Margain Guadalupe Phillips Sells 44,500 Shares of Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) Stock

Grupo Televisa S.A. (NYSE:TV) Director Margain Guadalupe Phillips sold 44,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $0.57, for a total value of $25,365.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 838,275 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $477,816.75. This represents a 5.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Grupo Televisa Stock Down 1.6%

TV opened at $2.84 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $2.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $2.96. The company has a quick ratio of 2.36, a current ratio of 2.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market cap of $1.51 billion, a PE ratio of -3.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.92 and a beta of 1.61. Grupo Televisa S.A. has a 52 week low of $1.76 and a 52 week high of $3.49.

Grupo Televisa (NYSE:TV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Saturday, February 14th. The company reported ($0.80) EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $807.20 million for the quarter. Grupo Televisa had a negative net margin of 13.93% and a negative return on equity of 7.65%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Grupo Televisa S.A. will post 0.09 EPS for the current year.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Grupo Televisa

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of Grupo Televisa by 21.8% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,315,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,488,000 after purchasing an additional 4,888,475 shares during the period. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL grew its position in Grupo Televisa by 10.4% during the fourth quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL now owns 20,897,253 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,811,000 after buying an additional 1,975,268 shares during the period. Gabelli Funds LLC grew its position in Grupo Televisa by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. Gabelli Funds LLC now owns 7,686,600 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,368,000 after buying an additional 687,500 shares during the period. Marshall Wace LLP increased its holdings in Grupo Televisa by 732.1% in the fourth quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,447,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,213,000 after buying an additional 1,273,818 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of Grupo Televisa by 216.4% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,161,678 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,380,000 after acquiring an additional 794,514 shares during the period. 55.77% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about Grupo Televisa

Here are the key news stories impacting Grupo Televisa this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its price target on Grupo Televisa from $2.60 to $3.70 and kept a neutral rating, a formal signal from a large sell-side shop that the company’s outlook can support higher valuation. MarketBeat Analyst Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst coverage is mixed overall — Zacks upgraded to Hold, JPMorgan is Neutral, Weiss reiterated a Sell — leaving consensus at a Hold with a wide range of price targets; this moderates panic from the insider sales. Analyst Summary
• Neutral Sentiment: Institutional activity shows only small/new positions from a few funds (low-dollar buys reported), so there’s limited immediate offsetting institutional demand to absorb insider supply. Fund Activity
• Negative Sentiment: At least 14 directors, officers and insiders reported selling 44,500 shares each on May 4 — aggregate sales ≈ 623,000 shares with proceeds around $355,110 — a large coordinated/clustered disposal that is applying downward pressure on the stock. Review a sample SEC Form 4 (CEO Angoitia) for details. Form 4 – Angoitia
• Negative Sentiment: Reported sale price in filings is $0.57/share, materially below the NYSE quote (~$2.8–$3 range), creating investor concern about why the price differs (possible different share class, ADR mechanics, option exercises, or clerical/reporting items). Until clarified, the headline of large insider selling fuels negative sentiment. See the InsiderTrades write-up for the aggregated sales. InsiderTrades Alert

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on TV. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Grupo Televisa in a research note on Monday, April 20th. UBS Group upped their price objective on Grupo Televisa from $2.60 to $3.70 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Grupo Televisa in a research report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Finally, Zacks Research raised Grupo Televisa from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $5.43.

Grupo Televisa Company Profile

Grupo Televisa, SAB. is a leading Mexican multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Mexico City, specializing in the creation, production and distribution of Spanish-language content. The company operates free-to-air television networks, subscription pay-TV services, broadband and telephony under its cable arm, and a range of digital streaming platforms. Grupo Televisa’s portfolio spans news, sports, telenovelas, reality programming and original series, positioning it as one of the largest content producers in the Spanish-speaking world.

Televisa’s broadcast division includes flagship channels such as Las Estrellas and Canal 5, while its pay-TV segment features operations under brands like Sky México and Izzi Telecom.