Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Analysts

Shares of Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) have earned a consensus rating of “Hold” from the ten analysts that are presently covering the company, Marketbeat.com reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation, three have assigned a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company.

REPYY has been the subject of several recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered shares of Repsol from a “sector perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Zacks Research cut Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Monday, January 12th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 8th. DZ Bank cut Repsol from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Repsol in a research report on Friday, December 12th.

Repsol Trading Up 1.6%

Shares of REPYY stock opened at $19.37 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $18.76 and a 200 day simple moving average of $17.60. Repsol has a fifty-two week low of $10.41 and a fifty-two week high of $20.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.10, a P/E/G ratio of 5.23 and a beta of 0.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 1.47 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45.

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The energy company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.74 by $0.08. Repsol had a net margin of 2.12% and a return on equity of 10.18%. The firm had revenue of $15.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $15.28 billion. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Repsol will post 2.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.