Disciplined Investors L.L.C. Purchases New Shares in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA)

Disciplined Investors L.L.C. acquired a new position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 11,000 shares of the bank’s stock, valued at approximately $116,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in BBVA. Huntington National Bank boosted its stake in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 96.7% in the fourth quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 3,616 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $35,000 after buying an additional 1,778 shares during the period. OLD Mission Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria during the 4th quarter valued at $1,950,000. HighPoint Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. HighPoint Advisor Group LLC now owns 20,975 shares of the bank’s stock worth $204,000 after purchasing an additional 862 shares in the last quarter. Seven Mile Advisory increased its position in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Seven Mile Advisory now owns 20,999 shares of the bank’s stock worth $204,000 after purchasing an additional 950 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria during the fourth quarter worth about $3,208,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 2.96% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently commented on BBVA shares. Kepler Capital Markets upgraded shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 27th. StockNews.com downgraded Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, March 28th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res raised shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Stock Performance

Shares of BBVA stock opened at $13.82 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $80.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.64, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $13.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.10. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. has a 12 month low of $9.23 and a 12 month high of $14.84.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The bank reported $0.44 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.04. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had a net margin of 28.10% and a return on equity of 17.49%. Equities research analysts forecast that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. will post 1.59 EPS for the current year.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be issued a $0.4439 dividend. This represents a yield of 4.3%. This is an increase from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.11. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 9th. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.23%.

About Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, and internationally. The company offers savings account, demand deposits, and time deposits; and loan products, such as residential mortgages, other households, credit card loans, loans to enterprises and public sector, as well as consumer finance.