Albert D. Mason purchased a new position in shares of HFF, Inc. (NYSE:HF) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 10,960 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $341,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Eagle Asset Management increased its position in shares of HFF by 100.7% in the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management now owns 2,352,240 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,410,000 after buying an additional 1,180,114 shares during the period. BB&T Securities purchased a new position in shares of HFF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $267,000. Finally, Capital Impact Advisors purchased a new position in shares of HFF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $489,000.

Shares of HFF, Inc. (NYSE:HF) opened at 27.75 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $30.24 and a 200 day moving average of $35.35. HFF, Inc. has a 52-week low of $24.63 and a 52-week high of $47.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.05 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.90.

The firm also recently announced a special dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 19th. Investors of record on Monday, February 8th will be issued a dividend of $1.80 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 4th.

Several research analysts recently commented on HF shares. TheStreet upgraded shares of HFF from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 17th. JMP Securities decreased their price target on shares of HFF from $49.00 to $44.00 and set a “market outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 26th.

HFF Inc. is a provider of commercial real estate and capital markets services. The Company provides its services to both the users and providers of capital in the United States commercial real estate industry. The Company offers an array of capital markets services, including debt placement; investment sales; distressed debt and real estate owned advisory services; equity placement; investment banking and advisory services; loan sales, and commercial loan servicing. The Company operates in the commercial real estate financial intermediary segment. Debt placement services include a range of debt instruments, adjustable and fixed rate mortgages, entity level debt, mezzanine debt, forward delivery loans and sale/leaseback financing. It offers Investment sales services to commercial real estate owners. It provides Private equity investment banking and advisory services through HFF Securities. It offers Loan sales to sell client’s commercial real estate debt note portfolios.

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