Achilles B. Kintiroglou Sells 350 Shares of AdvanSix Inc. (NYSE:ASIX) Stock

AdvanSix Inc. (NYSE:ASIXGet Free Report) SVP Achilles B. Kintiroglou sold 350 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $30.18, for a total transaction of $10,563.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 33,601 shares in the company, valued at $1,014,078.18. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

AdvanSix Trading Up 1.4 %

Shares of ASIX stock opened at $31.17 on Friday. AdvanSix Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $20.86 and a fifty-two week high of $31.69. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $28.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $835.95 million, a P/E ratio of 1,039.00 and a beta of 1.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.74 and a current ratio of 1.39.

AdvanSix (NYSE:ASIXGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, August 2nd. The company reported $1.48 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.13 by $0.35. The business had revenue of $453.48 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $426.80 million. AdvanSix had a net margin of 0.57% and a return on equity of 1.03%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.18 earnings per share. Equities research analysts predict that AdvanSix Inc. will post 1.67 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AdvanSix Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, August 13th were paid a $0.16 dividend. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, August 13th. AdvanSix’s payout ratio is presently 2,133.33%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded AdvanSix from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 5th.

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Institutional Trading of AdvanSix

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in AdvanSix by 3.4% in the second quarter. SummerHaven Investment Management LLC now owns 20,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $468,000 after acquiring an additional 672 shares during the last quarter. Point72 DIFC Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of AdvanSix in the 2nd quarter valued at $34,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of AdvanSix during the 2nd quarter worth $36,000. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co grew its stake in shares of AdvanSix by 8.5% during the first quarter. CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co now owns 24,305 shares of the company’s stock worth $694,000 after purchasing an additional 1,904 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asia Singapore Pte. Ltd. acquired a new position in shares of AdvanSix during the second quarter worth $51,000. 86.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

AdvanSix Company Profile

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AdvanSix Inc engages in the manufacture and sale of polymer resins in the United States and internationally. It offers Nylon 6, a polymer resin, which is a synthetic material used to produce fibers, filaments, engineered plastics, and films. The company also provides caprolactam to manufacture polymer resins; ammonium sulfate fertilizers to distributors, farm cooperatives, and retailers; and acetone that are used in the production of adhesives, paints, coatings, solvents, herbicides, and engineered plastic resins, as well as other intermediate chemicals, including phenol, monoisopropylamine, dipropylamine, monoallylamine, alpha-methylstyrene, cyclohexanone, methyl ethyl ketoxime, acetaldehyde oxime, 2-pentanone oxime, cyclohexanol, sulfuric acid, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.

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