On the 31st of December, Royce & Associates sold 52 thousand PICO Holdings Inc. (PICO) shares for $486 thousand at an average price of $9.35 per share. Shares of PICO Holdings Inc. are down -4.39% since the transaction.
Royce & Associates's holding in PICO Holdings Inc. decreased to about 736 thousand shares with the transaction.
Royce & Associates first bought PICO Holdings Inc. stock in the first quarter of 2001. Royce & Associates also owns Lazard (NYSE:LAZ), Moelis & Company (NYSE:MC), Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) and Evercore Inc. (EVR). PICO Holdings Inc. is its number nine position by number of shares and market value among corporate finance stocks.
Other investors who also reduced their PICO Holdings Inc. shares include Citigroup (NYSE:C). Contrary to Royce & Associates, Ariel Investment added to PICO shares.
Royce & Associates also reduced their share in AXT Inc (NASDAQ:AXTI), Hurco Companies, Inc. (HURC), Century Casinos , Inc. (NASDAQ:CNTY), Heidrick & Struggles Internatio (NASDAQ:HSII), Intevac , Inc. (NASDAQ:IVAC), Haynes International, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAYN), Kimball International, Inc. (KBAL), Insteel Industries , Inc. (NASDAQ:IIIN), Invacare Corporation (NYSE:IVC), Meredith Corp (NYSE:MDP), FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO), Bowl America, Inc. (BWL.A), Lindsay Corporation (NYSE:LNN), Frequency Electronics, Inc. (FEIM), Kadant Inc (NYSE:KAI), Miller Industries, Inc. (MLR), Synalloy Corporation (SYNL), LSI Industries Inc. (LYTS), Preformed Line Products Company (PLPC), Universal Stainless & Alloy Pro (USAP), LightPath Technologies, Inc. (LPTH), National Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NKSH), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), Timberland Bancorp, Inc. (TSBK), Ames National Corporation (ATLO), Northrim BanCorp Inc (NRIM), Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC), Chembio Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:CEMI), Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE:VPG), New Home Company Inc. (The) (NWHM), Marcus & Millichap (MMI) and SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc . (NYSE:SMHI). The total value of the shares sold is estimated at around $160 million.
Additionally, Royce & Associates increased their share in Houston Wire & Cable Company (HWCC), Northwest Pipe Company (NASDAQ:NWPX), Shoe Carnival , Inc. (NASDAQ:SCVL), Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CVGI), National Presto Industries, Inc (NPK), John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. (JBSS), Hooker Furniture Corporation (NASDAQ:HOFT), Johnson Outdoors Inc. (NASDAQ:JOUT), Forrester Research , Inc. (NASDAQ:FORR), Luna Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:LUNA), PCTEL, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCTI), Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (RELL), Seneca Foods Corp. (SENEA), 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), Kulicke and Soffa Industries, I (KLIC), Iteris , Inc. (NASDAQ:ITI), Aviat Networks , Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNW), Silvercrest Asset Management Gr (SAMG), Horizon Global Corporation (NYSE:HZN), MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCFT), Unique Fabricating, Inc. (NYSE:UFAB), SecureWorks Corp. (NASDAQ:SCWX), Infrastructure and Energy Alter (IEA), 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 $130 million.