Voestalpine AG (OTCMKTS:VLPNY - Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,500 shares, a growth of 221.4% from the March 15th total of 1,400 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days.
Voestalpine Stock Performance
Shares of OTCMKTS VLPNY remained flat at $4.29 during trading hours on Friday. The company had a trading volume of 51 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,264. Voestalpine has a twelve month low of $3.34 and a twelve month high of $5.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $4.63 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $4.16. The company has a current ratio of 1.39, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.
Voestalpine (OTCMKTS:VLPNY - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Voestalpine had a negative net margin of 0.41% and a negative return on equity of 0.53%. Sell-side analysts expect that Voestalpine will post 0.45 EPS for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Separately, BNP Paribas downgraded Voestalpine from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 3rd.
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Voestalpine Company Profile
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Voestalpine AG processes, develops, manufactures, and sells steel products in Austria, European Union, and internationally. The company operates through five segments: Steel, High Performance Metals, Metal Engineering, Metal Forming, and Other. The Steel division produces hot and cold-rolled steel strips, as well as electrogalvanized, hot-dip galvanized, and organically coated steel strips; and heavy plates for the energy sector, as well as turbine casings for automotive, white goods/consumer goods, building/construction, energy, mechanical engineering, and others.
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