RWE (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) Shares Gap Down – Time to Sell?

RWE AG (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) shares gapped down prior to trading on Monday . The stock had previously closed at $73.39, but opened at $69.07. RWE shares last traded at $71.08, with a volume of 3,657 shares.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating on shares of RWE in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded RWE from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Kepler Capital Markets upgraded RWE from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Finally, Zacks Research raised RWE from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Monday, March 9th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has issued a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, RWE currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $53.30.

RWE Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $52.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.70, a PEG ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $66.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a current ratio of 1.50 and a quick ratio of 1.43.

RWE (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, March 12th. The utilities provider reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $18.29 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $18.29 billion. RWE had a return on equity of 4.79% and a net margin of 17.96%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that RWE AG will post 3.65 earnings per share for the current year.

About RWE

RWE AG, traded in the U.S. as OTCMKTS:RWEOY, is a leading European energy company headquartered in Essen, Germany. The firm operates as an integrated utility, encompassing power generation, supply, trading and renewable energy development. Its diversified portfolio spans conventional assets—such as gas- and coal-fired power plants—and an expanding array of wind, solar and battery-storage projects managed through its RWE Renewables division.

In its conventional business, RWE Generation produces baseload and peak‐load electricity to meet industrial and consumer demand across Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.