American Century Companies Inc. Purchases 555 Shares of Utah Medical Products, Inc. $UTMD

American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in shares of Utah Medical Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTMD) by 6.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,690 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock after purchasing an additional 555 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc.’s holdings in Utah Medical Products were worth $487,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its holdings in shares of Utah Medical Products by 12.1% during the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 13,119 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock worth $735,000 after buying an additional 1,421 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of Utah Medical Products by 134,400.0% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,035 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $226,000 after purchasing an additional 4,032 shares during the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Utah Medical Products by 27.8% in the fourth quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 32,087 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $1,972,000 after purchasing an additional 6,975 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in shares of Utah Medical Products by 5.1% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 36,832 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $2,264,000 after purchasing an additional 1,773 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Investments LP raised its holdings in shares of Utah Medical Products by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Two Sigma Investments LP now owns 19,190 shares of the medical instruments supplier’s stock valued at $1,180,000 after purchasing an additional 783 shares during the last quarter. 69.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Utah Medical Products Trading Up 1.0%

Utah Medical Products stock opened at $63.40 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $203.51 million, a P/E ratio of 16.95 and a beta of 0.32. Utah Medical Products, Inc. has a 1-year low of $51.26 and a 1-year high of $68.99. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $57.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $56.36.

Utah Medical Products (NASDAQ:UTMD) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The medical instruments supplier reported $0.94 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $9.95 million during the quarter. Utah Medical Products had a net margin of 32.34% and a return on equity of 10.55%.

Utah Medical Products Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 2nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 17th will be issued a $0.305 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 17th. This represents a $1.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. Utah Medical Products’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 32.62%.

Utah Medical Products Profile

Utah Medical Products, Inc develops, manufactures, and distributes medical devices for the healthcare industry worldwide. It offers fetal monitoring accessories, vacuum-assisted delivery systems, and other labor and delivery tools; DISPOSA-HOOD infant respiratory hoods; and DELTRAN PLUS blood pressure monitoring systems.