Bouygues SA (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) Short Interest Update

Bouygues SA (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) was the target of a large decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 106,600 shares, a decrease of 36.0% from the February 28th total of 166,500 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1,066.0 days.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “underweight” rating on shares of Bouygues in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th.

Bouygues Price Performance

BOUYF opened at $38.40 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $34.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $33.09. The company has a market capitalization of $72.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.51 and a beta of 0.66. Bouygues has a twelve month low of $28.54 and a twelve month high of $40.00. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.94 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76.

Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, March 6th. The company reported $1.05 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of $16.28 billion for the quarter. Bouygues had a net margin of 1.88% and a return on equity of 7.65%.

About Bouygues

Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, media, and transport infrastructure sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines.