Swisscom (OTCMKTS:SCMWY) Stock Price Crosses Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

Key Points

• Technical: Shares crossed above the 200‑day moving average (200‑day MA $78.56), trading as high as $86.525 and last at $86.41, but remain below the 50‑day MA of $88.68.
• Analyst sentiment: Recent downgrades include UBS (strong‑buy to hold) and New Street Research (hold to strong sell), leaving a consensus rating of "Reduce" (1 Buy, 3 Hold, 2 Sell).
• Fundamentals & profile: Swisscom is Switzerland's leading, majority state‑owned telecom with a market cap of $447.62 billion, P/E of 29.19 and a debt/equity ratio of 0.96.

Shares of Swisscom AG (OTCMKTS:SCMWY - Get Free Report) passed above its two hundred day moving average during trading on Thursday . The stock has a two hundred day moving average of $78.56 and traded as high as $86.5250. Swisscom shares last traded at $86.41, with a volume of 6,896 shares changing hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. UBS Group lowered shares of Swisscom from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, February 26th. New Street Research lowered shares of Swisscom from a "hold" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Wednesday, February 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Reduce".

Swisscom Stock Up 1.2%

The firm's fifty day moving average price is $88.68 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.56. The stock has a market cap of $447.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.19 and a beta of 0.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.76.

Swisscom Company Profile

Swisscom AG is Switzerland's leading telecommunications provider, offering a broad range of consumer and business communications services. Its core activities include mobile and fixed-line telephony, broadband internet, and digital television for residential customers, together with comprehensive information and communications technology (ICT) solutions for corporate and public-sector clients. The company also develops and markets cloud computing, data center, IoT and cybersecurity services, and supplies wholesale network access to other operators and service providers.

Swisscom's origins lie in the Swiss state telecommunications system; over time it evolved from a government monopoly into a partly privatized joint-stock company while remaining majority-owned by the Swiss Confederation.

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