Insider Selling: J.Jill (NYSE:JILL) EVP Sells $122,600.00 in Stock

J.Jill, Inc. (NYSE:JILL) EVP Mark Webb sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $24.52, for a total value of $122,600.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 113,523 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,783,583.96. The trade was a 4.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

J.Jill Stock Down 1.1%

NYSE JILL opened at $22.60 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $22.53 and a 200 day moving average price of $17.39. J.Jill, Inc. has a one year low of $10.40 and a one year high of $25.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.30. The company has a market cap of $335.90 million, a P/E ratio of 12.63 and a beta of 0.80.

J.Jill (NYSE:JILL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, September 9th. The specialty retailer reported $1.24 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.67. J.Jill had a return on equity of 28.51% and a net margin of 4.62%. The company had revenue of $154.83 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $151.26 million. Research analysts anticipate that J.Jill, Inc. will post 1.23 EPS for the current fiscal year.

J.Jill Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 23rd were paid a $0.09 dividend. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 23rd. J.Jill’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.11%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

JILL has been the subject of several research reports. Telsey Advisory Group upped their price objective on shares of J.Jill from $18.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, September 10th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $25.00 target price (up from $16.00) on shares of J.Jill in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. BTIG Research boosted their target price on J.Jill from $18.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded J.Jill from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, October 8th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded J.Jill from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, September 12th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $24.50.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fund 1 Investments LLC grew its holdings in shares of J.Jill by 96.8% in the second quarter. Fund 1 Investments LLC now owns 1,328,949 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $21,090,000 after purchasing an additional 653,645 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its stake in J.Jill by 3.0% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 279,496 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock worth $3,208,000 after purchasing an additional 8,172 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its holdings in J.Jill by 12.7% in the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 31,129 shares of the specialty retailer’s stock valued at $357,000 after purchasing an additional 3,499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1492 Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in J.Jill in the 1st quarter valued at about $258,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.71% of the company’s stock.

J.Jill Company Profile

J.Jill, Inc is a specialty retailer focused on women’s apparel, footwear and accessories. The company offers relaxed, versatile clothing designed primarily for women age 40 and older, with product categories that include dresses, tops, sweaters, pants, jackets, intimates and accessories.

J.Jill serves customers through a multichannel model that includes its retail stores, e-commerce website and direct-mail catalogs. Its merchandise is marketed under the J.Jill brand and is available primarily in the United States, with the company emphasizing comfort, fit and coordinated wardrobe collections.

The company traces its roots to 1959, when it began as a catalog retailer.