Nicholas Company Inc. Lowers Holdings in L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LHX)

Nicholas Company Inc. trimmed its holdings in L3Harris Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:LHXFree Report) by 7.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 91,414 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,191 shares during the period. Nicholas Company Inc.’s holdings in L3Harris Technologies were worth $19,223,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bradley & Co. Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in L3Harris Technologies in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Archer Investment Corp boosted its position in shares of L3Harris Technologies by 48.9% during the third quarter. Archer Investment Corp now owns 131 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 43 shares during the period. Roxbury Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of L3Harris Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA purchased a new position in shares of L3Harris Technologies during the fourth quarter worth $33,000. Finally, New Millennium Group LLC boosted its position in shares of L3Harris Technologies by 776.2% during the fourth quarter. New Millennium Group LLC now owns 184 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 163 shares during the period. 84.76% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider Jon Rambeau sold 3,178 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $226.00, for a total transaction of $718,228.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 2,797 shares in the company, valued at $632,122. This represents a 53.19 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Ross Niebergall sold 1,764 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.62, for a total value of $394,465.68. Following the sale, the insider now owns 8,576 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,917,765.12. The trade was a 17.06 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 9,862 shares of company stock valued at $2,155,054 in the last quarter. 0.82% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on LHX. Bank of America reduced their price objective on L3Harris Technologies from $300.00 to $265.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Susquehanna reduced their price objective on L3Harris Technologies from $300.00 to $258.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reduced their price objective on L3Harris Technologies from $250.00 to $229.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Barclays reduced their price objective on L3Harris Technologies from $290.00 to $255.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded L3Harris Technologies from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and cut their price target for the company from $289.00 to $267.00 in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $261.40.

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L3Harris Technologies Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of L3Harris Technologies stock opened at $211.42 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57, a current ratio of 1.08 and a quick ratio of 0.90. L3Harris Technologies, Inc. has a 1 year low of $193.09 and a 1 year high of $265.74. The company has a market capitalization of $39.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.86, a P/E/G ratio of 2.42 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $209.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $227.02.

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHXGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $3.47 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.43 by $0.04. L3Harris Technologies had a return on equity of 13.11% and a net margin of 7.04%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that L3Harris Technologies, Inc. will post 11.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

L3Harris Technologies Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.20 per share. This represents a $4.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. This is a positive change from L3Harris Technologies’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.16. L3Harris Technologies’s dividend payout ratio is currently 60.99%.

About L3Harris Technologies

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L3Harris Technologies, Inc provides mission-critical solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company's Integrated Mission Systems segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, passive sensing and targeting, electronic attack, autonomy, power and communications, and networks and sensors, as well as advanced combat systems for air, land, and sea sectors.

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