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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (OTCMKTS:DLAKY) Short Interest Up 276.5% in October

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (OTCMKTS:DLAKY - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 30,500 shares, a growth of 276.5% from the September 30th total of 8,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 108,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Deutsche Lufthansa from an "equal weight" rating to an "underweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, July 10th. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Deutsche Lufthansa from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, October 17th. Barclays upgraded shares of Deutsche Lufthansa from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 1st. Finally, Citigroup downgraded shares of Deutsche Lufthansa from a "strong-buy" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Deutsche Lufthansa currently has an average rating of "Hold".

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Deutsche Lufthansa Trading Down 0.7 %

Deutsche Lufthansa stock traded down $0.05 during trading on Friday, hitting $7.22. The company had a trading volume of 14,035 shares, compared to its average volume of 66,325. Deutsche Lufthansa has a 1-year low of $6.05 and a 1-year high of $9.27. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $6.82 and its 200-day simple moving average is $6.77. The stock has a market cap of $8.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 1.24.

Deutsche Lufthansa (OTCMKTS:DLAKY - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 30th. The transportation company reported $0.42 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.02). Deutsche Lufthansa had a net margin of 2.73% and a return on equity of 11.45%. The company had revenue of $10.77 billion during the quarter. As a group, analysts forecast that Deutsche Lufthansa will post 0.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Deutsche Lufthansa

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG operates as an aviation company worldwide. It operates in three segments: Passenger Airlines; Logistics; and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Services (MRO). The Passenger Airlines segment offers products and services to passengers of Lufthansa Airlines, SWISS, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Eurowings.

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