Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF - Get Free Report) has earned a consensus rating of "Strong Sell" from the five research firms that are covering the stock, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and two have issued a hold rating on the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $4.20.
A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on TEF shares. Weiss Ratings restated a "sell (d)" rating on shares of Telefonica in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. BNP Paribas Exane began coverage on shares of Telefonica in a research note on Tuesday. They set an "underperform" rating and a $4.20 target price for the company. Finally, Berenberg Bank upgraded Telefonica to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 26th.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in TEF. Sterling Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Telefonica in the third quarter valued at $846,000. Diversified Trust Co bought a new position in Telefonica during the third quarter worth about $280,000. Ethic Inc. raised its stake in Telefonica by 16.6% during the third quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 495,689 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $2,518,000 after acquiring an additional 70,706 shares in the last quarter. Defined Financial Planning LLC bought a new position in shares of Telefonica during the third quarter valued at $92,000. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in shares of Telefonica by 55.7% in the 3rd quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 40,954 shares of the utilities provider's stock valued at $208,000 after purchasing an additional 14,649 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 1.14% of the company's stock.
Telefonica Trading Up 1.8%
Telefonica stock opened at $5.30 on Tuesday. Telefonica has a 1 year low of $3.89 and a 1 year high of $5.72. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $5.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $5.16. The firm has a market cap of $30.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.59 and a beta of 0.49. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.47, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a current ratio of 0.85.
Telefonica (NYSE:TEF - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, hitting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.08. Telefonica had a positive return on equity of 8.57% and a negative net margin of 5.88%.The business had revenue of $10.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $9.03 billion. On average, research analysts predict that Telefonica will post 0.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Telefonica Company Profile
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Telefónica, SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services in Europe and Latin America. The company offers mobile and related services and products, such as mobile voice, value added, mobile data and internet, wholesale, corporate, roaming, fixed wireless, and trunking and paging services.
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