Vontobel Holding Ltd. Raises Stake in Trimble Inc. $TRMB

Vontobel Holding Ltd. grew its stake in shares of Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB) by 1.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 559,885 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 10,296 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in Trimble were worth $43,867,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rothschild Investment LLC boosted its position in shares of Trimble by 193.6% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 323 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Toth Financial Advisory Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Trimble in the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Bank of Jackson Hole Trust purchased a new stake in shares of Trimble in the 4th quarter worth about $27,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of Trimble by 90.8% in the 3rd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 372 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 177 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its position in shares of Trimble by 175.8% in the 3rd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 364 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 232 shares in the last quarter. 93.21% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently commented on TRMB. Piper Sandler decreased their price objective on shares of Trimble from $97.00 to $87.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Trimble from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Trimble from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 9th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Trimble from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 13th. Finally, Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of Trimble from $103.00 to $79.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $87.33.

Insider Transactions at Trimble

In other Trimble news, VP Mark David Schwartz sold 16,725 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $67.01, for a total value of $1,120,742.25. Following the transaction, the vice president directly owned 19,668 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,317,952.68. This represents a 45.96% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. Also, CEO Robert G. Painter sold 7,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.94, for a total transaction of $502,050.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 11,897 shares in the company, valued at approximately $796,385.18. The trade was a 38.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. 0.59% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Trimble Price Performance

NASDAQ:TRMB opened at $50.42 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $11.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.25. The company’s 50-day moving average is $60.67 and its two-hundred day moving average is $68.68. Trimble Inc. has a 12-month low of $48.90 and a 12-month high of $87.50.

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The scientific and technical instruments company reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $939.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $905.60 million. Trimble had a net margin of 12.38% and a return on equity of 11.61%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. Trimble has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.780-0.820 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 3.470-3.640 EPS. Research analysts expect that Trimble Inc. will post 2.99 EPS for the current year.

Trimble Company Profile

Trimble Inc (NASDAQ: TRMB) is a technology company that develops hardware, software and services to improve the productivity and connectivity of customers across the construction, agriculture, geospatial, transportation and logistics, and natural resources sectors. The company’s offerings center on advanced positioning technologies — including GNSS/GPS receivers, inertial sensors and laser scanning — integrated with application-specific software and cloud services to enable precise measurement, modeling, machine control and workflow automation for field and office operations.

Trimble’s product portfolio spans surveying and geospatial instruments (total stations, mobile mapping and terrestrial laser scanners), construction solutions (machine control systems, site positioning and estimating), agriculture systems (auto-steer, guidance and application-control platforms), and fleet and transportation telematics.