Captrust Financial Advisors Purchases 47,169 Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. (NYSE:BAH)

Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings in Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. (NYSE:BAH) by 5.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 903,606 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 47,169 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors owned about 0.71% of Booz Allen Hamilton worth $116,294,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Moody Aldrich Partners LLC lifted its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Moody Aldrich Partners LLC now owns 1,660 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $214,000 after purchasing an additional 74 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 1,816 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $234,000 after buying an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Booz Allen Hamilton by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 4,160 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $535,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 10,171 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $1,309,000 after acquiring an additional 88 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Verdence Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in Booz Allen Hamilton by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 16,579 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $2,134,000 after acquiring an additional 90 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.82% of the company’s stock.

Booz Allen Hamilton Stock Performance

Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton stock opened at $119.67 on Monday. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. has a 12 month low of $101.05 and a 12 month high of $190.59. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $111.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $131.43. The firm has a market cap of $15.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.83, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.57, a quick ratio of 1.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.72.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, January 31st. The business services provider reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.48 by $0.07. Booz Allen Hamilton had a net margin of 7.39% and a return on equity of 68.97%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Co. will post 6.44 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on BAH shares. William Blair cut Booz Allen Hamilton from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 21st. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $109.00 price objective (down previously from $150.00) on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Barclays upgraded shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from an “underweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and set a $140.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from $140.00 to $120.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, Raymond James raised shares of Booz Allen Hamilton from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $150.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Booz Allen Hamilton currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $146.45.

Booz Allen Hamilton Profile

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation provides management and technology consulting, analytics, engineering, digital solutions, mission operations, and cyber services to governments, corporations, and not-for-profit organizations in the United States and internationally. It focuses on artificial intelligence services comprising of machine learning, predictive modeling, automation and decision analytics, and quantum computing.