Blue Trust Inc. Buys 9,666 Shares of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN)

Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in shares of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) by 20.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 55,843 shares of the mining company’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,666 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. were worth $643,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in BVN. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. by 7.1% during the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 279,893 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $4,737,000 after purchasing an additional 18,564 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. raised its stake in shares of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. by 0.4% in the second quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 200,705 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $3,402,000 after acquiring an additional 800 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. by 239.9% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 97,905 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $1,659,000 after acquiring an additional 69,105 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC grew its position in Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. by 104.4% during the 2nd quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 214,796 shares of the mining company’s stock worth $3,641,000 after acquiring an additional 109,709 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. by 18.7% during the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,897 shares of the mining company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 929 shares in the last quarter.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. Stock Performance

BVN stock opened at $12.79 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.25 billion, a PE ratio of 9.07 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.82 and a quick ratio of 1.64. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $12.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $13.26. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. has a fifty-two week low of $11.50 and a fifty-two week high of $18.84.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. (NYSE:BVN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 30th. The mining company reported $0.29 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.27 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $331.11 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $332.94 million. Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. had a return on equity of 6.15% and a net margin of 32.40%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted ($0.11) earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. will post 1.13 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on BVN shares. Scotiabank raised Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. from a “sector underperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $15.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, December 27th.

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A. Profile

Compañía de Minas Buenaventura SAA. engages in the exploration, development, construction, and operation of mineral processing business. The company explores for gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper metals. It operates operating mining units, including Tambomayo located in the Caylloma province, Orcopampa Unit located in the province of Castilla, Uchucchacua located in province of Oyón, Julcani located in province of Angaraes, Peru, as well as San Gabrie located in the province of General Sánchez Cerro, in the Moquegua region.