Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) Short Interest Update

Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) saw a large drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 21,600 shares, a drop of 63.9% from the July 15th total of 59,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 155,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Piraeus Financial Stock Up 2.7 %

BPIRY stock traded up $0.11 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $4.31. The company had a trading volume of 26,595 shares, compared to its average volume of 122,905. Piraeus Financial has a 52 week low of $2.37 and a 52 week high of $4.65. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $3.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $4.07.

Piraeus Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, July 11th were paid a $0.0566 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 11th. This is a boost from Piraeus Financial’s previous dividend of $0.01. This represents a dividend yield of 1.49%.

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.