American Century Companies Inc. Increases Holdings in Varex Imaging $VREX

American Century Companies Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) by 231.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 220,061 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 153,659 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. owned 0.53% of Varex Imaging worth $2,553,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VREX. Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in Varex Imaging by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 98,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,444,000 after buying an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new stake in Varex Imaging during the 4th quarter worth about $224,000. MetLife Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Varex Imaging by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. MetLife Investment Management LLC now owns 24,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $351,000 after buying an additional 1,890 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp purchased a new stake in Varex Imaging during the 4th quarter worth about $457,000. Finally, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its holdings in Varex Imaging by 22.3% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 15,411 shares of the company’s stock worth $225,000 after buying an additional 2,807 shares during the last quarter.

Varex Imaging Stock Up 0.7%

Varex Imaging stock opened at $11.55 on Monday. Varex Imaging has a fifty-two week low of $6.76 and a fifty-two week high of $16.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a quick ratio of 1.82 and a current ratio of 3.51. The company has a market capitalization of $479.33 million, a P/E ratio of -3.60 and a beta of 0.87. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $8.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $9.42.

Varex Imaging (NASDAQ:VREX) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.14. Varex Imaging had a positive return on equity of 5.54% and a negative net margin of 16.13%.The business had revenue of $203.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $190.32 million. Varex Imaging has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.100-0.300 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Varex Imaging will post 0.53 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VREX. Wall Street Zen downgraded Varex Imaging from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 9th. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $16.00 target price (up from $12.00) on shares of Varex Imaging in a report on Friday, August 8th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $19.50.

Varex Imaging Profile

Varex Imaging Corporation designs, manufactures, and sells X-ray imaging components. The company operates through two segments, Medical and Industrial. The Medical segment designs, manufactures, sells, and services X-ray imaging components, comprising X-ray tubes, digital detectors and accessories, ionization chambers, high voltage connectors, image-processing software and workstations, 3D reconstruction software, computer-aided diagnostic software, collimators, automatic exposure control devices, generators, and heat exchangers.