GSA Capital Partners LLP Sells 2,824 Shares of Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG)

GSA Capital Partners LLP lessened its position in Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE:HOG) by 30.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 6,573 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,824 shares during the quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP’s holdings in Harley-Davidson were worth $253,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of HOG. LSV Asset Management raised its holdings in Harley-Davidson by 17.3% in the 2nd quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 5,705,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $191,372,000 after acquiring an additional 842,407 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Harley-Davidson by 12.8% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 6,248,512 shares of the company’s stock worth $209,576,000 after acquiring an additional 708,260 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in Harley-Davidson by 42.8% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,263,919 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,932,000 after acquiring an additional 678,092 shares during the period. SG Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Harley-Davidson in the 1st quarter worth $11,797,000. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC grew its position in Harley-Davidson by 174.4% in the 2nd quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 419,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,079,000 after purchasing an additional 266,806 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 85.10% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Robert W. Baird lowered shares of Harley-Davidson from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $44.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. StockNews.com lowered shares of Harley-Davidson from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. Baird R W lowered shares of Harley-Davidson from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 2nd. Citigroup decreased their price target on shares of Harley-Davidson from $39.00 to $34.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Harley-Davidson from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $42.57.

Insider Buying and Selling at Harley-Davidson

In other Harley-Davidson news, Director Maryrose Sylvester sold 4,278 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.25, for a total value of $137,965.50. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 17,687 shares in the company, valued at $570,405.75. The trade was a 19.48 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.87% of the company’s stock.

Harley-Davidson Price Performance

Shares of Harley-Davidson stock opened at $33.55 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.38, a quick ratio of 1.25 and a current ratio of 1.41. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $34.79 and its 200-day simple moving average is $35.08. Harley-Davidson, Inc. has a twelve month low of $29.67 and a twelve month high of $44.16. The firm has a market cap of $4.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 1.46.

Harley-Davidson Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 16th were given a $0.1725 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.69 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.06%. Harley-Davidson’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.54%.

About Harley-Davidson

Harley-Davidson, Inc manufactures and sells motorcycles in the United States and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Harley-Davidson Motor Company, LiveWire, and Harley-Davidson Financial Services. The Harley-Davidson Motor Company segment designs, manufactures, and sells motorcycles, including cruiser, trike, touring, standard, sportbike, adventure, and dual sport, as well as motorcycle parts, accessories, and apparel, as well as licenses its trademarks and related services.