Amundi Has $147.98 Million Holdings in Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM)

Amundi lessened its stake in Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRMFree Report) by 11.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,438,801 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 184,896 shares during the quarter. Amundi owned about 0.49% of Iron Mountain worth $147,981,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Key Financial Inc raised its stake in Iron Mountain by 25,100.0% during the fourth quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 252 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 251 shares in the last quarter. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Iron Mountain during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in Iron Mountain during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America acquired a new position in Iron Mountain during the third quarter worth about $36,000. Finally, Dunhill Financial LLC raised its stake in Iron Mountain by 50.5% during the third quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 453 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $54,000 after acquiring an additional 152 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have commented on IRM shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on Iron Mountain from $125.00 to $112.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 18th. Barclays lowered their target price on Iron Mountain from $131.00 to $130.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, January 28th. StockNews.com raised Iron Mountain from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Iron Mountain from $135.00 to $125.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on Iron Mountain from $135.00 to $139.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, November 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, six have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $127.67.

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Insider Activity at Iron Mountain

In other Iron Mountain news, CEO William L. Meaney sold 172,552 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $91.33, for a total transaction of $15,759,174.16. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 237,402 shares in the company, valued at approximately $21,681,924.66. This represents a 42.09 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO William L. Meaney sold 15,872 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $112.99, for a total value of $1,793,377.28. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 343,114 shares of company stock worth $33,323,682 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.10% of the company’s stock.

Iron Mountain Price Performance

Iron Mountain stock opened at $83.26 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $99.84 and a 200-day moving average of $110.82. Iron Mountain Incorporated has a 1 year low of $73.53 and a 1 year high of $130.24. The company has a market capitalization of $24.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 136.48, a P/E/G ratio of 5.15 and a beta of 1.04.

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRMGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The financial services provider reported $0.50 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.20 by ($0.70). Iron Mountain had a net margin of 2.95% and a negative return on equity of 401.83%. The company had revenue of $1.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.60 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.52 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Iron Mountain Incorporated will post 4.54 EPS for the current year.

Iron Mountain Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Investors of record on Monday, March 17th will be issued a $0.785 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 17th. This is a boost from Iron Mountain’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.72. This represents a $3.14 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.77%. Iron Mountain’s dividend payout ratio is presently 514.75%.

About Iron Mountain

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Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.

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