Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC Has $388,000 Holdings in Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR)

Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Whirlpool Co. (NYSE:WHR) by 11.5% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,391 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 351 shares during the quarter. Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC’s holdings in Whirlpool were worth $388,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Whirlpool by 14.7% in the 3rd quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 2,019,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $216,094,000 after acquiring an additional 258,871 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its stake in Whirlpool by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,650,386 shares of the company’s stock valued at $176,591,000 after purchasing an additional 15,752 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Whirlpool by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,033,263 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,567,000 after buying an additional 18,936 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Whirlpool by 1.3% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 903,166 shares of the company’s stock valued at $96,664,000 after purchasing an additional 11,766 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in Whirlpool by 1.4% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 440,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,099,000 after purchasing an additional 6,049 shares during the last quarter. 90.78% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on WHR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of Whirlpool from $103.00 to $109.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 29th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Whirlpool from $76.00 to $74.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of Whirlpool from $125.00 to $138.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of Whirlpool from $101.00 to $103.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 25th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Whirlpool from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $112.80.

Whirlpool Trading Up 2.5 %

Shares of WHR stock opened at $102.87 on Thursday. Whirlpool Co. has a 12-month low of $84.18 and a 12-month high of $135.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.62, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.72. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $118.42 and its 200 day moving average is $108.23.

Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The company reported $4.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.26 by $0.31. Whirlpool had a negative net margin of 1.95% and a positive return on equity of 21.89%. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.85 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Whirlpool Co. will post 12.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Whirlpool

Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products and services in the North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The company's principal products include refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and refrigerator water filters; laundry appliances, and commercial laundry products and related laundry accessories; cooking and other small domestic appliances; and dishwasher appliances and related accessories, as well as mixers.