Barclays PLC Buys 14,675 Shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS)

Barclays PLC boosted its stake in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (NASDAQ:JBSS) by 386.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 18,471 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 14,675 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned 0.16% of John B. Sanfilippo & Son worth $1,741,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in JBSS. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $328,000 after purchasing an additional 111 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 8.6% during the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 2,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $270,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Investing LLC increased its stake in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 7.4% in the second quarter. Inspire Investing LLC now owns 3,609 shares of the company’s stock valued at $351,000 after buying an additional 248 shares in the last quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale bought a new position in shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son in the third quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, nVerses Capital LLC lifted its position in John B. Sanfilippo & Son by 133.3% during the 3rd quarter. nVerses Capital LLC now owns 700 shares of the company’s stock worth $66,000 after buying an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. 70.64% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th.

John B. Sanfilippo & Son Stock Performance

Shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son stock opened at $85.71 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $86.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $92.44. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $79.07 and a fifty-two week high of $108.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.02, a current ratio of 2.06 and a quick ratio of 0.66. The firm has a market cap of $994.49 million, a P/E ratio of 18.43 and a beta of 0.14.

About John B. Sanfilippo & Son

John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc engages in selling nuts and nut-related products. It offers dried fruit-based products that are sold under, Fisher Nuts, Orchard Valley Harvest, Southern Style Nuts, and Squirrel Brand. The company was founded by Gaspare Sanfilippo and John B. Sanfilippo in 1922 and is headquartered in Elgin, IL.