Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) Sees Large Volume Increase - Here's Why

Key Points

• Bouygues experienced a 40% increase in trading volume, with 2,754 shares traded compared to 1,962 shares in the previous session.
• The company's stock is currently down 2.8%, trading at $42.27 after closing at $43.50.
• In its latest quarterly earnings report, Bouygues surpassed expectations with $0.99 EPS against a consensus of $0.88.

Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF - Get Free Report) saw an uptick in trading volume on Tuesday . 2,754 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 40% from the previous session's volume of 1,962 shares.The stock last traded at $42.27 and had previously closed at $43.50.

Bouygues Stock Down 2.8%

The stock has a market capitalization of $80.09 billion, a PE ratio of 13.77 and a beta of 0.44. The firm's fifty day moving average is $43.18 and its 200-day moving average is $40.73. The company has a quick ratio of 0.82, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.73.

Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $17.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $15.19 billion. Bouygues had a net margin of 1.86% and a return on equity of 7.52%.

Bouygues Company Profile

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.

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