SG Americas Securities LLC Purchases 3,234 Shares of Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR)

SG Americas Securities LLC increased its position in shares of Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR) by 26.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,428 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,234 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC owned about 0.06% of Luxfer worth $138,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. BlackRock Inc. grew its position in Luxfer by 40.2% during the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 2,210,379 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $37,134,000 after purchasing an additional 633,547 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Luxfer by 189.3% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 509,663 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $8,563,000 after purchasing an additional 333,472 shares during the last quarter. Earnest Partners LLC grew its position in Luxfer by 77.8% during the 3rd quarter. Earnest Partners LLC now owns 731,774 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $9,550,000 after purchasing an additional 320,282 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Luxfer by 34.1% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 869,677 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $14,610,000 after purchasing an additional 221,349 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Luxfer by 288.8% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 258,716 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,550,000 after purchasing an additional 192,180 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.82% of the company’s stock.

Luxfer Stock Down 0.6 %

LXFR stock opened at $9.99 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $9.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $9.22. The company has a market capitalization of $268.03 million, a P/E ratio of -124.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 0.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 2.60 and a quick ratio of 1.12. Luxfer Holdings PLC has a 12 month low of $7.55 and a 12 month high of $16.58.

Luxfer (NYSE:LXFR) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 27th. The industrial products company reported $0.07 EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $95.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.70 million. Luxfer had a negative net margin of 0.47% and a positive return on equity of 6.63%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Luxfer Holdings PLC will post 0.66 earnings per share for the current year.

Luxfer Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, May 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 19th will be issued a $0.13 dividend. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.21%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 18th. Luxfer’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -649.92%.

Luxfer Company Profile

Luxfer Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies high-performance materials, components, and high-pressure gas containment devices for defense and first response, healthcare, transportation, and general industrial applications. The company operates through three segments: Elektron, Gas Cylinders, and graphic Arts.