StockNews.com Begins Coverage on Adecoagro (NYSE:AGRO)

Equities researchers at StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Adecoagro (NYSE:AGROGet Rating) in a research note issued on Thursday. The brokerage set a “hold” rating on the stock.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock. HSBC cut shares of Adecoagro from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $9.75 price objective on the stock. in a research note on Monday, April 17th. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Adecoagro from an “equal weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $10.00 to $9.00 in a research note on Tuesday, February 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Adecoagro from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $9.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, February 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Adecoagro presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $9.55.

Adecoagro Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of NYSE:AGRO opened at $8.72 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $8.19 and a 200-day moving average of $8.13. The firm has a market cap of $943.42 million, a P/E ratio of 14.30 and a beta of 0.99. Adecoagro has a twelve month low of $6.95 and a twelve month high of $11.50. The company has a current ratio of 1.79, a quick ratio of 0.71 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63.

Adecoagro (NYSE:AGROGet Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, March 9th. The company reported $0.19 EPS for the quarter. Adecoagro had a return on equity of 11.25% and a net margin of 4.79%. The company had revenue of $371.62 million for the quarter. As a group, analysts anticipate that Adecoagro will post 0.6 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Adecoagro

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC raised its stake in Adecoagro by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC now owns 5,981,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $48,393,000 after purchasing an additional 150,700 shares during the period. Jennison Associates LLC grew its stake in Adecoagro by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 5,254,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,510,000 after acquiring an additional 80,954 shares in the last quarter. PGGM Investments purchased a new position in Adecoagro during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,305,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its stake in Adecoagro by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,800,941 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,660,000 after acquiring an additional 29,554 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Herr Investment Group LLC purchased a new position in Adecoagro during the 4th quarter valued at about $17,981,000. 42.88% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Adecoagro

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Adecoagro SA is a holding company, which engages in the provision of agricultural and agro-industrial products and services. It operates through the following segments: Farming, Sugar, Ethanol and Energy, Land Transformation, and Corporate. The Farming segment comprises planting, harvesting, processing and marketing of rice, production and sale of raw milk, and other dairy products.

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