Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Has $2.10 Million Holdings in Tronox Holdings PLC $TROX

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH increased its position in shares of Tronox Holdings PLC (NYSE:TROX) by 2,621.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 523,164 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 503,938 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned about 0.33% of Tronox worth $2,103,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in Tronox in the 2nd quarter valued at $38,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its position in shares of Tronox by 48.9% during the 2nd quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 9,844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,000 after acquiring an additional 3,231 shares in the last quarter. Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Tronox in the second quarter valued at about $64,000. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC acquired a new position in Tronox in the second quarter worth about $64,000. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in Tronox in the second quarter worth about $66,000. 73.36% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on TROX shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Tronox in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Mizuho boosted their price target on Tronox from $3.00 to $3.50 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 10th. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Tronox from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. UBS Group lifted their price objective on Tronox from $3.80 to $5.25 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of Tronox from $5.50 to $7.50 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $6.03.

Tronox Price Performance

Shares of TROX stock opened at $6.65 on Friday. Tronox Holdings PLC has a 52 week low of $2.86 and a 52 week high of $10.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion, a PE ratio of -3.25 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 2.72. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $4.79 and its 200-day moving average is $4.33.

Tronox (NYSE:TROX) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 6th. The company reported ($0.46) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.21) by ($0.25). The company had revenue of $699.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $776.21 million. Tronox had a negative return on equity of 8.10% and a negative net margin of 11.39%.The firm’s revenue was down 13.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.13) EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Tronox Holdings PLC will post 0.49 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Tronox

Tronox Holdings plc is a vertically integrated global producer of titanium dioxide (TiO₂) pigment and specialty materials. The company’s operations encompass the full supply chain for TiO₂, from mining and processing titanium-bearing ores—such as ilmenite and rutile—to the production of high-purity pigment for use in paints, coatings, plastics, paper and other industrial applications. In addition to TiO₂, Tronox’s product portfolio includes zircon, rare earth byproducts and other specialty minerals that serve a range of industrial markets.

Tronox operates a network of mines, processing facilities and pigment plants located across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Australia and South Africa.