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Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF) Stock Price Up 15.2% - Here's What Happened

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Bouygues SA (OTCMKTS:BOUYF - Get Free Report) rose 15.2% on Monday . The company traded as high as $44.23 and last traded at $44.23. Approximately 204 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 75% from the average daily volume of 822 shares. The stock had previously closed at $38.40.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley restated an "underweight" rating on shares of Bouygues in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. New Street Research began coverage on Bouygues in a report on Friday, April 4th. They set a "buy" rating on the stock.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on BOUYF

Bouygues Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $83.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.41 and a beta of 0.47. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.76. The business's 50 day moving average price is $36.18 and its 200-day moving average price is $33.79.

Bouygues (OTCMKTS:BOUYF - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 14th. The company reported ($0.43) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.70) by $0.27. Bouygues had a net margin of 1.88% and a return on equity of 7.65%. The firm had revenue of $13.62 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.48 billion.

About Bouygues

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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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