Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) Short Interest Update

Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 104,166 shares, an increase of 324.3% from the April 30th total of 24,550 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 193,984 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on REPYY shares. HSBC upgraded Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. downgraded Repsol from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded Repsol from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Repsol from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, DZ Bank upgraded Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seven have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy”.

Repsol Stock Performance

Shares of Repsol stock opened at $25.82 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $26.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.29. The company has a market capitalization of $28.54 billion, a PE ratio of 10.33, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.28 and a beta of 0.03. The company has a quick ratio of 1.15, a current ratio of 1.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41. Repsol has a 52 week low of $13.29 and a 52 week high of $29.08.

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The energy company reported $0.90 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.91 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $18.14 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $20.33 billion. Repsol had a net margin of 4.40% and a return on equity of 11.52%. As a group, analysts expect that Repsol will post 4.7 earnings per share for the current year.

About Repsol

Repsol is a Spanish integrated energy company engaged across the full oil and gas value chain and increasingly in low‑carbon energy businesses. Its core activities include upstream exploration and production of oil and natural gas, midstream operations such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading and logistics, and downstream refining, petrochemicals, and fuel marketing. The company also supplies lubricants, specialty chemicals and related industrial products, and operates a widespread network of retail fuel stations and convenience services.

Founded in 1987, Repsol has grown from a national refiner into a global energy player through international exploration, production projects and commercial expansion.