the period. Finally, Tdam USA Inc. increased its position in shares of Treehouse Foods by 0.5% in the first quarter. Tdam USA Inc. now owns 25,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,118,000 after buying an additional 127 shares during the last quarter.

Shares of Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE THS) opened at 69.64 on Friday. Treehouse Foods, Inc. has a 52-week low of $62.64 and a 52-week high of $97.74. The stock’s market capitalization is $3.98 billion. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $79.49 and its 200 day moving average price is $81.68.

Treehouse Foods (NYSE:THS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 3rd. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $1.52 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.54 billion. Treehouse Foods had a positive return on equity of 6.54% and a negative net margin of 3.90%. The company’s revenue was down 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.54 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Treehouse Foods, Inc. will post $3.19 EPS for the current year.

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Several brokerages have recently weighed in on THS. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a $93.00 price target on shares of Treehouse Foods in a report on Wednesday, April 26th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Treehouse Foods from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, April 27th. BidaskClub upgraded Treehouse Foods from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 21st. BMO Capital Markets restated a “buy” rating on shares of Treehouse Foods in a report on Tuesday, July 18th. Finally, Wedbush downgraded Treehouse Foods from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, May 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. The company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $85.29.

In other news, SVP Erik Thomas Kahler sold 5,700 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.34, for a total value of $452,238.00. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 28,857 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,289,514.38. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 3.50% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Treehouse Foods Company Profile

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.