Short Interest in Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) Increases By 27.7%

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) saw a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 72,000 shares, a growth of 27.7% from the May 31st total of 56,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 89,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Institutional Trading of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima by 1,488.0% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,176 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $56,000 after buying an additional 2,976 shares in the last quarter. Autonomy Capital Jersey L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima during the third quarter worth about $78,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima by 45.0% during the fourth quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 108,039 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $2,093,000 after acquiring an additional 33,510 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Helikon Investments Ltd raised its position in shares of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Helikon Investments Ltd now owns 299,317 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $5,798,000 after purchasing an additional 27,578 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.64% of the company’s stock.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima Stock Performance

Shares of Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima stock opened at $16.39 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $742.84 million, a PE ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 1.51. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $17.45 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.97. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima has a one year low of $10.06 and a one year high of $21.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18, a quick ratio of 0.67 and a current ratio of 0.79.

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:EDN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 10th. The utilities provider reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $331.11 million during the quarter. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima had a net margin of 14.11% and a return on equity of 25.90%. Research analysts expect that Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima will post -4.42 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com cut Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 22nd.

About Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima is involved in the distribution and sale of electricity in Argentina. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima operates as a subsidiary of Empresa de Energía del Cono Sur SA.