Voestalpine AG (OTCMKTS:VLPNY) Short Interest Update

Voestalpine AG (OTCMKTS:VLPNY) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,400 shares, a decline of 74.5% from the February 28th total of 5,500 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, BNP Paribas lowered shares of Voestalpine from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd.

Voestalpine Price Performance

Shares of VLPNY stock opened at $5.28 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $4.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $4.18. Voestalpine has a one year low of $3.34 and a one year high of $5.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.43 and a current ratio of 1.39.

Voestalpine (OTCMKTS:VLPNY) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.03 EPS for the quarter. Voestalpine had a negative return on equity of 0.53% and a negative net margin of 0.41%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Voestalpine will post 0.45 EPS for the current year.

Voestalpine Company Profile

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.