WINTON GROUP Ltd Acquires New Position in Vicor Co. (NASDAQ:VICR)

WINTON GROUP Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Vicor Co. (NASDAQ:VICR) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 20,994 shares of the electronics maker’s stock, valued at approximately $1,014,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vicor during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,557,000. Barclays PLC grew its position in Vicor by 361.6% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 39,397 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $1,658,000 after acquiring an additional 30,863 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Vicor during the fourth quarter worth $223,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Vicor by 6.3% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 572,195 shares of the electronics maker’s stock worth $24,094,000 after acquiring an additional 33,696 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vicor by 6.3% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 206,713 shares of the electronics maker’s stock valued at $8,703,000 after purchasing an additional 12,203 shares during the last quarter. 47.45% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vicor Trading Down 4.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ VICR opened at $48.40 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $53.87 and a 200-day simple moving average of $50.14. Vicor Co. has a twelve month low of $30.90 and a twelve month high of $65.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.19 billion, a PE ratio of 93.08 and a beta of 1.45.

Vicor (NASDAQ:VICR) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The electronics maker reported $0.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.18 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $96.17 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $91.03 million. Vicor had a return on equity of 4.29% and a net margin of 6.46%.

Insider Activity at Vicor

In related news, Director Andrew D’amico sold 4,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $59.75, for a total transaction of $239,000.00. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Quentin A. Fendelet sold 440 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $61.71, for a total value of $27,152.40. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 13,642 shares of company stock worth $819,890. Corporate insiders own 31.00% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on VICR. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of Vicor in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. StockNews.com cut shares of Vicor from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Finally, Craig Hallum upgraded shares of Vicor from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 14th.

Vicor Company Profile

Vicor Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets modular power components and power systems for converting electrical power in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company offers a range of brick-format DC-DC converters; complementary components provide AC line rectification, input filtering, power factor correction, and transient protection; and input and output voltage, and output power products, as well as electrical and mechanical accessories.