On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates added 295 thousand John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS) shares for $23 million at an average price of $78.86 per share. Shares of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. are up 3.06% since the transaction.
Royce & Associates's holding in John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. increased to about 573 thousand shares with the purchase.
Royce & Associates first bought John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. stock in the fourth quarter of 2012. Royce & Associates also owns Seneca Foods Corp. (SENEA), MGP Ingredients , Inc. (NASDAQ:MGPI), Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SPB) and Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. (TR). John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. is its number one position by number of shares and market value among food products stocks.
Other investors who also added to their John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. shares include California State Teachers Retirement System, Millennium Management, and the T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund. In contrast, Bahl & Gaynor, Citigroup (NYSE:C), and NWQ Investment Management Co. reduced JBSS shares, while Gotham Asset Management sold all their JBSS shares.
Royce & Associates has also recently increased their share in Seneca Foods Corp.
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC), Century Casinos , Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), Intevac , Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO), Bowl America, Inc. (BWL.A), Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM), Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS), Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM), Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC), New Home Company Inc. (The) (NWHM) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $74 million.
In addition, Royce & Associates added to their share in Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC), Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX), Shoe Carnival , Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL), National Presto Industries, Inc (NPK), Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), Johnson Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:JOUT), Forrester Research , Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCTI), Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL), Fauquier Bankshares, Inc. (FBSS), AstroNova, Inc. (ALOT), Flexsteel Industries, Inc. (FLXS), IntriCon Corporation (IIN), Mesa Laboratories , Inc. (NASDAQ:MLAB), America's Car-Mart, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRMT), CPI Aerostructures, Inc. (NYSE:CVU), EVI Industries, Inc. (EVI), Iteris , Inc. (NASDAQ:ITI), Aviat Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE:HZN), MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT), SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ:SCWX), International Money Express, In (NASDAQ:IMXI), RA Medical Systems Inc (RMED) and OneWater Marine Inc. (NASDAQ:ONEW). The total value of the shares bought is estimated at around $87 million.