RWE AG (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) Short Interest Down 46.4% in May

RWE AG (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 23,721 shares, a decrease of 46.4% from the April 30th total of 44,257 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 139,474 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research cut shares of RWE from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Kepler Capital Markets upgraded shares of RWE from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 16th. Citigroup reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of RWE in a research report on Wednesday, February 11th. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of RWE in a research report on Thursday, May 14th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane cut shares of RWE from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, RWE presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $53.30.

RWE Stock Performance

Shares of OTCMKTS RWEOY opened at $64.17 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 1.43 and a current ratio of 1.50. RWE has a 52-week low of $37.76 and a 52-week high of $74.10. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $67.44 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $61.08. The stock has a market cap of $46.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 0.62.

RWE (OTCMKTS:RWEOY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 13th. The utilities provider reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.61 by $0.38. RWE had a net margin of 15.16% and a return on equity of 4.93%. The firm had revenue of $5.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $9.76 billion. RWE has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.576-3.395 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that RWE will post 3.34 EPS for the current year.

About RWE

RWE AG, traded in the U.S. as OTCMKTS:RWEOY, is a leading European energy company headquartered in Essen, Germany. The firm operates as an integrated utility, encompassing power generation, supply, trading and renewable energy development. Its diversified portfolio spans conventional assets—such as gas- and coal-fired power plants—and an expanding array of wind, solar and battery-storage projects managed through its RWE Renewables division.

In its conventional business, RWE Generation produces baseload and peak‐load electricity to meet industrial and consumer demand across Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.