Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:BCMXY - Get Free Report) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 200 shares, an increase of 100.0% from the April 30th total of 100 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the company's stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.
Bank of Communications Trading Down 9.9%
Shares of BCMXY traded down $2.22 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $20.15. 103 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 374. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.01 and a beta of -0.14. Bank of Communications has a 1 year low of $15.39 and a 1 year high of $23.70. The firm's fifty day moving average is $20.70 and its 200-day moving average is $20.44.
Bank of Communications Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 15th were issued a $0.5408 dividend. This represents a yield of 10.09%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, April 14th. This is an increase from Bank of Communications's previous dividend of $0.49. Bank of Communications's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 27.11%.
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Bank of Communications Co, Ltd. provides commercial banking products and services in China. The company offers savings deposit products, including demand deposits, lump-sum deposits and withdrawal, time deposit of small savings for lump-sum withdrawal, interest withdrawal on principal deposited, time-demand deposit, call deposit, swap management, and education deposit; personal certificate of deposit; salary financing A; and foreign currency deposit.
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