Insider Buying: Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) Director Buys $389,700.00 in Stock

Key Points

  • R. Scot Sellers, a director at Howard Hughes, bought 5,000 shares on Dec. 23 at an average price of $77.94 for a total of $389,700, increasing his stake to 67,517 shares (an 8% rise), according to an SEC filing.
  • Howard Hughes reported strong results on Nov. 10 with $2.02 EPS (beating estimates by $0.46) and revenue of $390.24M (up 19.3% year-over-year); analysts' consensus rating is Hold with an average target of $83.33.
  • The stock trades near $79, with a market cap of $4.71B and a P/E of 15.46, and about 93.83% of shares are held by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HHH - Get Free Report) Director R Scot Sellers bought 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $77.94 per share, with a total value of $389,700.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 67,517 shares in the company, valued at $5,262,274.98. This represents a 8.00% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link.

Howard Hughes Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of NYSE:HHH opened at $79.33 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.80, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a current ratio of 1.18. Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. has a 52-week low of $61.40 and a 52-week high of $91.07. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $83.30 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $77.59. The firm has a market cap of $4.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.46 and a beta of 1.22.

Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, November 10th. The company reported $2.02 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.56 by $0.46. Howard Hughes had a return on equity of 11.06% and a net margin of 14.95%.The company had revenue of $390.24 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $331.52 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.95 earnings per share. Howard Hughes's revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, research analysts forecast that Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. will post 3.7 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes




A number of research firms recently weighed in on HHH. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Howard Hughes from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, November 15th. Zacks Research lowered Howard Hughes from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c)" rating on shares of Howard Hughes in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $83.33.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in Howard Hughes in the 3rd quarter valued at about $268,000. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Howard Hughes in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $291,000. GM Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Howard Hughes in the third quarter valued at approximately $251,000. Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Howard Hughes during the third quarter valued at approximately $114,000. Finally, Caxton Associates LLP bought a new stake in Howard Hughes during the third quarter worth $1,655,000. 93.83% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Howard Hughes Company Profile

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Howard Hughes Holdings Inc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a real estate development company in the United States. It operates in four segments: Operating Assets; Master Planned Communities (MPCs); Seaport; and Strategic Developments. The Operating Assets segment consists of developed or acquired retail, office, and multi-family properties along with other retail investments. Its MPCs segment develops, sells, and leases residential and commercial land designated for long-term community development projects in and around Las Vegas, Nevada; Houston, Texas; and Phoenix, Arizona.

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