Insider Selling: REX American Resources (NYSE:REX) Insider Sells $50,263.08 in Stock

REX American Resources Corporation (NYSE:REX) insider Stuart Rose sold 1,129 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $44.52, for a total transaction of $50,263.08. Following the transaction, the insider owned 626,020 shares in the company, valued at $27,870,410.40. The trade was a 0.18% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website.

REX American Resources Trading Up 2.0%

Shares of REX American Resources stock opened at $43.85 on Friday. REX American Resources Corporation has a 12-month low of $22.56 and a 12-month high of $53.36. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.63 and a beta of 0.61. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.69 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $39.33.

REX American Resources (NYSE:REX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The energy company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.42. The business had revenue of $156.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $167.23 million. REX American Resources had a net margin of 14.30% and a return on equity of 13.67%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of REX American Resources from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, REX American Resources currently has an average rating of “Buy”.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On REX American Resources

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of REX. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in REX American Resources by 101.0% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,436,632 shares of the energy company’s stock worth $74,610,000 after purchasing an additional 1,224,274 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in REX American Resources by 89.3% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,152,938 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $65,923,000 after acquiring an additional 1,015,668 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp bought a new stake in REX American Resources during the fourth quarter valued at about $17,199,000. Mangrove Partners IM LLC bought a new stake in REX American Resources during the third quarter valued at about $16,123,000. Finally, American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in REX American Resources by 88.0% during the third quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 826,427 shares of the energy company’s stock valued at $25,305,000 after acquiring an additional 386,947 shares during the period. 88.12% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

REX American Resources Company Profile

REX American Resources Corp. is a diversified agribusiness and renewable energy company headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 2005 through a reorganization of existing agricultural interests, the company focuses on two primary business segments: fuel ethanol production and specialty ingredient solutions. REX American Resources leverages its integrated operations to supply clean-burning fuel, animal feed co-products and sweetener ingredients to a broad customer base in North America and beyond.

In its alcohol fuels segment, the company operates an anhydrous ethanol production facility in Colwich, Kansas.