Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC Has $500,000 Position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA)

Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (NYSE:BBVA) by 29.2% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 46,129 shares of the bank’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,414 shares during the period. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria were worth $500,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of BBVA. Signaturefd LLC raised its holdings in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 109,672 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $1,100,000 after acquiring an additional 993 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 20.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 5,754 shares of the bank’s stock worth $68,000 after purchasing an additional 996 shares during the period. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 6.6% during the first quarter. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC now owns 16,192 shares of the bank’s stock worth $192,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares in the last quarter. Optas LLC raised its stake in shares of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 6.0% in the 2nd quarter. Optas LLC now owns 18,708 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $188,000 after buying an additional 1,053 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wedmont Private Capital increased its stake in Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria by 8.4% in the first quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 13,857 shares of the bank’s stock valued at $158,000 after acquiring an additional 1,076 shares during the period. 2.96% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Trading Up 2.2 %

BBVA stock opened at $10.09 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $10.36 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $10.52. The stock has a market cap of $58.88 billion, a PE ratio of 6.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.10 and a beta of 1.30. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. has a 1 year low of $7.76 and a 1 year high of $12.20.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (NYSE:BBVA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 1st. The bank reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $9.93 billion during the quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria had a net margin of 27.55% and a return on equity of 16.40%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.36 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. will post 1.75 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 9th will be paid a $0.3244 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 9th. This is an increase from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s previous Semi-Annual dividend of $0.11. This represents a yield of 5.6%. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria’s payout ratio is 35.37%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have issued reports on BBVA shares. Citigroup raised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 9th. Royal Bank of Canada raised Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

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.