Publicis Groupe S.A. (OTCMKTS:PUBGY) Short Interest Up 47.0% in February

Publicis Groupe S.A. (OTCMKTS:PUBGY) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 29,700 shares, an increase of 47.0% from the February 13th total of 20,200 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 98,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded Publicis Groupe from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th.

Publicis Groupe Stock Performance

Publicis Groupe stock opened at $25.05 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $26.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.74. Publicis Groupe has a one year low of $23.83 and a one year high of $29.25. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 0.89.

About Publicis Groupe

Publicis Groupe SA provides marketing, communications, and digital business transformation services in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East. The company offers advisory services for brand strategy, and repositioning and their identity under the Publicis Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Marcel, Fallon, and BBH brands; online advertising services under the Razorfish and Moxie brand names; crisis communications, press relations, public affairs, institutional relations, financial communications, and strategy management services; media consulting, planning, and buying services; performance marketing services; and e-commerce services.