Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC Increases Stake in V.F. Corporation $VFC

Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC grew its stake in shares of V.F. Corporation (NYSE:VFC) by 30.7% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,442,936 shares of the textile maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 808,474 shares during the quarter. Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC’s holdings in V.F. were worth $40,454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its stake in V.F. by 94.8% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 4,975 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $58,000 after acquiring an additional 2,421 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in V.F. by 134.8% in the 2nd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 52,953 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $622,000 after purchasing an additional 30,405 shares in the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of V.F. by 158.8% during the 2nd quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 56,904 shares of the textile maker’s stock valued at $669,000 after purchasing an additional 34,915 shares during the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP purchased a new position in shares of V.F. during the first quarter valued at about $749,000. Finally, Russell Investments Group Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of V.F. by 11.1% in the first quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 277,442 shares of the textile maker’s stock worth $4,306,000 after purchasing an additional 27,727 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 86.84% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on VFC. Jefferies Financial Group set a $14.00 price target on V.F. and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on V.F. from $15.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 27th. BNP Paribas lowered shares of V.F. from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their target price for the company from $11.00 to $10.00 in a report on Thursday, July 31st. BNP Paribas Exane lowered shares of V.F. from a “neutral” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of V.F. in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $16.25.

V.F. Trading Up 10.9%

VFC stock opened at $16.22 on Friday. V.F. Corporation has a twelve month low of $9.41 and a twelve month high of $29.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 73.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.06 and a beta of 1.77. The company has a quick ratio of 0.65, a current ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.40. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $14.71 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $13.59.

V.F. (NYSE:VFC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The textile maker reported $0.52 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.10. V.F. had a net margin of 0.95% and a return on equity of 20.34%. The firm had revenue of $2.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.73 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.60 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. V.F. has set its Q3 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that V.F. Corporation will post 0.73 earnings per share for the current year.

V.F. Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 10th will be issued a $0.09 dividend. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 10th. V.F.’s dividend payout ratio is presently 163.64%.

V.F. Profile

VF Corp. engages in the business of producing and marketing apparel, footwear, and accessories. It operates through the following segments: Outdoor, Active, Work, and Other. The Outdoor segment includes authentic outdoor-based lifestyle brands such as performance-based and outdoor apparel, footwear, and equipment.