Money Managers Are Loading Up On Aphria Inc. (APHA)

Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) enjoyed a 53.07% run-up in share price since hitting record low of $6.23. The stock managed -7.38% fall and now stands at $9.54 as of 11/14/2018. At recent session, the prices were hovering between $9.26 and $10.24. This company shares are -100% up from its target price of $0 and the current market capitalization stands at $2.22B. The recent change has given its price a -30.08% deficit over SMA 50 and -51.99% deficit over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed -33.89% declines, 21.07% gains and 2.84% gains for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found APHA’s volatility during a week at 9.22% and during a month it has been found around 13.35%.

Aphria Inc. (APHA) Top Holders

Institutional investors currently hold around $4 million or 0% in APHA stock. Look at its top three institutional owners. Hellman Jordan Management Co Inc /Ma/ owns $3.25 million in Aphria Inc., which represents roughly 0.15% of the company’s market cap and approximately 81.13% of the institutional ownership. Similar statistics are true for the second largest owner, Mcgowan Group Asset Management, Inc., which owns 24,888 shares of the stock are valued at $256 thousand. The third largest holder is Highpoint Advisor Group Llc, which currently holds $130 thousand worth of this stock and that ownership represents nearly 0.01% of its market capitalization.

Aphria Inc. 13F Filings

At the end of June reporting period, 6 institutional holders increased their position in Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA) by some 31,746 shares, 3 decreased positions by 548 and 4 held positions by 327,135. That puts total institutional holdings at 359,429 shares, according to SEC filings. The stock grabbed 4 new institutional investments totaling 16,496 shares while 1 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 300 shares.

Aphria Inc. (APHA) Analyst Guide

Several analysts have released their opinion on Aphria Inc. (NYSE:APHA), with 4 analysts believing it is a strong buy. Whereas 0 of them predict the stock is a hold. Also, there are 3 buy, 0 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 1.43 average brokerage recommendation.