Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR) Shares Purchased by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC boosted its holdings in Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE:LXFR) by 64.2% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 66,809 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 26,112 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC’s holdings in Luxfer were worth $865,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in Luxfer by 1.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,725,821 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $35,299,000 after purchasing an additional 43,559 shares in the last quarter. Royce & Associates LP boosted its holdings in shares of Luxfer by 23.2% in the third quarter. Royce & Associates LP now owns 1,348,392 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $17,462,000 after acquiring an additional 253,670 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Luxfer by 23.1% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 899,263 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $10,422,000 after acquiring an additional 169,015 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Luxfer by 2.5% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 627,817 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $8,132,000 after acquiring an additional 15,030 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Luxfer by 7.0% in the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 561,878 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,512,000 after acquiring an additional 36,711 shares during the period. 90.82% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com raised Luxfer from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Tuesday.

Luxfer Price Performance

Shares of NYSE LXFR opened at $13.23 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a current ratio of 2.17 and a quick ratio of 1.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $13.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $12.66. Luxfer Holdings PLC has a 1-year low of $7.55 and a 1-year high of $15.64. The company has a market cap of $354.37 million, a PE ratio of 40.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 0.88.

Luxfer Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Friday, January 17th will be issued a dividend of $0.13 per share. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.93%. Luxfer’s dividend payout ratio is presently 157.58%.

Luxfer Company Profile

Luxfer Holdings PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and supplies high-performance materials, components, and high-pressure gas containment devices for defense and first response, healthcare, transportation, and general industrial applications. The company operates through three segments: Elektron, Gas Cylinders, and graphic Arts.