Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY – Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 59,900 shares, a growth of 86.0% from the June 30th total of 32,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 129,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.
Piraeus Financial Price Performance
Shares of BPIRY traded down $0.12 on Friday, hitting $4.08. 36,397 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 131,124. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $4.04. Piraeus Financial has a one year low of $2.37 and a one year high of $4.65.
Piraeus Financial Increases Dividend
The business also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 11th will be given a $0.0566 dividend. This represents a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 11th. This is an increase from Piraeus Financial’s previous dividend of $0.01.
Piraeus Financial Company Profile
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA, together with its subsidiaries, provides banking products and services in Greece and internationally. It operates through Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Piraeus Financial Markets, Other, and NPE Management Unit segments. The company offers saving, current, term, blocked, guaranteed, and other deposits; retail lending products, such as mortgages, consumer, personal, and other retail loans, as well as credit cards; and corporate lending for large corporations, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as for public sectors.
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