GAMMA Investing LLC Has $88,000 Stock Position in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY)

GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) by 125.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 2,013 shares of the transportation company’s stock after buying an additional 1,120 shares during the quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC’s holdings in Ryanair were worth $88,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in RYAAY. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in Ryanair by 188.4% in the 3rd quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 27,263,436 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,231,762,000 after acquiring an additional 17,810,361 shares in the last quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Ryanair by 175.7% in the third quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 23,548,902 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $1,063,939,000 after purchasing an additional 15,008,023 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Ryanair by 35.3% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,734,646 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $394,631,000 after purchasing an additional 2,279,679 shares in the last quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in Ryanair by 169.7% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 6,305,368 shares of the transportation company’s stock worth $284,893,000 after purchasing an additional 3,967,436 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Metropolis Capital Ltd grew its position in Ryanair by 177.4% in the third quarter. Metropolis Capital Ltd now owns 4,006,107 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $180,996,000 after purchasing an additional 2,562,066 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 43.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on RYAAY. UBS Group raised shares of Ryanair from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th. StockNews.com raised Ryanair from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Barclays upgraded Ryanair from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $151.00.

Ryanair Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ RYAAY opened at $42.96 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $44.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $75.21. The company has a market cap of $23.29 billion, a PE ratio of 14.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 1.50. Ryanair Holdings plc has a twelve month low of $36.96 and a twelve month high of $60.29.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) last posted its earnings results on Monday, November 4th. The transportation company reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.91 by ($0.09). Ryanair had a return on equity of 19.92% and a net margin of 11.38%. The business had revenue of $5.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.59 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.88 earnings per share. On average, analysts predict that Ryanair Holdings plc will post 2.97 EPS for the current year.

Ryanair Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be issued a $0.4677 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 17th. This represents a yield of 4.2%. Ryanair’s dividend payout ratio is currently 33.33%.

About Ryanair

Ryanair Holdings plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides scheduled-passenger airline services in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, and internationally. It is also involved in the provision of various ancillary services, such as non-flight scheduled and Internet-related services, as well as in-flight sale of beverages, food, duty-free, and merchandise; and markets car hire, travel insurance, and accommodation services through its website and mobile app.