Shares of Visteon Co. (NASDAQ:VC – Get Rating) have received a consensus rating of "Hold" from the thirteen research firms that are covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, four have assigned a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $132.40.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on VC. BNP Paribas raised shares of Visteon from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and increased their target price for the company from $105.00 to $133.00 in a report on Monday, July 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Visteon from $130.00 to $140.00 in a research report on Friday, July 29th. TheStreet upgraded shares of Visteon from a "c+" rating to a "b-" rating in a research report on Monday, August 1st. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Visteon from $91.00 to $107.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird increased their price target on shares of Visteon from $131.00 to $142.00 in a research report on Friday, July 29th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Jerome Rouquet sold 1,750 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total transaction of $236,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 4,943 shares of the company's stock, valued at $667,305. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In related news, SVP Robert R. Vallance sold 8,471 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $125.25, for a total transaction of $1,060,992.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 16,868 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,112,717. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Jerome Rouquet sold 1,750 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.00, for a total transaction of $236,250.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 4,943 shares of the company's stock, valued at $667,305. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.80% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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Visteon Trading Down 5.5 %

Shares of Visteon stock opened at $109.12 on Friday. Visteon has a 12-month low of $88.82 and a 12-month high of $140.44. The company has a current ratio of 1.75, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market cap of $3.07 billion, a PE ratio of 37.76 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a 50-day moving average of $123.40 and a two-hundred day moving average of $114.40.

Visteon (NASDAQ:VC – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 28th. The company reported $1.34 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.80. Visteon had a net margin of 2.66% and a return on equity of 20.53%. The company had revenue of $848.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $716.67 million. During the same period last year, the company posted ($0.32) earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 39.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts anticipate that Visteon will post 5.15 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Visteon Company Profile

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Visteon Corporation, an automotive technology company, engineers, designs, and manufactures automotive electronics and connected car solutions for vehicle manufacturers worldwide. The company provides instrument clusters, including analog gauge clusters to 2-D and 3-D display-based devices; information displays that integrate a range of user interface technologies and graphics management capabilities, such as 3-D, active privacy, TrueColor enhancement, cameras, optics, haptic feedback, and light effects; and Phoenix, a display audio and embedded infotainment platform, as well as onboard artificial intelligence-based voice assistant with natural language understanding.

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