Société Générale Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:SCGLY) Receives Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Société Générale Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:SCGLY - Get Free Report) has been given a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" by the six research firms that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a strong buy recommendation to the company.

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. UBS Group cut shares of Société Générale Société anonyme from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. Kepler Capital Markets downgraded shares of Société Générale Société anonyme from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd.

Société Générale Société anonyme Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of Société Générale Société anonyme stock traded up $0.10 on Wednesday, reaching $11.33. The company had a trading volume of 606,030 shares, compared to its average volume of 638,670. The firm has a market cap of $45.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.33, a P/E/G ratio of 0.26 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.61, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $9.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $7.96. Société Générale Société anonyme has a 1 year low of $4.30 and a 1 year high of $11.41.

Société Générale Société anonyme (OTCMKTS:SCGLY - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The financial services provider reported $0.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $7.45 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.02 billion. Société Générale Société anonyme had a return on equity of 4.49% and a net margin of 14.96%. As a group, research analysts predict that Société Générale Société anonyme will post 1.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Société Générale Société anonyme Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be given a dividend of $0.1797 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 22nd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.62%. Société Générale Société anonyme's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.40%.

Société Générale Société anonyme Company Profile

Société Générale Société anonyme provides banking and financial services to individuals, corporates, and institutional clients in Europe and internationally. It operates through French Retail Banking, International Retail Banking & Financial Services, and Global Banking and Investor Solutions. It offers retail banking services, such as consumer credit, vehicle leasing and fleet management, online banking, wealth management, and equipment and vendor finance services; and insurance products, including home, vehicle, family, health, and mortgage insurance.