Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. (OTCMKTS:JRONY) Short Interest Update

Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. (OTCMKTS:JRONY) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,600 shares, a decrease of 70.7% from the February 28th total of 15,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Jerónimo Martins, SGPS Stock Up 2.5 %

JRONY stock traded up $1.06 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $42.63. 7,296 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,849. The company has a current ratio of 0.56, a quick ratio of 0.30 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The company has a market capitalization of $13.41 billion, a PE ratio of 19.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 15.69 and a beta of 0.68. Jerónimo Martins, SGPS has a twelve month low of $32.68 and a twelve month high of $45.41. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $41.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $39.40.

Jerónimo Martins, SGPS (OTCMKTS:JRONY) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 19th. The company reported $0.53 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by ($0.01). Jerónimo Martins, SGPS had a net margin of 1.94% and a return on equity of 21.07%. On average, research analysts forecast that Jerónimo Martins, SGPS will post 2.13 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Jerónimo Martins, SGPS

Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, SA operates in the food distribution and specialized retail sectors in Portugal, Poland, and Colombia. The company operates through Portugal Retail; Portugal Cash & Carry; Poland Retail; Colombia Retail; and Others, Eliminations and Adjustments segments. It operates food stores under the Biedronka name; and a chain of health and beauty stores under the Hebe banner in Poland, as well as food stores under the Ara name in Colombia.