KBC Group NV (OTCMKTS:KBCSY) Short Interest Up 10.7% in January

KBC Group NV (OTCMKTS:KBCSY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,200 shares, a growth of 10.7% from the January 15th total of 5,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 192,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

KBC Group Trading Up 0.4 %

KBCSY stock traded up $0.18 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $42.97. The stock had a trading volume of 11,014 shares, compared to its average volume of 69,599. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $38.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $37.82. KBC Group has a 52 week low of $33.41 and a 52 week high of $43.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $35.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.05, a P/E/G ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.12.

KBC Group (OTCMKTS:KBCSY) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The company reported $1.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.26 by $0.21. KBC Group had a net margin of 11.36% and a return on equity of 12.49%. The firm had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.96 billion. As a group, equities analysts expect that KBC Group will post 4.43 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About KBC Group

KBC Group NV, together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated bank-insurance services primarily for retail, private banking, small and medium sized enterprises, and mid-cap clients. The company offers demand deposits and savings accounts; home and mortgage loans; consumer finance and SME funding services; credit, investment fund and asset management, and life and non-life insurance; and cash management, payments, trade finance, lease, money market, capital market products, and stockbroking services.