HighPoint Advisor Group LLC Has $204,000 Stock Position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA)

HighPoint Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA) by 4.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,975 shares of the bank’s stock after buying an additional 862 shares during the quarter. HighPoint Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria were worth $204,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of BBVA. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 19.7% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 10,866 shares of the bank’s stock worth $106,000 after acquiring an additional 1,792 shares during the last quarter. Savant Capital LLC lifted its stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 47,217 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $459,000 after purchasing an additional 4,302 shares during the last quarter. American Century Companies Inc. boosted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 2,226,849 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $21,645,000 after buying an additional 156,006 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 21.1% during the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 377,530 shares of the bank’s stock worth $4,092,000 after buying an additional 65,852 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria during the fourth quarter worth $124,000. Institutional investors own 2.96% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

BBVA has been the topic of several recent research reports. Kepler Capital Markets raised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “reduce” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. StockNews.com cut Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, March 28th. Finally, Hsbc Global Res upgraded shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, January 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Stock Performance

NYSE BBVA opened at $13.69 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $79.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.56, a PEG ratio of 0.80 and a beta of 1.00. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. has a twelve month low of $9.23 and a twelve month high of $14.84. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $13.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of $11.12. The company has a quick ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.16.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The bank reported $0.44 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.04. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had a return on equity of 17.49% and a net margin of 28.10%. Sell-side analysts expect that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. will post 1.59 EPS for the current year.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 25th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 9th will be paid a $0.4439 dividend. This is a positive change from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s previous semi-annual dividend of $0.11. This represents a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 9th. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.23%.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Profile

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA provides retail banking, wholesale banking, and asset management services in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Turkey, South America, and internationally. The company offers savings account, demand deposits, and time deposits; and loan products, such as residential mortgages, other households, credit card loans, loans to enterprises and public sector, as well as consumer finance.