Aurora Investment Counsel Purchases 5,229 Shares of WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS)

Aurora Investment Counsel boosted its position in shares of WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE:WNS) by 17.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 34,519 shares of the business services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,229 shares during the period. Aurora Investment Counsel’s holdings in WNS were worth $1,812,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of WNS by 228.9% in the 2nd quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 523 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 364 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its holdings in shares of WNS by 64.1% during the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 635 shares of the business services provider’s stock worth $33,000 after purchasing an additional 248 shares in the last quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S bought a new position in shares of WNS in the first quarter worth approximately $38,000. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its stake in WNS by 30.4% in the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 841 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 196 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC lifted its position in WNS by 32.0% during the first quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 1,517 shares of the business services provider’s stock valued at $77,000 after purchasing an additional 368 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.36% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC increased their price target on shares of WNS from $60.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 19th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on WNS from $60.00 to $73.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, September 6th. Finally, Barrington Research restated an “outperform” rating and set a $70.00 price target on shares of WNS in a research report on Thursday, August 22nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, WNS has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $63.83.

WNS Trading Up 1.3 %

Shares of WNS opened at $52.71 on Tuesday. WNS has a fifty-two week low of $39.85 and a fifty-two week high of $74.54. The firm has a market cap of $2.52 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.63. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $57.07 and a 200-day moving average price of $53.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.60 and a current ratio of 1.60.

WNS (NYSE:WNS) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 18th. The business services provider reported $0.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.02. WNS had a net margin of 10.52% and a return on equity of 22.05%. The business had revenue of $312.40 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $310.49 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.76 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.6% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that WNS will post 3.72 earnings per share for the current year.

About WNS

WNS (Holdings) Limited, a business process management (BPM) company, provides data, voice, analytical, and business transformation services worldwide. The company operates through TSLU, MRHP, HCLS, and BFSI segments. It engages in diversified business, including manufacturing, retail, consumer packaged goods, media and entertainment, and telecommunication; travel and leisure, utilities, shipping, and logistics; healthcare and life sciences; banking, financial services, and insurance; and Hi-tech and professional services, as well as procurement.