Inceptionr LLC Increases Holdings in Trimble Inc. $TRMB

Inceptionr LLC increased its stake in Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB) by 276.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 17,816 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock after purchasing an additional 13,088 shares during the quarter. Inceptionr LLC’s holdings in Trimble were worth $1,396,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in TRMB. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its position in Trimble by 12,120.5% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,743,757 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $224,028,000 after buying an additional 2,721,305 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Trimble during the fourth quarter worth about $213,133,000. Ninety One UK Ltd purchased a new position in Trimble during the fourth quarter worth about $67,741,000. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab purchased a new position in Trimble during the third quarter worth about $56,747,000. Finally, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA grew its position in Trimble by 19.1% during the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 4,217,742 shares of the scientific and technical instruments company’s stock worth $330,460,000 after buying an additional 675,134 shares in the last quarter. 93.21% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Trimble

In other news, CEO Robert G. Painter sold 7,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $66.94, for a total value of $502,050.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 11,897 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $796,385.18. The trade was a 38.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, 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, VP Mark David Schwartz sold 16,725 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 19,668 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,317,952.68. This trade represents a 45.96% decrease in their position. 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

TRMB opened at $50.60 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $61.27 and a 200-day moving average price of $69.00. Trimble Inc. has a 12-month low of $50.57 and a 12-month high of $87.50. 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 stock has a market capitalization of $11.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.63, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.38.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts recently commented on TRMB shares. Barclays reduced their target price on Trimble from $103.00 to $79.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Trimble in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Weiss Ratings cut Trimble from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Piper Sandler cut their price objective on Trimble from $97.00 to $87.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, Oppenheimer cut their price objective on Trimble from $86.00 to $80.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $87.33.

Trimble 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.