New York State Teachers Retirement System Has $768,000 Stock Holdings in Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHUY)

New York State Teachers Retirement System decreased its position in shares of Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHUY) by 2.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,083 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 400 shares during the period. New York State Teachers Retirement System owned about 0.12% of Chuy’s worth $768,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. WINTON GROUP Ltd boosted its position in shares of Chuy’s by 115.3% during the 3rd quarter. WINTON GROUP Ltd now owns 12,071 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $429,000 after acquiring an additional 6,465 shares in the last quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Chuy’s by 20.1% during the 3rd quarter. First Eagle Investment Management LLC now owns 251,134 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock worth $8,935,000 after acquiring an additional 42,063 shares in the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas boosted its position in Chuy’s by 14.6% in the third quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 33,609 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $1,196,000 after buying an additional 4,273 shares in the last quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA boosted its position in Chuy’s by 69.7% in the third quarter. Congress Asset Management Co. MA now owns 657,436 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $23,392,000 after buying an additional 269,979 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its position in Chuy’s by 16.8% in the third quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 52,281 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock valued at $1,860,000 after buying an additional 7,511 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 99.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Chuy’s from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, March 1st. Wedbush cut their target price on shares of Chuy’s from $41.00 to $38.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Piper Sandler cut their target price on shares of Chuy’s from $39.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 23rd. Finally, Stephens assumed coverage on shares of Chuy’s in a research report on Friday, April 12th. They issued an “overweight” rating and a $40.00 target price on the stock. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $39.71.

Chuy’s Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:CHUY opened at $30.43 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $527.35 million, a PE ratio of 17.49 and a beta of 1.63. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $33.41 and its 200-day moving average is $34.37. Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $30.12 and a 52 week high of $43.17.

Chuy’s (NASDAQ:CHUY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 22nd. The restaurant operator reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.07. Chuy’s had a net margin of 6.83% and a return on equity of 13.96%. The company had revenue of $116.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $116.63 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.27 earnings per share. Chuy’s’s revenue was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Sell-side analysts forecast that Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. will post 1.85 EPS for the current year.

Chuy’s Profile

Chuy's Holdings, Inc, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants under the Chuy's name in the United States. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.