GSA Capital Partners LLP Purchases New Shares in John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS)

GSA Capital Partners LLP purchased a new stake in John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS) in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 27,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,610,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP owned about 0.24% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in JBSS. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 8.4% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 8,006 shares of the company’s stock valued at $848,000 after buying an additional 620 shares during the last quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp raised its holdings in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 1.7% in the first quarter. Texas Permanent School Fund Corp now owns 7,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $835,000 after buying an additional 128 shares during the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund raised its holdings in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 2.8% in the first quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 4,997 shares of the company’s stock valued at $529,000 after buying an additional 137 shares during the last quarter. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son in the first quarter valued at about $617,000. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 6.9% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 6,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $721,000 after buying an additional 437 shares during the last quarter. 70.64% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com cut John B. Sanfilippo & Son from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 4th.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:JBSS opened at $86.22 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.69 and a beta of 0.11. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has a 1-year low of $79.07 and a 1-year high of $108.96. The company has a current ratio of 2.06, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $92.72 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $96.76.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son (NASDAQ:JBSS) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 20th. The company reported $0.86 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $269.57 million during the quarter. John B. Sanfilippo & Son had a return on equity of 17.21% and a net margin of 4.90%.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son Company Profile

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc, through its subsidiary, JBSS Ventures, LLC, processes and distributes tree nuts and peanuts in the United States. The company offers raw and processed nuts, including almonds, pecans, peanuts, black walnuts, English walnuts, cashews, macadamia nuts, pistachios, pine nuts, Brazil nuts, and filberts in various styles and seasonings.