Vanguard Group Inc. Grows Position in Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV)
Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV - Free Report) by 0.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,445,145 shares of the technology company's stock after buying an additional 32,028 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned approximately 8.90% of Veeva Systems worth $3,037,092,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp grew its stake in Veeva Systems by 1.5% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,293,141 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $691,132,000 after purchasing an additional 47,872 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC increased its stake in shares of Veeva Systems by 25.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,981,244 shares of the technology company's stock worth $625,674,000 after acquiring an additional 610,021 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Veeva Systems by 36.0% during the fourth quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 2,964,025 shares of the technology company's stock worth $623,186,000 after purchasing an additional 784,741 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Veeva Systems by 5.7% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,765,236 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $579,630,000 after purchasing an additional 149,807 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Veeva Systems by 73.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,558,592 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $536,972,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081,501 shares during the last quarter. 88.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Veeva Systems stock opened at $240.41 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $230.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $222.59. The stock has a market cap of $39.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 59.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.89 and a beta of 0.88. Veeva Systems Inc. has a 1-year low of $170.25 and a 1-year high of $258.93.
VEEV has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Veeva Systems from $220.00 to $245.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a report on Friday, December 6th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Veeva Systems from $260.00 to $275.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, December 6th. Robert W. Baird upped their price objective on shares of Veeva Systems from $283.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on Veeva Systems from $195.00 to $201.00 and gave the company an "underweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Finally, Stephens reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $280.00 price target on shares of Veeva Systems in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and sixteen have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $256.52.
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Veeva Systems Inc provides cloud-based software for the life sciences industry. It offers Veeva Commercial Cloud, a suite of software and analytics solutions, such as Veeva customer relationship management (CRM) that enable customer-facing employees at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; Veeva Vault PromoMats, an end-to-end content and digital asset management solution; Veeva Vault Medical that provides source of medical content across multiple channels and geographies; Veeva Crossix, an analytics platform for pharmaceutical brands; Veeva OpenData, a customer reference data solution; Veeva Link, a data application that allows link to generate real-time intelligence; and Veeva Compass includes de-identified and longitudinal patient data for the United States.
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