Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF) Short Interest Update

Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF - Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,316,000 shares, an increase of 96.7% from the February 28th total of 2,194,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 88,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 48.9 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on KKPNF shares. Barclays lowered Koninklijke KPN from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Koninklijke KPN from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd.

Koninklijke KPN Trading Down 1.6 %

OTCMKTS KKPNF traded down $0.07 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $4.15. The stock had a trading volume of 10,325 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,716. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.46, a quick ratio of 0.68 and a current ratio of 0.70. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $3.86. Koninklijke KPN has a one year low of $3.48 and a one year high of $4.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.76 and a beta of 0.31.

Koninklijke KPN (OTCMKTS:KKPNF - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 30th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.05. Koninklijke KPN had a return on equity of 23.41% and a net margin of 15.04%. Sell-side analysts predict that Koninklijke KPN will post 0.26 earnings per share for the current year.

About Koninklijke KPN

Koninklijke KPN N.V. provides telecommunications and information technology (IT) services in the Netherlands. It operates through Consumer; Business; Wholesale; and Network, Operations & IT segments. The company offers fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile broadband internet, and television services to retail and business consumers; infrastructure and network related IT solutions to business customers; and wholesale network services to third parties.