Somewhat Critical Press Coverage Extremely Likely to Affect Royal Mail (OTCMKTS:ROYMF) Share Price

Media headlines about Royal Mail (OTCMKTS:ROYMF) have trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Royal Mail earned a news impact score of -1.83 on their scale. InfoTrie also assigned press coverage about the company an news buzz score of 10 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near future.

Several analysts have issued reports on ROYMF shares. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered shares of Royal Mail from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report on Friday, November 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered Royal Mail from a “neutral” rating to an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Finally, Liberum Capital cut shares of Royal Mail from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and six have assigned a hold rating to the stock. The stock has a consensus rating of “Hold”.

Shares of OTCMKTS ROYMF opened at $3.07 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $2.69. Royal Mail has a 12 month low of $2.46 and a 12 month high of $3.91.

Royal Mail Company Profile

Royal Mail plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an universal postal service provider in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other European countries. It offers parcels and letter delivery services under the Royal Mail and Parcelforce Worldwide brands. The company also provides services for the collection, sorting, and delivery of parcels and letters; and designs and produces stamps and philatelic items, as well as offers media and marketing mail services.

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