Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) Short Interest Down 92.8% in June

Piraeus Financial Holdings S.A. (OTCMKTS:BPIRY) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 32,200 shares, a decrease of 92.8% from the June 15th total of 446,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 300,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Piraeus Financial Stock Performance

OTCMKTS:BPIRY remained flat at $3.91 on Thursday. 31,364 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 135,100. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $3.94 and its two-hundred day moving average is $3.99. Piraeus Financial has a 1-year low of $2.37 and a 1-year high of $4.65.

Piraeus Financial Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, July 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.0566 per share. This represents a yield of 1.49%. This is a positive change from Piraeus Financial’s previous dividend of $0.01. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, July 11th.

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.