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.
Orange Price Performance
Shares of Orange stock remained flat at $10.34 on Friday. The stock had a trading volume of 353,215 shares, compared to its average volume of 767,722. Orange has a 1-year low of $9.85 and a 1-year high of $12.71. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $10.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $11.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.93.
Orange Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 6th were given a $0.3333 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 4.73%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 3rd.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research firms recently commented on ORAN. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on Orange from €11.00 ($11.22) to €13.00 ($13.27) and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised Orange from a "market perform" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, June 13th. Finally, Barclays raised Orange from an "underweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, June 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $11.25.