Auna (NYSE:AUNA) Cut to Hold at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Auna (NYSE:AUNA) from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research note published on Saturday morning.

AUNA has been the topic of several other research reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d)” rating on shares of Auna in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Auna from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.70.

Auna Stock Performance

Auna stock opened at $6.55 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.91. The firm has a market cap of $484.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.44 and a beta of 2.29. Auna has a 1 year low of $6.05 and a 1 year high of $9.24. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $6.40 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $6.54.

Auna (NYSE:AUNA) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 19th. The company reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.13 by $0.20. The firm had revenue of $309.00 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.17 billion. Auna had a net margin of 5.49% and a return on equity of 15.14%. On average, research analysts predict that Auna will post 0.5 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Auna

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Deltec Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Auna by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Deltec Asset Management LLC now owns 90,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $643,000 after buying an additional 2,000 shares during the period. HBK Sorce Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Auna during the 2nd quarter valued at $62,000. S Bank Fund Management Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Auna during the 2nd quarter valued at $126,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Auna during the 1st quarter valued at $219,000. Finally, Fiera Capital Corp boosted its stake in shares of Auna by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. Fiera Capital Corp now owns 1,558,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,662,000 after buying an additional 40,673 shares during the period.

Auna Company Profile

Auna SA, a healthcare service provider, operates hospitals and clinics in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia. The company provides prepaid healthcare plans in Peru; and dental and vision plans in Mexico. The company was founded in 1989 and is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.