Signet Jewelers Limited $SIG Shares Purchased by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS grew its stake in shares of Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE:SIG) by 5.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 11,013 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 605 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS’s holdings in Signet Jewelers were worth $876,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of SIG. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Signet Jewelers by 56.5% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 180,744 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,494,000 after acquiring an additional 65,234 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in Signet Jewelers by 1.7% in the second quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 148,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,828,000 after acquiring an additional 2,487 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Signet Jewelers by 8.1% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 5,205,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $302,258,000 after purchasing an additional 389,852 shares during the last quarter. Bayforest Capital Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Signet Jewelers during the first quarter worth about $1,095,000. Finally, Maverick Capital Ltd. acquired a new stake in shares of Signet Jewelers during the first quarter worth about $1,915,000.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SIG. Wall Street Zen raised Signet Jewelers from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, September 5th. Telsey Advisory Group reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $92.00 price objective on shares of Signet Jewelers in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Signet Jewelers in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Citigroup lifted their target price on shares of Signet Jewelers from $100.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on shares of Signet Jewelers from $90.00 to $100.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $105.50.

Signet Jewelers Price Performance

Signet Jewelers stock opened at $94.79 on Monday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.49 and a 200-day simple moving average of $85.94. Signet Jewelers Limited has a 12 month low of $45.55 and a 12 month high of $110.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.88 billion, a PE ratio of 31.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.30.

Signet Jewelers (NYSE:SIG) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 2nd. The company reported $1.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.21 by $0.40. The company had revenue of $1.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.50 billion. Signet Jewelers had a net margin of 1.95% and a return on equity of 23.42%. Signet Jewelers’s revenue was up 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.25 EPS. Signet Jewelers has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.040-9.570 EPS. Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Signet Jewelers Limited will post 8.73 EPS for the current year.

Signet Jewelers Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, November 21st. Investors of record on Friday, October 24th were issued a dividend of $0.32 per share. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 24th. Signet Jewelers’s dividend payout ratio is currently 42.95%.

Signet Jewelers Company Profile

Signet Jewelers Limited operates as a diamond jewelry retailer. It operates through three segments: North America, International, and Other. The North America segment operates jewelry stores in jewelry stores in malls, mall-based kiosks, and off-mall locations in the United States and Canada primarily under the Kay Jewelers, Kay Jewelers Outlet, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry, Jared Vault, Zales Outlet, Zales Jewelers, Diamonds Direct, James Allen, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, and Peoples Jewellers names, as well as operates online through its digital banners, James Allen and Blue Nile.