Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) Sees Large Volume Increase – Still a Buy?

Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) shares saw unusually-high trading volume on Friday . Approximately 194,126 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 196% from the previous session’s volume of 65,508 shares.The stock last traded at $18.35 and had previously closed at $18.26.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on REPYY shares. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded Repsol from a “sector perform” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. DZ Bank lowered Repsol from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Repsol in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised shares of Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, three have assigned a Buy rating, three have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Repsol presently has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Repsol Stock Down 0.5%

The company has a market cap of $21.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.90 and a beta of 0.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 1.05 and a current ratio of 1.47. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $18.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $17.38.

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 30th. The energy company reported $0.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.08. Repsol had a return on equity of 10.18% and a net margin of 2.12%.The firm had revenue of $15.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $15.28 billion. Sell-side analysts predict that Repsol SA will post 2.36 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Repsol

Repsol is a Spanish integrated energy company engaged across the full oil and gas value chain and increasingly in low‑carbon energy businesses. Its core activities include upstream exploration and production of oil and natural gas, midstream operations such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) trading and logistics, and downstream refining, petrochemicals, and fuel marketing. The company also supplies lubricants, specialty chemicals and related industrial products, and operates a widespread network of retail fuel stations and convenience services.

Founded in 1987, Repsol has grown from a national refiner into a global energy player through international exploration, production projects and commercial expansion.