DHL Group Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:DHLGY) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

Key Points

• DHL Group has an average “Hold” rating from nine analysts: six recommend holding, two recommend buying, and one gives a strong-buy rating. Recent opinions have been mixed, including upgrades from Kepler and downgrades from Zacks Research and Citigroup.
• DHLGY opened at $32.26, with a market capitalization of about $71.64 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.29. The stock is near its 50-day moving average but below its 200-day average.
• DHL Group exceeded quarterly expectations, reporting $1.05 in EPS versus a $0.51 estimate and revenue of $25.84 billion versus the $24.20 billion consensus forecast.

DHL Group Sponsored ADR (OTCMKTS:DHLGY - Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of "Hold" from the nine analysts that are covering the stock, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation, two have issued a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company.

Several brokerages have weighed in on DHLGY. Kepler Capital Markets raised DHL Group from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Zacks Research cut DHL Group from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 25th. Citigroup downgraded DHL Group from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, August 13th. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating on shares of DHL Group in a research note on Tuesday, June 16th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a "buy" rating on shares of DHL Group in a research report on Tuesday.

DHL Group Stock Down 0.1%

DHLGY stock opened at $32.26 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $32.29 and a two-hundred day moving average of $33.84. The company has a market cap of $71.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.29, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.19. DHL Group has a 12-month low of $21.77 and a 12-month high of $33.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.04.

DHL Group (OTCMKTS:DHLGY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The company reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.54. DHL Group had a net margin of 4.38% and a return on equity of 16.44%. The business had revenue of $25.84 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $24.20 billion. On average, equities analysts anticipate that DHL Group will post 2.02 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

DHL Group Company Profile

DHL Group is a global logistics and postal services company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. The group provides international express delivery, freight transportation, contract logistics, supply chain management, e-commerce logistics and domestic mail and parcel services.

Its principal business divisions include DHL Express, DHL Global Forwarding and Freight, DHL Supply Chain, DHL eCommerce and the Post & Parcel Germany division. Services range from time-definite document and parcel delivery to air, ocean and road freight forwarding, warehousing, fulfillment, customs support and logistics solutions tailored to business customers.

The company traces its roots to Deutsche Bundespost's postal operations and became a privatized company, Deutsche Post AG, in the 1990s.

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