bpost (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) Short Interest Up 163.8% in August

bpost (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) was the target of a large growth in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,480 shares, a growth of 163.8% from the August 15th total of 940 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 280 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 8.9 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

bpost Stock Performance

BPOSY opened at $1.48 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.04, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13. bpost has a twelve month low of $1.48 and a twelve month high of $2.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $296 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.05 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $1.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.91.

bpost (OTCMKTS:BPOSY) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported $0.04 EPS for the quarter. The company had revenue of $1.22 billion during the quarter. bpost had a positive return on equity of 7.66% and a negative net margin of 0.85%.

bpost Company Profile

bpost is Belgium’s national postal operator and a provider of mail, parcel and logistics services. The company collects, processes and delivers letters, documents and parcels for residential and business customers, while also offering solutions for direct marketing, transactional communications and e-commerce deliveries.

Through its logistics and e-commerce activities, bpost supports online retailers and other businesses with services that can include fulfillment, warehousing, transportation, last-mile delivery and returns management.