Deutsche Telekom AG (OTCMKTS:DTEGY) Short Interest Up 147.6% in July

Deutsche Telekom AG (OTCMKTS:DTEGY) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 497,145 shares, a growth of 147.6% from the June 30th total of 200,804 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 1,467,198 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Deutsche Telekom Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of Deutsche Telekom stock opened at $31.37 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.11. The firm has a market cap of $153.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 0.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $31.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of $33.79. Deutsche Telekom has a fifty-two week low of $26.90 and a fifty-two week high of $40.58.

Deutsche Telekom (OTCMKTS:DTEGY) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The utilities provider reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.07 by ($0.45). Deutsche Telekom had a net margin of 7.38% and a return on equity of 10.86%. The firm had revenue of $34.97 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.14 billion. Deutsche Telekom has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.540-2.540 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Deutsche Telekom will post 2.56 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Deutsche Telekom in a report on Monday, July 13th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Deutsche Telekom in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Deutsche Telekom from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Finally, Erste Group Bank lowered shares of Deutsche Telekom from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About Deutsche Telekom

Deutsche Telekom AG is a leading European telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. The firm provides a broad range of telecommunications and information technology services for consumer, business and wholesale customers. Its core activities include fixed-line and mobile voice services, broadband internet access, television services and a suite of enterprise IT and network solutions.

Deutsche Telekom offers consumer products under well-known retail brands in its home market and across Europe, and operates extensive mobile networks including 4G and 5G infrastructure.