BNP Paribas SA (OTCMKTS:BNPQY) Announces Dividend of $1.95

BNP Paribas SA (OTCMKTS:BNPQY) declared a dividend on Friday, May 16th, investing.com reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 19th will be given a dividend of 1.951 per share by the financial services provider on Friday, June 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 16th.

BNP Paribas Price Performance

OTCMKTS BNPQY opened at $44.58 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $100.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.44, a PEG ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 0.74 and a quick ratio of 0.81. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $41.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $35.98. BNP Paribas has a 1 year low of $28.93 and a 1 year high of $46.90.

BNP Paribas (OTCMKTS:BNPQY) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The financial services provider reported $1.28 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.45 by ($0.17). The firm had revenue of $13.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $13.41 billion. BNP Paribas had a net margin of 23.95% and a return on equity of 8.90%. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that BNP Paribas will post 5.02 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently weighed in on BNPQY shares. Kepler Capital Markets lowered shares of BNP Paribas from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 2nd. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of BNP Paribas in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of BNP Paribas in a research note on Tuesday, March 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas SA provides various banking and financial products and services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through three divisions: Corporate & Institutional Banking; Commercial, Personal Banking & Services; and Investment & Protection Services.