Orange S.A. provides various fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, and other value-added services to customers, businesses, and other telecommunications operators in France and internationally. It operates through France; Spain and Other European Countries; The Africa and Middle East; Enterprise; International Carriers & Shared Services; and Mobile Financial Services segments. The company offers mobile services, such as voice, SMS, and data; fixed broadband and narrowband services, as well as fixed network business solutions, including voice and data; and convergence packages. It also sells mobile handsets, mobile terminals, broadband equipment, connected devices, and accessories. In addition, the company provides IT and integration services comprising unified communication and collaboration services, such as LAN and telephony, consultancy, integration, and project management; hosting and infrastructure services, including cloud computing; customer relations management and other applications services; security services; and video conferencing, as well as sells related equipment. Further, it offers national and international roaming services; online advertising services; and mobile virtual network operators, network sharing, and mobile financial services, as well as sells equipment to external distributors and brokers. Orange S.A. markets its products and services under the Orange brand. The company was formerly known as France Telecom and changed its name to Orange S.A. in July 2013. Orange S.A. was founded in 1990 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several research firms recently commented on ORAN. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of Orange from €11.00 ($11.22) to €13.00 ($13.27) and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 12th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Orange from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays upgraded shares of Orange from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 22nd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded shares of Orange from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, June 13th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $11.25.
Orange Trading Down 0.7 %
ORAN Stock opened at $10.42 on Friday. Orange has a 12-month low of $9.85 and a 12-month high of $12.71. The company has a current ratio of 0.97, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93. The company has a 50 day moving average of $10.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of $11.61.
Orange Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 6th were paid a dividend of $0.3333 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 3rd. This represents a dividend yield of 4.73%.