Chapin Davis Inc. Sells 1,336 Shares of Cummins Inc. $CMI

Chapin Davis Inc. lessened its position in shares of Cummins Inc. (NYSE:CMIFree Report) by 65.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 696 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,336 shares during the quarter. Chapin Davis Inc.’s holdings in Cummins were worth $496,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of Cummins by 10,317.7% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,458,475 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,254,929,000 after purchasing an additional 2,434,876 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Cummins during the fourth quarter worth $863,441,000. Boston Partners bought a new position in Cummins during the third quarter worth $473,471,000. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Cummins by 257.9% in the first quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 736,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $396,343,000 after buying an additional 530,812 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in Cummins by 245.1% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 542,796 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,071,000 after buying an additional 385,525 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 83.46% of the company’s stock.

Cummins Trading Up 2.5%

CMI opened at $651.55 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $669.35 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $624.58. Cummins Inc. has a 1-year low of $372.00 and a 1-year high of $737.76. The company has a market cap of $89.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.55 and a beta of 1.24. The company has a current ratio of 1.73, a quick ratio of 1.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.

Cummins (NYSE:CMIGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported $6.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $7.21 by ($0.48). The company had revenue of $9.46 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.33 billion. Cummins had a return on equity of 25.29% and a net margin of 7.82%.Cummins’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $6.43 EPS. Analysts predict that Cummins Inc. will post 29.39 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Cummins Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 21st will be paid a dividend of $2.20 per share. This is an increase from Cummins’s previous quarterly dividend of $2.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 21st. This represents a $8.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.4%. Cummins’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 41.52%.

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Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, VP Donald G. Jackson sold 730 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $710.92, for a total transaction of $518,971.60. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 8,316 shares in the company, valued at $5,912,010.72. The trade was a 8.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Nicole Lamb-Hale sold 2,408 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $685.34, for a total value of $1,650,298.72. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 14,084 shares in the company, valued at $9,652,328.56. The trade was a 14.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 13,579 shares of company stock valued at $9,377,684. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $845.00 price target on shares of Cummins in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Argus boosted their price objective on Cummins from $696.00 to $770.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on Cummins from $794.00 to $874.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 17th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Cummins in a report on Monday. Finally, Zacks Research lowered Cummins from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 13th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $745.64.

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Cummins Inc (NYSE: CMI) is a global power technology company that designs, manufactures, distributes and services a broad portfolio of diesel and natural gas engines, electrified powertrains, power generation systems and related components. Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, Cummins has grown into one of the world’s leading suppliers of internal combustion engines and a provider of technologies that reduce emissions and improve fuel efficiency.

The company’s product lineup includes heavy-, medium- and light-duty engines for on-highway and off-highway applications, generator sets and power systems for commercial and industrial use, and key engine components such as turbochargers, fuel systems, air handling, filtration and aftertreatment solutions.

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