Fox Run Management L.L.C. Buys New Position in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY)

Fox Run Management L.L.C. bought a new stake in shares of Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 21,162 shares of the transportation company’s stock, valued at approximately $922,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in RYAAY. Sei Investments Co. raised its holdings in Ryanair by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 1,495,511 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $65,189,000 after purchasing an additional 34,426 shares in the last quarter. Quantbot Technologies LP bought a new position in Ryanair in the fourth quarter worth $462,000. Virtu Financial LLC raised its holdings in Ryanair by 65.8% in the fourth quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 10,083 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $439,000 after purchasing an additional 4,003 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS raised its holdings in Ryanair by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 411,634 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $17,943,000 after purchasing an additional 6,894 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boston Partners raised its holdings in Ryanair by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Boston Partners now owns 559,231 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $24,378,000 after purchasing an additional 19,976 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 43.66% of the company’s stock.

Ryanair Trading Down 1.5 %

NASDAQ RYAAY opened at $46.18 on Friday. Ryanair Holdings plc has a 12 month low of $36.96 and a 12 month high of $60.29. The stock has a market cap of $24.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.16, a P/E/G ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.46. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $45.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $53.53. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) last released its earnings results on Monday, February 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.20. Ryanair had a return on equity of 21.46% and a net margin of 12.14%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Ryanair Holdings plc will post 3.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com downgraded Ryanair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $151.00.

Ryanair Profile

Ryanair Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides scheduled-passenger airline services in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and internationally. It is also involved in the provision of various ancillary services, such as non-flight scheduled and Internet-related services, as well as in-flight sale of beverages, food, duty-free, and merchandise; and markets car hire, travel insurance, and accommodation services through its website and mobile app.