Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) Shares Gap Down – Time to Sell?

Repsol SA (OTCMKTS:REPYY) shares gapped down prior to trading on Friday . The stock had previously closed at $26.40, but opened at $25.24. Repsol shares last traded at $25.30, with a volume of 37,593 shares trading hands.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

REPYY has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Research raised shares of Repsol from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered shares of Repsol from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 3rd. Morgan Stanley raised shares of Repsol from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Repsol from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, DZ Bank raised shares of Repsol from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Repsol presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy”.

Repsol Trading Down 4.1%

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 1.15 and a current ratio of 1.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.31 and a beta of 0.07. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.17 and its 200 day simple moving average is $20.46.

Repsol (OTCMKTS:REPYY) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The energy company reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.06. Repsol had a net margin of 3.49% and a return on equity of 10.48%. The firm had revenue of $14.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $14 billion. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Repsol SA will post 2.36 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Repsol Company Profile

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.