New York State Common Retirement Fund Sells 54,600 Shares of Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX)

New York State Common Retirement Fund cut its holdings in Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSXFree Report) by 10.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 451,277 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after selling 54,600 shares during the quarter. New York State Common Retirement Fund’s holdings in Phillips 66 were worth $59,320,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Boston Partners lifted its holdings in Phillips 66 by 41.4% in the first quarter. Boston Partners now owns 5,453,892 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $889,214,000 after buying an additional 1,595,722 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Phillips 66 by 4.0% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 41,271,077 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $6,741,218,000 after buying an additional 1,578,669 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Phillips 66 by 96.9% in the first quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,863,603 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $467,743,000 after buying an additional 1,408,954 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in Phillips 66 by 5.0% in the second quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 8,422,720 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $1,189,035,000 after buying an additional 402,925 shares during the period. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Phillips 66 by 1,087.3% in the first quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 432,003 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock worth $70,563,000 after buying an additional 395,617 shares during the period. 76.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Phillips 66 news, CFO Kevin J. Mitchell sold 30,000 shares of Phillips 66 stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.01, for a total value of $4,170,300.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 81,937 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $11,390,062.37. The trade was a 0.00 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.22% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Phillips 66 Price Performance

Shares of PSX opened at $120.01 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $49.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a quick ratio of 0.79, a current ratio of 1.21 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $131.27 and a 200 day moving average of $137.81. Phillips 66 has a twelve month low of $110.54 and a twelve month high of $174.08.

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSXGet Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The oil and gas company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.63 by $0.41. Phillips 66 had a net margin of 2.24% and a return on equity of 13.12%. The business had revenue of $36.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $36.31 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.63 EPS. The firm’s revenue was down 10.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Phillips 66 will post 7.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Phillips 66 Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 18th will be given a $1.15 dividend. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, November 18th. Phillips 66’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 59.05%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

PSX has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of Phillips 66 from $138.00 to $133.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Phillips 66 from $182.00 to $167.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, October 9th. Raymond James lifted their target price on shares of Phillips 66 from $150.00 to $155.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. Bank of America assumed coverage on shares of Phillips 66 in a report on Thursday, October 17th. They set a “buy” rating and a $156.00 target price for the company. Finally, Scotiabank lowered their target price on shares of Phillips 66 from $145.00 to $136.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 10th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and ten have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Phillips 66 currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $151.42.

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Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas.

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