Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Brokerages

Key Points

• Repsol SA has received a consensus rating of "Hold" from seven brokerages, with varying ratings including one sell, three holds, two buys, and one strong buy.
• The company's shares opened at $16.46 and reported a revenue of $16.48 billion for the last quarter, surpassing analyst estimates.
• Repsol recently announced a dividend payment of $0.4554, resulting in a high payout ratio of 143.75%.

Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY - Get Free Report) has been given a consensus recommendation of "Hold" by the seven analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have assigned a hold recommendation, two have given a buy recommendation and one has issued a strong buy recommendation on the company.

Several brokerages have recently commented on REPYY. Citigroup restated a "buy" rating on shares of Repsol in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Berenberg Bank upgraded shares of Repsol from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 30th. Barclays upgraded shares of Repsol from a "reduce" rating to an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Repsol from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, Kepler Capital Markets downgraded shares of Repsol from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 20th.

Repsol Stock Performance

Shares of Repsol stock traded up $0.08 on Friday, hitting $16.65. 9,211 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 120,955. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $15.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $13.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.26 billion, a PE ratio of 26.01, a PEG ratio of 4.93 and a beta of 0.69. Repsol has a 1 year low of $10.41 and a 1 year high of $16.69.

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 24th. The energy company reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $16.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $14.91 billion. Repsol had a net margin of 1.33% and a return on equity of 9.06%. On average, analysts expect that Repsol will post 2.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Repsol Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 8th were issued a $0.4554 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 7th. This represents a dividend yield of 313.0%. Repsol's payout ratio is 143.75%.

Repsol Company Profile

Repsol, SA operates as a multi-e energy company worldwide. Its Upstream segment engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas reserves, as well as develops low-carbon geological solutions. The company's Industrial segment is involved in refining activities and petrochemicals business; the trading, transport, and sale of crude oil, natural gas, and fuels; and development of hydrogen, biomethane, sustainable biofuels, and synthetic fuels.