StockNews.com Begins Coverage on Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM)

StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) in a report released on Thursday. The firm issued a hold rating on the stock.

Farmer Bros. Price Performance

FARM opened at $2.22 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.60, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. Farmer Bros. has a 12 month low of $1.60 and a 12 month high of $3.76. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $2.09. The stock has a market cap of $47.41 million, a P/E ratio of -4.63 and a beta of 1.76.

Farmer Bros. (NASDAQ:FARM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 6th. The company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.12) by $0.18. Farmer Bros. had a negative net margin of 2.92% and a negative return on equity of 27.45%. On average, research analysts expect that Farmer Bros. will post -0.37 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Farmer Bros.

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in Farmer Bros. during the 4th quarter worth about $29,000. XTX Topco Ltd bought a new position in Farmer Bros. during the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. Prudential Financial Inc. bought a new position in Farmer Bros. during the 4th quarter worth about $48,000. Millennium Management LLC bought a new position in Farmer Bros. during the 4th quarter worth about $69,000. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC increased its holdings in Farmer Bros. by 67.1% during the 4th quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 69,270 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,000 after purchasing an additional 27,805 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 64.48% of the company’s stock.

Farmer Bros. Company Profile

Farmer Bros. Co engages in the roasting, wholesale, equipment servicing, and distribution of coffee, tea, and other allied products in the United States. The company offers roast and ground coffee; frozen liquid coffee; flavoured and unflavoured iced and hot teas; culinary products, including spices, pancake and biscuit mixes, gravy and sauce mixes, soup bases, dressings, and syrups and sauces, as well as coffee filters, cups, sugar, and creamers; and other beverages comprising cappuccino, cocoa, granitas, and other blender-based beverages and concentrated and ready-to-drink cold brew and iced coffee.