Brandes Investment Partners LP Trims Stake in Graham Corporation $GHM

Brandes Investment Partners LP reduced its position in Graham Corporation (NYSE:GHMFree Report) by 9.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,247,033 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 125,185 shares during the period. Brandes Investment Partners LP owned 0.11% of Graham worth $80,097,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Royce & Associates LP increased its position in Graham by 24.0% in the 3rd quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 459,698 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $25,237,000 after acquiring an additional 89,014 shares during the period. Roubaix Capital LLC increased its position in Graham by 56.9% in the 3rd quarter. Roubaix Capital LLC now owns 69,364 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,808,000 after acquiring an additional 25,168 shares during the period. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL acquired a new position in Graham in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,142,000. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC increased its position in Graham by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 134,480 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $8,638,000 after acquiring an additional 18,634 shares during the period. Finally, Teton Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Graham in the 3rd quarter valued at about $1,900,000. 69.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Graham Trading Up 4.8%

NYSE GHM opened at $99.91 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $94.42 and its two-hundred day moving average is $80.43. Graham Corporation has a 12-month low of $44.05 and a 12-month high of $110.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 88.42 and a beta of 1.04.

Graham (NYSE:GHMGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, June 8th. The industrial products company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.30 by $0.03. Graham had a return on equity of 12.24% and a net margin of 5.10%.The company had revenue of $67.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $59.95 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.40 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 13.0% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that Graham Corporation will post 2.05 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently issued reports on GHM. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on Graham from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Zacks Research upgraded Graham from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Graham in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Northland Securities set a $111.00 price target on Graham in a research report on Tuesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $95.33.

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About Graham

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Graham Corporation (NYSE: GHM) is a U.S.-based industrial engineering company that designs, manufactures and services vacuum and heat transfer equipment. Its core offerings include liquid ring vacuum pumps, surface condensers, heat exchangers and custom-engineered vacuum systems. These products play a critical role in energy-intensive industries, where reliable removal of non-condensable gases and efficient heat exchange are vital to process performance.

The company’s technologies find application across a range of end markets, including power generation, petrochemical, oil and gas, LNG, and semiconductor manufacturing.

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