Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) had its price target lifted by Jefferies Group from $30.00 to $43.00 in a research note issued on Friday, The Fly reports. The brokerage presently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Jefferies Group’s price target points to a potential upside of 22.47% from the company’s current price.
Other equities analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. B. Riley reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Twenty-First Century Fox in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. Loop Capital downgraded shares of Twenty-First Century Fox from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. KeyCorp reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 target price on shares of Twenty-First Century Fox in a research note on Sunday, September 10th. Pivotal Research lifted their price target on shares of Twenty-First Century Fox from $35.00 to $37.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 14th. Finally, Piper Jaffray Companies set a $35.00 price target on shares of Twenty-First Century Fox and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and fifteen have issued a buy rating to the stock. Twenty-First Century Fox currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $35.16.
Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ FOXA) opened at $35.11 on Friday. Twenty-First Century Fox has a one year low of $24.81 and a one year high of $35.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.73, a current ratio of 2.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09. The company has a market cap of $63,486.13, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85, a PEG ratio of 2.07 and a beta of 1.34.
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Sterling Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Twenty-First Century Fox by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sterling Capital Management LLC now owns 8,494 shares of the company’s stock worth $241,000 after acquiring an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in Twenty-First Century Fox by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 55,238 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,565,000 after acquiring an additional 282 shares in the last quarter. First Allied Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in Twenty-First Century Fox by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. First Allied Advisory Services Inc. now owns 14,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $425,000 after acquiring an additional 375 shares in the last quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC grew its holdings in Twenty-First Century Fox by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC now owns 15,802 shares of the company’s stock worth $448,000 after acquiring an additional 398 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global X Management Co. LLC grew its holdings in Twenty-First Century Fox by 9.7% during the 2nd quarter. Global X Management Co. LLC now owns 5,108 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,000 after acquiring an additional 451 shares in the last quarter. 54.37% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
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Twenty-First Century Fox Company Profile
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc is a media and entertainment company. The Company’s segments include Cable Network Programming; Television; Filmed Entertainment, and Other, Corporate and Eliminations. The Cable Network Programming segment produces and licenses news, business news, sports, general entertainment, factual entertainment and movie programming for distribution.
