Bouygues SA (OTCMKTS:BOUYY) Short Interest Up 1,180.0% in April

Bouygues SA (OTCMKTS:BOUYY) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,400 shares, an increase of 1,180.0% from the March 31st total of 500 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 78,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Bouygues Stock Performance

Bouygues stock traded down $0.17 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $7.57. 75,223 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 31,909. Bouygues has a one year low of $6.26 and a one year high of $8.27. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $7.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $7.50.

Bouygues Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 30th will be given a $0.4035 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 29th. This is an increase from Bouygues’s previous dividend of $0.28.

About Bouygues

Bouygues SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the construction, energy, telecom, and media sectors in France and internationally. The company designs, builds, renovates, operates, and deconstructs building, infrastructure, and industrial projects; develops urban planning, residential, and commercial projects; builds and maintains roads and motorways, airport runways, ports, industrial logistics hubs, external works and amenities, reserved-lane public transport, recreational facilities, and environmental projects, as well as undertakes civil engineering, road safety, and signaling activities; produces, distributes, sells, and recycles aggregates, emulsions, asphalt mixes, ready-mix concrete, and bitumen; construction, renewal, and maintenance of rail networks; and installation and maintenance of pipes and pipelines.