Short Interest in EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:ESLOY) Drops By 69.6%

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:ESLOY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,500 shares, a drop of 69.6% from the April 30th total of 18,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 60,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme Price Performance

ESLOY stock traded down $1.77 during trading on Monday, hitting $139.09. 33,714 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 37,524. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $141.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $135.86. The company has a quick ratio of 0.62, a current ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme has a 1 year low of $103.41 and a 1 year high of $155.46.

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 13th will be issued a dividend of $1.833 per share. This represents a dividend yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 12th.

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme Company Profile

EssilorLuxottica Société anonyme designs, manufactures, and distributes ophthalmic lenses, frames, and sunglasses in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, the Asia-Pacific, and North America. It operates through Professional Solutions and Direct to Consumer segments. The company offers lens under the Essilor, Varilux, Crizal, Eyezen, Stellest, Xperio, Transitions, Ray-Ban, Oakley, Barberini, KODAK Lens, Nikon, Shamir, eyexpert, iWear, Humanware, and Optifog brands.