Amadeus IT Group SA Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:AMADY) Stock Rated "Moderate Buy" by Sell-Side Brokerages

Key Points

• Amadeus IT Group received a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from six analysts: four buys, one hold and one sell. Recent actions included upgrades from Deutsche Bank and a downgrade to “strong sell” from Kepler Capital Markets.
• AMADY shares opened at $57.95, down 1.6%, with a 12-month range of $54.60 to $80.55 and a market capitalization of approximately $25.01 billion.
• The company exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $1.03 EPS versus a $1.01 consensus estimate and revenue of $1.92 billion versus $1.89 billion expected. Analysts anticipate full-year EPS of about $3.90.

Amadeus IT Group SA Unsponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:AMADY - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the six research firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, one has given a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company.

AMADY has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Amadeus IT Group in a research report on Sunday, August 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Amadeus IT Group to a "buy" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 16th. Finally, Kepler Capital Markets downgraded Amadeus IT Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Monday, June 29th.

Amadeus IT Group Trading Down 1.6%

OTCMKTS AMADY opened at $57.95 on Thursday. Amadeus IT Group has a 12 month low of $54.60 and a 12 month high of $80.55. The company has a market capitalization of $25.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.92. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.74. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $64.03 and its 200 day moving average price is $60.78.

Amadeus IT Group (OTCMKTS:AMADY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $1.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.02. Amadeus IT Group had a return on equity of 29.84% and a net margin of 19.86%.The company had revenue of $1.92 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.89 billion. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Amadeus IT Group will post 3.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Amadeus IT Group

Amadeus IT Group SA is a Spain-based travel technology company that provides software, transaction-processing systems and technology services to businesses across the global travel industry. Its customers include airlines, travel agencies, hotels, airports, railway companies, tour operators and other travel providers.

The company's offerings include the Amadeus global distribution system, which helps travel sellers search, compare and book travel content, as well as reservation, passenger-service and departure-control systems for airlines.

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