Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) Given Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Ryanair Holdings plc (NASDAQ:RYAAY) has been assigned an average rating of “Moderate Buy” from the nine brokerages that are presently covering the stock, Marketbeat.com reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, two have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 1-year price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $151.00.

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on RYAAY. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Ryanair from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. UBS Group raised shares of Ryanair from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 11th.

Institutional Trading of Ryanair

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in Ryanair by 188.4% during the third 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 purchasing an additional 17,810,361 shares during the last quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. lifted its stake in Ryanair by 175.7% during 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. Janus Henderson Group PLC lifted its stake 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 valued at $284,893,000 after purchasing an additional 3,967,436 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Ryanair by 35.3% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 8,734,646 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $394,631,000 after purchasing an additional 2,279,679 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Trinity Street Asset Management LLP lifted its stake in Ryanair by 154.4% during the third quarter. Trinity Street Asset Management LLP now owns 3,755,750 shares of the transportation company’s stock valued at $169,685,000 after purchasing an additional 2,279,250 shares during the last quarter. 43.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ryanair Stock Performance

NASDAQ:RYAAY opened at $45.16 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.84, a PEG ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.50. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.83. Ryanair has a twelve month low of $36.96 and a twelve month high of $60.29.

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February 3rd. The transportation company reported $0.29 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.20. Ryanair had a net margin of 12.14% and a return on equity of 21.46%. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Ryanair will post 3.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ryanair Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 10th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a $0.4677 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. Ryanair’s dividend payout ratio is currently 30.66%.

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.