WINTON GROUP Ltd Acquires 322 Shares of Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO)

WINTON GROUP Ltd grew its holdings in Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPO) by 2.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 11,590 shares of the business services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 322 shares during the period. WINTON GROUP Ltd’s holdings in Exponent were worth $1,033,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of EXPO. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in Exponent in the fourth quarter valued at about $55,131,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Exponent by 63.6% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 630,644 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $72,701,000 after acquiring an additional 245,086 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Exponent by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,505,652 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $173,597,000 after purchasing an additional 69,099 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Exponent by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,345,503 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $476,284,000 after purchasing an additional 67,296 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barclays PLC increased its position in Exponent by 219.0% during the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 96,526 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $11,127,000 after purchasing an additional 66,263 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 92.37% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, VP Richard Reiss sold 1,736 shares of Exponent stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.93, for a total value of $149,174.48. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 1,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $154,674. The trade was a 49.10 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Company insiders own 2.10% of the company’s stock.

Exponent Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EXPO opened at $82.23 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $86.78 and a 200 day simple moving average of $95.69. The company has a market cap of $4.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.79 and a beta of 0.77. Exponent, Inc. has a one year low of $77.30 and a one year high of $115.75.

Exponent (NASDAQ:EXPO) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 6th. The business services provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.06. Exponent had a return on equity of 27.27% and a net margin of 19.52%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.41 earnings per share. As a group, analysts expect that Exponent, Inc. will post 1.98 EPS for the current year.

Exponent Profile

Exponent, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a science and engineering consulting company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Engineering and Other Scientific, and Environmental and Health. The Engineering and Other Scientific segment provides services in the areas of biomechanics, biomedical engineering and sciences, buildings and structures, civil engineering, construction consulting, data sciences, electrical engineering and computer science, human factors, materials and corrosion engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and materials chemistry, thermal sciences, and vehicle engineering.