Swisscom (OTCMKTS:SCMWY) Sees Large Volume Increase – Time to Buy?

Swisscom AG (OTCMKTS:SCMWY – Get Free Report) saw unusually-high trading volume on Tuesday. 72,176 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 508% from the previous session’s volume of 11,879 shares. The stock last traded at $75.52 and had previously closed at $77.25.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on SCMWY. Morgan Stanley downgraded shares of Swisscom to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Barclays reaffirmed an “underweight” rating on shares of Swisscom in a report on Tuesday, August 18th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “neutral” rating on shares of Swisscom in a research note on Monday, July 6th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Swisscom has a consensus rating of “Reduce”.

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Swisscom Stock Performance

The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.53 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.19. The company has a quick ratio of 0.77, a current ratio of 0.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.97. The company has a market capitalization of $392.34 billion, a PE ratio of 23.67, a PEG ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 0.28.

Swisscom (OTCMKTS:SCMWY – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.74 by $0.08. Swisscom had a return on equity of 11.31% and a net margin of 8.86%.The business had revenue of $4.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.44 billion. On average, research analysts predict that Swisscom AG will post 3.02 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Swisscom Company Profile

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Swisscom AG is a Switzerland-based telecommunications and information technology company. It provides mobile and fixed-line communications, broadband internet, television, and related digital services to residential and business customers. Its offerings also include cloud computing, cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, data-center services, and communications solutions for enterprises and public-sector organizations.

Swisscom serves customers primarily in Switzerland and, through its Fastweb subsidiary, in Italy.

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